Vance Toured Stone Ridge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

Stone Ridge has really admitted some polarizing families in the last 1-5 years! Their Upper school is having major issues. Ask any parent in grade 9 and above about their experience.

Confirming that a handful of the 9th grade girls are problematic. The majority came up through the middle school. Based on what I saw on the athletic fields, the athletic administration turned a blind eye at some questionable behavior. My 2 cents: these girls come from entitled families who bully, who are not tolerant, etc. and don’t put any boundaries on their kids. Have seen it first hand. The administration knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their son has been going to St Mary's in Old Town Alx and it is extremely conservative.

It's not. Average Catholic school that mostly serves Alexandria and connected areas. All quite normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

What school in the area has enough space for secret service to set up a perimeter and people who don’t hate him?

SJC and Visi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Guys their daughter is 2. I think we have all been trolled.

Given that the regular school starts at age 3 it doesn't seem impossible.

I'm still guessing they are looking for both the younger kids, and are considering Mater Dei for the oldest.

Am I mistaken that SR is in Bethesda and the Vances live in Del Ray? That’s an awful commute. Is there any speculation they would move? Maybe this wasn’t a perspective family tour?

They'll be living in Observatory Circle in a few months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

Stone Ridge has really admitted some polarizing families in the last 1-5 years! Their Upper school is having major issues. Ask any parent in grade 9 and above about their experience.

Confirming that a handful of the 9th grade girls are problematic. The majority came up through the middle school. Based on what I saw on the athletic fields, the athletic administration turned a blind eye at some questionable behavior. My 2 cents: these girls come from entitled families who bully, who are not tolerant, etc. and don’t put any boundaries on their kids. Have seen it first hand. The administration knows.

Can you speak to what you observed on the athletic field? Do any girls get counseled out for problematic behavior in middle school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

Stone Ridge has really admitted some polarizing families in the last 1-5 years! Their Upper school is having major issues. Ask any parent in grade 9 and above about their experience.

Confirming that a handful of the 9th grade girls are problematic. The majority came up through the middle school. Based on what I saw on the athletic fields, the athletic administration turned a blind eye at some questionable behavior. My 2 cents: these girls come from entitled families who bully, who are not tolerant, etc. and don’t put any boundaries on their kids. Have seen it first hand. The administration knows.

DP. Kids learn from their parents...I know of at least two of these parents that are very well known to behave quite uncivilly in public settings - bullying and gossiping about other parents and just flat out obnoxious adult mean girl behavior.

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Troll

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Anonymous wrote:SR preschool, Mater Dei then Georgetown Prep makes sense for them. Harder for a girl but my bet is on Blessed Sacrament. There is no Mater Dei equivalent for girls.

Holy Redeemer, BS, or St. E’s.

Then oakcrest or the heights for ultra conservative types.

Curious no one has mentioned Woods at all. Coed so could do both kids at same school, runs preschool thru 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SR preschool, Mater Dei then Georgetown Prep makes sense for them. Harder for a girl but my bet is on Blessed Sacrament. There is no Mater Dei equivalent for girls.

Holy Redeemer, BS, or St. E’s.

Then oakcrest or the heights for ultra conservative types.

Curious no one has mentioned Woods at all. Coed so could do both kids at same school, runs preschool thru 8.

I am sure the SR recommendation likely came from Kellyanne. I don't know of any political figures who have sent their kids to Woods.

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Anonymous wrote:Would SR have to let current and prospective families know? Right now SR is are first choice but I worry this might cause decisiveness within the community which can change dynamics.

i went though this with a grandchild of trump. memory is a bit hazy but from what i remember this is treated as a confidentiality and security issue. they will say nothing to prospective families and make somewhat oblique references to current parents. our school did invite us to raise questions on a one on one basis with administration but even when i did that i don’t recall learning anything super specific.

in all honesty, SS officers assigned to kids’ details are AMAZING and it really was not a “nightmare” at all.

I taught at a summer camp when I was in my 20s with a presidential grandchild. We rotated classes like regular school with periods. The SS agent was stationed outside my classroom. You wouldn't have even know they were there. I am guessing we were probably introduced, and I was briefed, but I can't officially remember if we were introduced. The kid was about 8 or 9 and they had a healthy attaachment to the agent. Once they felt sick or sad or something and asked to go see him, and it was pretty sweet. No impact, the other kids didn't even know, unless they were really observant. I would imagine actual children or older children might be dialed up a bit because of a few more agents or peer awareness, but really, they do a good job staying out of the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

What school in the area has enough space for secret service to set up a perimeter and people who don’t hate him?

