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[quote=Anonymous]I completely agree, and Janney would be a better school if it were not so clubby and more diverse.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a clubby feel about the school, and there is pressure -- albeit subtle -- to stay with the in crowd so your kids get the birthday party invites and other opportunities.  Maybe that's true everywhere, but at Janney I have seen one or two children in a class excluded from birthday parties because they are not cool.  That should not be tolerated in an elementary school.[/quote]

Oh please... It is all in your head.[/quote]

That is simply not true.  There is a definitely clubby feel to many classes/grades.  NOT across the entire school (and yes, you could attend and not encounter it) but this element does exist across some grades.  I'm not imagining it and I did not experience it at our NW DC preschool.   For instance, one of my children was invited to at least a half dozen birthday parties this year where only about 8/12 of the same gender kids in a class were invited--and it's ALWAYS the same kids who are invited and the same ones who are not.  I shudder to say this but thankfully my child is among those in the "cool group".  [/quote][/quote]

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