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[quote=Anonymous]Sidwell parent here -- OP, your post raises interesting sociological and demographic questions.  I think your concern is more related to taste and style than to "old money v. new", a distinction which has become increasingly irrelevant as old money has withered away and a meritocracy has flourished since WWII.  Thus, you will find plenty of new money families at Sidwell, including ours in which both grandfathers of our children were the first in their families to attend land-grant colleges (on the GI Bill)m then the next generation attended Ivy League schools, thus spawning legacies in the current student generation, allowing our children to be looked down upon by their college classmates who are the first generation in their families to attend those schools.

Of course, the extent and manner to which we "new money" families choose to display our newly-created wealth may be different from the "new money" families at your school, but perhaps less so than you imagine.  I remember seeing a ginormous white Cadillac SUV at a Landon game some time ago and thinking to myself,  "Ah, this is what people on DCUM mean when they post those snarky references to Landon moms.  We would never have such an ostentatious display of wealth at Sidwell Friends School."  Of course, the very next morning what did I see in the carpool line at the US but a ginormous white Cadillac SUV!  Hoisted by my own snarky petard!  So, OP, I would say to you: beware, the new money isn't always greener on the other side.      [/quote]

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