Please Tell me about Sidwell Midddle School ?

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Anonymous wrote:I can't wait for the secret service to be gone from the school. If that is what GDS wants, then by all means, take it.

There is a belief in some GDS quarters, some would say urban legend, that GDS was the Obamas' first choice. However, the Secret Service nixed GDS on grounds that the layout at the GDS middle school site was not optimal for their security purposes. Sidwell became the fallback because it had worked out well for Chelsea Clinton. Hence, GDS wants to "fix" this problem so that the new combined campus is workable for future high profile students with security details.

This is such bullshit. I am so tired of hearing the myth that one person on DCUM perpetuates about the Obamas. No one at GDS is actively trying to solicit presidential children. Just because one person says it repeatedly doesn't make it true. I really don't know why I bother but I just had to get that off my chest.

I used to hear this a bunch from GDS parents several years ago, but not in a while. You would think/hope that people have moved on by now.