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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP thanks! I've visited the school numerous times and we have applied. We can't find anything wrong with the school and we keep wondering if we are missing something. At the other schools we have visited, we like many things but can usually identify at least one con. With Beauvoir it may be as you suggest, that it ends at 3.

If we get accepted and attend I'm not sure we would be one of the families looking ahead to NCS. [b]I've heard that if you aren't that could cause some tension.[/b] Have you experienced any of that or witnessed that?
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The bolded has not been true for about 10-15 years, PP.

On my tour, I was impressed with the Science room and the art room and the Library, not to mention the vast space of the play ground and the wooded trails. I also noticed a lot of diversity in the classrooms and remember thinking that compared to my suburban school girl upbringing, it looked like a little U.N. in terms of every ethnic group.

If it helps, here are some things I couldn't have known about Beauvoir, but that I came to appreciate only as a parent:

1) I  am not a religious person and I wasn't sure how I felt about my child being in a school where he went to chapel. [i]

what I found: Episcopalian homilies can be pretty down to earth and , in some cases take a pretty courageous social position and were truly welcoming of everyone. On top of it, many of my fellow parents were not from a Chrisitian back ground. They might be muslim, hindu or jewish. What everyone seemed to have in common was education, professional careers, wide travel, interests and of course, we all had kids. And when tough things happened in the community, we were kind of glad we had that forum of a community service even if we were not religious.[/i]

2) I thought the school looked warm and seemed the educators had a good handle on how to provide a nurturing classroom.
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what I found: my child LOVED that school, was truly happy to go to school every day and actually told a co-worker once ( when he came ot work with me because he had pink eye and had to stay home for one full day that , no, he didn't " feel luck to have gotten out of school, I like going to my school" [/i]

3) I didn't worry if the other parents would be snobby as the rumors say because I really did not care . After all, it was my child going there, not me.
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I found: genuinely nice people , the vast majority and, refreshingly for a NW DC private, not everyone HAD to be a member of the liberal gliteratti and there were many friendships with people of differing political views and world views . What we had in common was strong enough : being a parent.[/i]

Beauvoir is a very , very nice school.
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