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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have an answer, but my impression was that there were closet republicans at Sidwell but the gds families were all true believer progressives.  [/quote]

You would have to be a closeted Republican at Sidwell. I don’t know why those families wouldn’t just send their children to STA/NCS. I’m sure they would be much more comfortable at the Cathedral schools. [/quote]

There are plenty of traditional conservatives at Sidwell. Much harder to find any Trump/MAGA types.[/quote]

This is heartening.   Thank you.  That was my impression but the other poster denied it, suggesting it was as blanket liberal as I sense GDS is.   [/quote]

I'd still say the majority of families and school values/teaching lean pretty liberal at Sidwell. It's just not expressed in the same way in the community at large like it is at GDS, or taught in the same way that it is at GDS. The Sidwell community parents are more likely to hold cards close to their vests (on many things, not just politics).

I do think traditional conservative parents would be more at ease at Sidwell vs GDS...but keep in mind the education will still lean liberal for sure. So, the further right someone is - the more they might want to lean more to Cathedral schools, Potomac, Catholics.   [/quote]

Thank you again. We are actually just centrist democrats and decidedly not progressive.  I am turned off by GDS’ progressiveness and feel more comfortable at a more balanced school.  I know about the cathedrals (and Potomac), but the good publics seem actually less ideologue than gds does.   It’s the dogmatic liberalism and concomitant need to thrust it down the kids throats that rubs me the wrong way at gds.  I sense it’s a spectrum but I was hoping Sitwell was less in your face progressive and had conservatives (not trumpers is fine!)[/quote]

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