Possible Rape at Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

What sort of favoritism have you seen? Honestly, I've seen the children of the rich and famous be disciplined quite harshly at Sidwell. The $$ and connections do not seem to protect them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

Absolutely false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What sort of favoritism have you seen? Honestly, I've seen the children of the rich and famous be disciplined quite harshly at Sidwell. The $$ and connections do not seem to protect them.

This is actually true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What sort of favoritism have you seen? Honestly, I've seen the children of the rich and famous be disciplined quite harshly at Sidwell. The $$ and connections do not seem to protect them.

This is actually true.

Hmmm . . . yes and no. I've seen it work both ways. Probably has more to do with how tenacious and adept the parents are at advocating for their kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What sort of favoritism have you seen? Honestly, I've seen the children of the rich and famous be disciplined quite harshly at Sidwell. The $$ and connections do not seem to protect them.

This is actually true.

Hmmm . . . yes and no. I've seen it work both ways. Probably has more to do with how tenacious and adept the parents are at advocating for their kid.

You might be surprised at who has been disciplined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

As does every private school. Sometimes they put up with 1-2 rich kids to help out a bunch of really smart middle class kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

As does every private school. Sometimes they put up with 1-2 rich kids to help out a bunch of really smart middle class kids.

Very true, for good and bad. Previous PP should stop drinking Sidwell's kool-aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

As does every private school. Sometimes they put up with 1-2 rich kids to help out a bunch of really smart middle class kids.

Very true, for good and bad. Previous PP should stop drinking Sidwell's kool-aid.

The endowment is very large at Sidwell School. It is always who you
are when discipline and favorites are taken into account. I know this
first hand as a former Sidwell parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt that connections will play any role here. Sidwell is not like that. However, I worry about how the school will handle the discipline if the police find they do not have enough evidence to press charges. Too many cases like this turn out to be "he said, she said" and difficult to charge. I hope this one is clear-cut so the school is not in the position of having to make its own determination as to what happened.

They have a rape kit. This will give the
forensics. The rest is consent versus rape which
the girl already stated per the police report was a
rape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

As does every private school. Sometimes they put up with 1-2 rich kids to help out a bunch of really smart middle class kids.

Very true, for good and bad. Previous PP should stop drinking Sidwell's kool-aid.

The endowment is very large at Sidwell School. It is always who you
are when discipline and favorites are taken into account. I know this
first hand as a former Sidwell parent.

Yes because every Sidwell parent knows who and who is not being disciplined appropriately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but they don't play favorites based on connections.

True, they play favorites based on donations

As does every private school. Sometimes they put up with 1-2 rich kids to help out a bunch of really smart middle class kids.

Very true, for good and bad. Previous PP should stop drinking Sidwell's kool-aid.

The endowment is very large at Sidwell School. It is always who you
are when discipline and favorites are taken into account. I know this
first hand as a former Sidwell parent.

Bad troll job. It's not "Sidwell School" and the endowment is not very large.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What sort of favoritism have you seen? Honestly, I've seen the children of the rich and famous be disciplined quite harshly at Sidwell. The $$ and connections do not seem to protect them.

This is actually true.

Hmmm . . . yes and no. I've seen it work both ways. Probably has more to do with how tenacious and adept the parents are at advocating for their kid.

You might be surprised at who has been disciplined.

I doubt it. In some situations the parents, even extremely well-connected people with very high-profile jobs, have the wisdom and grace to recognize that their child broke a rule and needs to suck it up and deal with the consequences. In other situations, however, parents who are far less well-connected and powerful, are like pitbulls protecting their special snowflakes (enjoy the mixed metaphor) and the school has yielded.

[Anonymous]

^^^^ -- of course, this situation is very different from one where a kid has broken a school rule. Here, a crime is alleged, and the school doesn't have the discretion it would have in the former situation.

[Anonymous]

We are talking a crime that involves police detectives, prosecutors and judges, not the student honor committee. There is little to nothing the school could do even if it wanted to intervene.

[Anonymous]

the connections help with prosecutors and the media.