Was Stone Ridge everything you hoped it would be for your high school daughter?

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Oh puhleeze - they never taught CRT at SR. They did have a few awkward student-led race sensitivity workshops. They were trying to respond to the BLM around the country in constructive student led ways but they were a bit patronizing. Storm in a tea cup to get worked up about that.

It is a sad joke that Va went for the guy fear mongering about something that is not even taught in Va curriculums.

Not really a storm in a tea cup. More an example of SR following the woke crowd down whatever is the issue du jour. Stone Ridge definitely follows trends. It doesn't set them.

Who is the mythological “woke crowd” exactly? Perhaps some of the girls themselves on their voyages to adulthood sporting ideals as all smart creative young minds should (see famous Winston Churchill quote about that) - but what Uber liberal parents are going to send their daughters to a Catholic all girls school with uniforms?

Your comments indicate you know nothing about this place.

Been paying the bills for DD to attend for 4 years … don’t find the parents particularly liberal at all but most are polite and pleasant … I don’t see virtue signaling stickers on cars … in fact, most of the cars are big gas guzzlers although there are more hybrids and Teslas this year.

I just don’t think it is plausible to argue that “woke parents” are driving some vague CRT frenzy. CRTis not taught in the school… there were a couple of clumsy student led race sensitivity workshops last year in response to the massive BLM protests around the country. They got a lot of push back but I am glad they are encouraging their students to respond to major events in society in thoughtful ways.

The DEI controversy is not unique to SR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, someone on this board clearly has an axe to grind with SR. I would encourage you to get a feel for the school through your daughter shadowing or speaking with other current or past parents (not on an anonymous board). I will be the first to tell you that no school is perfect. But we have found SR to be a loving, caring environment. NOT perfect and our girls have had to navigate the occasional girl drama issues that arise. But they are confident, informed and become great writers at this school. We feel that it is an education worth paying for.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, someone on this board clearly has an axe to grind with SR. I would encourage you to get a feel for the school through your daughter shadowing or speaking with other current or past parents (not on an anonymous board). I will be the first to tell you that no school is perfect. But we have found SR to be a loving, caring environment. NOT perfect and our girls have had to navigate the occasional girl drama issues that arise. But they are confident, informed and become great writers at this school. We feel that it is an education worth paying for.

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Except Jeff literally confirmed that wasn't the case, even after you forced him to check. You seem delusional and unable to hear criticism

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Except Jeff literally confirmed that wasn't the case, even after you forced him to check. You seem delusional and unable to hear criticism

Legit criticism from those who have been part of the community is not an axe to grind and it's clearly way more than one person.

If you're happy, great. But let's not pretend this is a healthy institution. There are many of us who have been seriously burned.

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Where did the girls who were bullied end up, specifically? We have one DD at SR and thinking of sending the other there as well but she is being bullied at her current school. So in all seriousness, what schools are better?

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Except Jeff literally confirmed that wasn't the case, even after you forced him to check. You seem delusional and unable to hear criticism

Legit criticism from those who have been part of the community is not an axe to grind and it's clearly way more than one person.

If you're happy, great. But let's not pretend this is a healthy institution. There are many of us who have been seriously burned.

No idea why Jeff comment made - I never asked anyone to check anything. Way more than one person are happy with the school.

I am sad to hear about anyone having bad experiences at their school. I am sorry you and some others had bad experiences. Honestly that has been the case at every single private and public school our DC have attended. No school is perfect and all 7 schools our dc have attended have had bullying issues. There is no one school that is the best fit for all students.

However, SR is a healthy institution in many ways.

1. School is in good financial shape, which is very important to keep the doors open.
2. Admissions remain competitive
3. College outcomes and preparedness are strong.
4. Performing and visual arts offerings are superb.
5. Athletics are super strong in many sports.
6. New campus design makes intelligent integrated use of the space and allows for many more community events and relaxed study areas.

I hope the school is able to make more gains in helping all students to feel safe and valued.

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How do you know the school is in good financial shape? Do you have access to the financials?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you know the school is in good financial shape? Do you have access to the financials?

