Maret 9th Grade Spots

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question -- why is Maret so popular? I have never understood it.

It has a lot of curb appeal. Beautiful lawn.

Inside is a whole different story though. The place is being held together with toothpicks and chewing gum.

But it’s artisanal, free-range gum!

PP here- why do you say this? Our kids are happy- the teachers are great. The admin isn’t the greatest with parents but I’d say your description is hateful and off

Because it’s true. The network doesn’t work, half the electrical outlets are flaky or non-functional. Breakers trip all the time. Heating/AC often does not work. Roofs/walls leak (the band room was and may still be a waterfall + mold factory). I could type all day.

Your kids may love it but that doesn’t change the fact that the facilities are poorly maintained, all while the leadership ignores it and makes excuses. Everything is blamed on the old facilities guy but he’s been gone a year or more and nothing changes. The new HOS has a lot of work to do; hopefully they’re honest to the candidates.

Does that one boys bathroom in the US still smell like a fish market?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our impression of the physical space after the weekend visit: meh. It's very small and the classrooms were underwhelming. The library for the Middle and Upper School was just sad.

The students we spoke with all seemed very nice and the academic program looks impressive. It's just hard to compete with some of the larger (grounds of Potomac) and/or newer schools (GDS) in terms of aesthetics.

Current parent- this is true. We toured NCS and Bullis and they were beautiful, like college campuses. If you’re interested in Maret it’s not because it’s a shiny penny- it’s for the nice, smart kids and nice, smart teachers and pretty nice parents. My kids don’t need two theaters and an indoor track- it’s not what matters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our impression of the physical space after the weekend visit: meh. It's very small and the classrooms were underwhelming. The library for the Middle and Upper School was just sad.

The students we spoke with all seemed very nice and the academic program looks impressive. It's just hard to compete with some of the larger (grounds of Potomac) and/or newer schools (GDS) in terms of aesthetics.

Current parent- this is true. We toured NCS and Bullis and they were beautiful, like college campuses. If you’re interested in Maret it’s not because it’s a shiny penny- it’s for the nice, smart kids and nice, smart teachers and pretty nice parents. My kids don’t need two theaters and an indoor track- it’s not what matters.

But it would be nice to have ONE theatre where everything works…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They have a lot of 8th graders looking to apply out this year so may be more spots than usual.

Why a lot?

This is not true. People on this site just make things up.