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[quote=Anonymous]Parents of Burgundy students are no more liberal than you will find at any of the local independent schools in DC.  I know people love to drag politics into every discussion of Burgundy simply because it emphasizes "progressive education," as if they don't understand the difference between an educational philosophy and a political ideology.  An absolutely core value is kindness and consideration of others.

As to the bullying question, it is not a school full of Biff Tannens. There is no jock culture and parents typically don't reminisce about their frat house days.  The students hear all the time about cooperation, not competition. Because Burgundy is very focused on the social development of children, it does not use any form of no tolerance discipline. Most of us realize that children go through phases and explore different personalities and everyone does things they aren't proud of.  Burgundy, in our experience, went the extra mile to understand the specific  circumstances of children who might act out at one time or another and helped them change their behavior. Since the "Class Jerk" is as likely to be your child as someone else, I think that's a pretty good approach.  [/quote]

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