SJC and Visi.

For a three year old?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vance toured Stone Ridge today with Secret Service. Don't know why they'd want their kids in a place where the majority of families will hate them.

Stone Ridge has really admitted some polarizing families in the last 1-5 years! Their Upper school is having major issues. Ask any parent in grade 9 and above about their experience.

Confirming that a handful of the 9th grade girls are problematic. The majority came up through the middle school. Based on what I saw on the athletic fields, the athletic administration turned a blind eye at some questionable behavior. My 2 cents: these girls come from entitled families who bully, who are not tolerant, etc. and don’t put any boundaries on their kids. Have seen it first hand. The administration knows.

DP. Kids learn from their parents...I know of at least two of these parents that are very well known to behave quite uncivilly in public settings - bullying and gossiping about other parents and just flat out obnoxious adult mean girl behavior.

Why is this tolerated? Are they local celebrities or simply rich?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SR preschool, Mater Dei then Georgetown Prep makes sense for them. Harder for a girl but my bet is on Blessed Sacrament. There is no Mater Dei equivalent for girls.

Holy Redeemer, BS, or St. E’s.

Then oakcrest or the heights for ultra conservative types.

Curious no one has mentioned Woods at all. Coed so could do both kids at same school, runs preschool thru 8.

I am sure the SR recommendation likely came from Kellyanne. I don't know of any political figures who have sent their kids to Woods.

SR would make more sense if they had older girls but their sons are too old to go there so they’d need a different school for them. Seems like it would be preferable to have the kids together given the stresses they’ll be gojng through plus it’s so much easier for the parents with stuff like Christmas shows etc. I suppose they could do the parochial school in bethesda that kavanaughs kids go to — our lady, right?
I wonder what they’ll do with the house in del ray. I guess they can afford to just let it sit empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would SR have to let current and prospective families know? Right now SR is are first choice but I worry this might cause decisiveness within the community which can change dynamics.

i went though this with a grandchild of trump. memory is a bit hazy but from what i remember this is treated as a confidentiality and security issue. they will say nothing to prospective families and make somewhat oblique references to current parents. our school did invite us to raise questions on a one on one basis with administration but even when i did that i don’t recall learning anything super specific.

in all honesty, SS officers assigned to kids’ details are AMAZING and it really was not a “nightmare” at all.

I taught at a summer camp when I was in my 20s with a presidential grandchild. We rotated classes like regular school with periods. The SS agent was stationed outside my classroom. You wouldn't have even know they were there. I am guessing we were probably introduced, and I was briefed, but I can't officially remember if we were introduced. The kid was about 8 or 9 and they had a healthy attaachment to the agent. Once they felt sick or sad or something and asked to go see him, and it was pretty sweet. No impact, the other kids didn't even know, unless they were really observant. I would imagine actual children or older children might be dialed up a bit because of a few more agents or peer awareness, but really, they do a good job staying out of the way.

My kid went to a few soccer camps that Barron attended and my kids’ private school is in the sports league with Sidwell so there was some overlap with Obama girls (I have more than 1 kid).

People making claims on here that SS “perimeters” and motorcades for presidential kids are lying. For the camps, Barron had one secret service vehicle (a suburban) that just waited for him during the entire camp (they don’t drop off). The agent was not sitting next to him or following him around. If the kid wasn’t so tall, you might not even have known which one he was. He would leave a few minutes early every day to leave first. He was few to talk and mine with all the other kids. That’s it. It was NBD.

As for sports games against Sidwell when they were visiting us the one of the Obama girls was on the team, again it was the same thing. They had one detail (maybe 2
-3 agents? A driver and then a few others). No motorcade. The parents didn’t come, I assume if first lady or president comes there will be more. But for day to day regular stuff, you wouldn’t know.

These are the VPs kids. Even the VP him/herself gets a small little motorcade and not the big deal as the actual president. All of you need to calm down.

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Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Stone Ridge is a Catholic, independent, college prep school in Bethesda, MD. All girls, Grades 1-12, with a co-ed early childhood program serving ages

This is a religious school and falls squarely on Christianity so if you have an issue with it you shouldn't be at Stone ridge. Bye