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do you think it is fair for maryland and virginia people to be taking up spots
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Anonymous
| do you think it is fair for maryland and virginia students to be taking up many of the spots in our "neighborhood" private schools. it seems as though they have many good school options for private and public schools in their areas. i don't know, it never occurred to me until i keep hearing of all of these people who live in va or md with the really great schools being admitted to the private schools that are literally next door to my house and we don't have a public school option. just thought. |
Anonymous
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Hard to say what is fair, based on how these decisions are handed down.
Re location, the same could likely be said of the DC parents and kids coming up north to Sidwell, located right my neighborhood in lovely downtown Bethesda! 
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Anonymous
I never really thought about it until now. I think schools should have a preference for DC based families who really have no public school option for their children. I am in that situation now, we live in DC, have not been accepted anywhere and can't send our child to public pre-k. |
Anonymous
| Oh come on, that is just ridiculous. I live in DC and my children go to indep. schools but that would never cross my mind. Everyone has the right to apply their kids where-ever they want for goodness sakes. Besides, we know lots of DC kids at Potomac, Sidwell, Bullis, Holton, Landon, etc... |
Anonymous
I definitely think there should be a preference for DC families. We're all applying because we want to stay in the city, but our school options (especially beyong 6th grade) are pretty awful. Most of the cars I see (even at Aidan - I live right down the street) are from Maryland. It does get upsetting. |
Anonymous
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I'm a DC resident who thinks it's fair.
I went to college 2000 miles from home and noone said it wasn't fair. |
Anonymous
| Exactly PP, and what about boarding schools? This issue is just petty. I am reading it because I was shocked by the post and was hoping people don't actually think this... |
Anonymous
| Would you seriously recommend having people send their kindergarten age kid to a boarding school?! You can't compare pre-school and elementary school to college. |
Anonymous
| I think DC families should be preferred. Let's face it, public school is just not an option here. |
Anonymous
op here..i would have thought it was petty as well until i got bad news this week from schools we applied to and i keep finding out all of these md and va people who were admitted to those schools. petty? maybe but it is just how i am feeling at the moment. however, md and va people don't be too offended i am annoyed at the people who have "ins" as well. i wasn't that invested in this whole private school thing as many were however i truly thought in my heart we would have gotten into at least one school. we did only apply to 2 though. but still.... |
Anonymous
Actually, no. The point of the previous post is that DC parent do not have nearly as many options for local public schools in particular nor as many private schools. Maryland and Virginia have literally dozens of spot free fo the taking at public schools that are comparable to the best privates, i.e., Langley, Whitman, Churchill and so on. |
Anonymous
Easy for you to say...your kids got in... |
Anonymous
| I may not like it, but I certainly don't think it's unfair. We knew what we were getting into when we decided to live in DC. |
Anonymous
| This question is ridiculous. First, most people on this board are applying to pre-k/k and there are very good public school options in the neighborhoods where I'd guess the majority of the applicants live. Second, while I personally don't understand why you'd live in the suburbs if you're not sending your kids to the public schools there, private schools admit who they want--that's the whole point. |
Anonymous
i didn't! i moved here as a single gal! i love it here but had no idea about how loving living in a city would make me turn into this class conscious school conscious who you know conscious person. i don't recognize myself anymore. i am a very centered person normally and don't get caught up in this sort of thing however i have begun to really doubt myself this week and wonder is it b/c of me that my kid didn't get in? we only applied to 2 schools but still? they didn't meet me in admissions so it can't be me can it? i think not but i have to wonder why? my kid is so awesome and so bright and i think he would excel at some of these great private schools which is why i applied. it will be fine. i don't care about the prestige part but you really have to have thick skin to live here. i moved into a very affluent neighborhood without really realizing what i was getting into. it is a beautiful place and our house is expensive but i didn't know that i would be moving into a who's who of dc and therefore without even trying just having a casual conversation ends in realizing that holy crap i don't know anyone with connections well enough to ask for favors while my neighbors both do. what am i doing living here? |