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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not want to be poor at one of the "loud money" schools - like where the uber elite wants to send their kids, where they have the absurd auction, etc.  I think being on aid at St Albans or Maret or Sidwell or Georgetown Prep is very different than being on aid at Green Acres or Good Counsel. [/quote]

Not true at ALL! You find your people at these schools. Not everyone is uber rich but EVERYONE is well educated and can hold a conversation regardless of where you live. Almost everyone is at least middle class, including families on aid. My DC on aid has uber-rich friends and goes to parties with kids of all colors/financial statuses. If their parents don't want their kids around you, because of your financial status (which is extremely shallow) especially when our kids are going to the EXACT same school, then they aren't worth your time. I know my child is still in the lower school years and it may change in HS school, but they wouldn't change their Big 3 experience for the world.

Sincerely a Big 3 Parent  :roll: [/quote]

It really depends on the school and the grade.  At my kid's Big3 the high schoolers definitely segregate by economic class and even more by race.  Not to a person but there are definite groupings.

Also, I think it depends what degree of friendship you or your kids aspire to.  Everyone is "nice" and when you're young you get things like birthday party invites regardless of your economic class.  But ultimately, you will find yourself on the outs.  Which as a parent I did not mind (I was not there to make BFFs) but when my kids got older they did mind. 
It's hard to explain exactly but I will sum it up by saying that it is not some utopia where rich and poor ride off into the sunset together.  These school communities which are so bipolar in terms of income have a lot of income related issues when you scratch beneath the surface.  The surface being 2nd grade parties at Zava Zone.  Any deeper and it can get ugly fast.   [/quote]

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