1. Annual report made available to parents.
2. Raised vast majority of money for Cor Unum upgrades fairly quickly
3. SR provides FA for large number of students.

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Yeah, the annual report that tells you nothing.

Don't believe everything you're told.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the annual report that tells you nothing.

Don't believe everything you're told.

My lord, give it a rest. Sometimes good is good enough. I am sure you are positively thriving in your perfect school, and I am happy for you, you brave and super-informed anonymous poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the annual report that tells you nothing.

Don't believe everything you're told.

My lord, give it a rest. Sometimes good is good enough. I am sure you are positively thriving in your perfect school, and I am happy for you, you brave and super-informed anonymous poster.

You're also an anonymous poster.

Those who are spending huge sums of money tend to be highly motivated to believe they are making the right decision. That is totally understandable. When you're shelling out more than someone's average salary on something over which you have very little control, your confirmation bias wants to tell you it's been the right thing to do.

Keep writing those checks and keep drinking the Kool-aid. Go Gators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did the girls who were bullied end up, specifically? We have one DD at SR and thinking of sending the other there as well but she is being bullied at her current school. So in all seriousness, what schools are better?

We are catholic but ended up sending our dd to a non catholic co-ed school and it has been much better. I think there is something about the co-ed environment that made it better for her and less focused on cliques. . In terms of SR specifically - When she was bullied at SR, yes the administration had conversations with us and appeared empathetic at a surface level, but nothing ever happened. They also sounded incredulous even presented with black and white facts, trail. If I presented the same level of detailed facts, written trail to a corporate ethics person / HR it would never be dismissed as impossible. I just got the impression they don’t want to tackle tough issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the annual report that tells you nothing.

Don't believe everything you're told.

My lord, give it a rest. Sometimes good is good enough. I am sure you are positively thriving in your perfect school, and I am happy for you, you brave and super-informed anonymous poster.

You're also an anonymous poster.

Those who are spending huge sums of money tend to be highly motivated to believe they are making the right decision. That is totally understandable. When you're shelling out more than someone's average salary on something over which you have very little control, your confirmation bias wants to tell you it's been the right thing to do.

Keep writing those checks and keep drinking the Kool-aid. Go Gators.

I am the PP you were responding to and someone else jumped in. I would not have responded with snark. Yes we are all anonymous. SR is not the right school for everyone but it is a good fit for many girls. One third of girls get FA so they are not full pay. I can’t control the school, or any other school, but the school does partner effectively with us to help our DD to succeed at school. I hope your DD found a better fit for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Where did the girls who were bullied end up, specifically? We have one DD at SR and thinking of sending the other there as well but she is being bullied at her current school. So in all seriousness, what schools are better?

We are catholic but ended up sending our dd to a non catholic co-ed school and it has been much better. I think there is something about the co-ed environment that made it better for her and less focused on cliques. . In terms of SR specifically - When she was bullied at SR, yes the administration had conversations with us and appeared empathetic at a surface level, but nothing ever happened. They also sounded incredulous even presented with black and white facts, trail. If I presented the same level of detailed facts, written trail to a corporate ethics person / HR it would never be dismissed as impossible. I just got the impression they don’t want to tackle tough issues.

Yes some girls do better in coed even though research shows overall that girls do better in single sex schools. I am sorry to hear they did not respond well to bullying issue. Unfortunately, that has been experience at other private schools as well. I wish they would institute zero tolerance for bullying policies and impose strict immediate penalties for girls who bully (suspension followed by expulsion if it continues).

[Anonymous]

I wonder how many of these bullying comments are from the same person. I ask because Jeff confirmed on website feedback that there was one person posting more than once here with the negative comments. It's also interesting that the same person checked the website feedback thread almost immediately after that inquiry because he/she mentioned it here almost immediately. To me this makes me have reservations about this poster in general because they seem be surfing all over DCUM in a crazed manner. For what it's worth, I made that inquiry.

We are not at SR, but considering the upper school. I know the middle school can be nasty with regard to cliques and bullying, but have heard that all pretty much dissipates in high school. This is no different than any other middle school...middle school is universally horrible!