Sidwell Friends School parent tries to sabotage another student to get an edge for her kid

[Anonymous]

Those kids will be working among us in 5-10 years or less.

I will put a post-it on my wall: "Sidwell 2019 graduates - remember to avoid them - PITA people".

[Anonymous]

I can't believe people pay money to put their kids in DC private schools like these. They seem crazy toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, it's about personal behavior? I figured it was about application fraud, e.g. lying about extracurriculars, submitting more than one ED/EA, financial aid fraud.

Why would party photos be sent to the college counselor? Party photos of drug and alcohol use SHOULD (seriously) be sent to the dean or headmaster and the child should be called in for questioning. That's an honor code violation and can subject you to expulsion. This is why we pay big bucks for private school, we don't want our kids around low-character degenerates.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL (gasp for breath) LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

If it is all anonymous, I suppose they could research the phone lugs, or put the FBI on the anonymous letter sent, but exactly what else are they supposed to do to ID the culprit(s)?

But yes, if they were to be indentified and their kids transcript held.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn't surprising when you only have smart kids at a school competing for a very few number of slots per college. I don't understand the surprised reaction.

You mean rich and connected kids? There is grade inflation and SAT scores are for sale it seems. SMH

There is grade deflation at Sidwell actually. And anyone cheating on SAT's is committing a crime and should be prosecuted.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry, but this demonstrates that the lame duck Sidwell college counseling director is a prima donna:

:'While I often arrive at the office well before 8:00 a.m., that does not mean a parent should ever be waiting for me in the vestibule, parking lot, or outside my office door," Gallagher wrote.

Experienced teachers and staff know that if a matter is urgent, a parent may stop in before school to try to have a quick word or set a later time to talk. While I agree about not lurking in the the parking lot, the rest is silly and indicates a certain stubbornness and frankly a lazy approach to engagement on the part of the writer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but this demonstrates that the lame duck Sidwell college counseling director is a prima donna:

:'While I often arrive at the office well before 8:00 a.m., that does not mean a parent should ever be waiting for me in the vestibule, parking lot, or outside my office door," Gallagher wrote.

Experienced teachers and staff know that if a matter is urgent, a parent may stop in before school to try to have a quick word or set a later time to talk. While I agree about not lurking in the the parking lot, the rest is silly and indicates a certain stubbornness and frankly a lazy approach to engagement on the part of the writer.

You are absolutely incorrect. What on earth is so urgent (and would only take a minute) that you'd have to stalk someone's office door, lurk in the shadows of a parking garage, or hijacking their personal space? That just reeks of wealthy entitlement. How about treating them as professionals, respecting their time, and making an appointment?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

I gather from the emails sent out that they don't know who did it. Thus the "we won't answer blocked numbers".

Sidwell knows the family who did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

I gather from the emails sent out that they don't know who did it. Thus the "we won't answer blocked numbers".

Sidwell knows the family who did it.

This is an internal issue at Sidwell. Why discussed on these forms? Besides it was most likely a student and not a parent. What were the accusations? Did anyone even bother to see if they were true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

I gather from the emails sent out that they don't know who did it. Thus the "we won't answer blocked numbers".

Sidwell knows the family who did it.

This is an internal issue at Sidwell. Why discussed on these forms? Besides it was most likely a student and not a parent. What were the accusations? Did anyone even bother to see if they were true?

Is this a serious question? Why is something in the national news about a local school on this forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

I gather from the emails sent out that they don't know who did it. Thus the "we won't answer blocked numbers".

Sidwell knows the family who did it.

And what action was taken?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Sidwell did not punish the parent--who clearly must know this is unethical behavior--then there is NOTHING to stop other parents from doing the same.

I gather from the emails sent out that they don't know who did it. Thus the "we won't answer blocked numbers".

Sidwell knows the family who did it.

And what action was taken?

If what was said in the letter is true they probably can’t do anything. It most likely is true to be honest. It is a shitty thing to do but if whatever was said in the letter can be proven I’m not sure there’s anything they can do. Besides sounds like a student did this. Also it could be a student or parent at another school too.

[Anonymous]

I heard this was also related to the kids with the nazi symbols in that presentation. Been a banner year for Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard this was also related to the kids with the nazi symbols in that presentation. Been a banner year for Sidwell.

You heard wrong.

[Anonymous]

Not a Sidwell parent but love how the school handled this. We applied our child out of k8 and I would feed if parents would try this to help hurt placement chances for other kids. Sidwell saying they are basically not interested in gossip (and it is gossip since all stories or many have two sides) says a great deal about the school. Hope all schools act in a similar fashion.