Sidwell Community

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money's not an issue that I see but the parents can be very cliquey and not always genuinely friendly. You will hear that a lot of the same ones that volunteer together also socialize together. And the ones that add the ethnic mix are either trying to social climb where it's so obvious, or they just aren't received as well as non diverse families.

We didn't choose this school for our friends, but if we did, I would be pretty sad about it.

This is a lot of bull hooey, IMHO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money's not an issue that I see but the parents can be very cliquey and not always genuinely friendly. You will hear that a lot of the same ones that volunteer together also socialize together. And the ones that add the ethnic mix are either trying to social climb where it's so obvious, or they just aren't received as well as non diverse families.

We didn't choose this school for our friends, but if we did, I would be pretty sad about it.

Thank you troll. Not true. Move on.

[Anonymous]

The school has its fair share of cliquey parents, mainly Moms, I would add. There's one LS Mom famous because she only RSVPs for a birthday party evite on the day of the event after checking if the "right" crowd is planning on going! Bit of a sport to watch, really!

[Anonymous]

For those with kids at both Sidwell and Maret, how does the sense of community compare?

[Anonymous]

The culture of a particular grade is so critical to your experience at a school that it can overwhelm any other cultural/societal issue.