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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it was popular WELL BEFORE Chelsea went there.  In the 80s, it was very sought after as well, and i'm sure before that too.  it's a good school.  [/quote]
yes, it was.  But as PP said, the parent community has changed ENORMOUSLY.  And not for the better.[/quote]
NP.  How would you know "the parent community has changed enormously ... and not for the better"?  Surely you weren't a parent there in both the 1980s and now 30 years later, were you?  Sounds to me like you're making shit up.[/quote]

Tale as old as time...it is an old money versus new money thing.  [/quote]

No.
When I went there it was heavily a scholarly immigrant or dual income white collar couples amongst the majority of the parents.  Tuitions percent of HHi was less for the median D.C. family.  I even had friends with two more senior federal employee parents. Not the case today. 
Today the majority of the parent construct is very wealthy and high income, plus the subsidized aid/scholarship kids plus the double lawyer or double doctor working couples. Some of the mtgs now bifurcate into the country club clique/ DC social pages, and then everyone else (double working couples or low income couples). It's a larger percentage of families than one would see at a top college. Oh well, lower school kids haven't figured it out yet - who goes to social fundraisers on a monthly basis or not. [/quote]

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