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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDS  was not what I expected. We were coming from a small intimate private school setting. I went to a GDS information session and quite honestly it felt very much like a Cattlecall.  I just got the feeling sitting there the people were just clamoring to get their children a space at the school. I ended up walking out in the middle of the information session because I just felt so disgusted by it.   I’m in no way implying that it’s a bad school, all I can talk about is my experience during the information session and how it made me feel. All that to say it was not the school for us.

I was pleasantly surprised by the vibe at St. Andrews.   The people are friendly, the environment was just so warm and inviting. I liked the facilities and liked the vision and mission of the school. It felt very much like the smaller environment that we were used to. [/quote]

GDS is much sought-after today.  It is unfortunate but understandable that parents are clamoring for a spot for their children, so the information sessions can be large.  The school is amazing, though.[/quote]

Please go home, GDS troll.[/quote]

I’m not a troll. I was giving my honest opinion. I didn’t get far enough to take a tour of the school because I walked out. I did stay for some of the info session where the administration talked about how wonderful the school is.  I’m sure it is a wonderful place, It just was not the place that I wanted to send my child. I showed up there with a positive attitude because I had heard so many wonderful things about the school.   It simply was not what I expected.   That is what this thread is about right? I am allowed to give my opinion as did pretty much everyone else on this thread. [/quote]

I think the troll accusation was directed at the responder to your post.  There is apparently someone posing as an insufferable braggy GDS parent in an attempt to make the overall community look obnoxious.  [/quote]

+1. I can see how large information sessions at some of the schools can put people off. It's loud and chaotic, and doesn't show the facilities, staff or students to the best advantage. Our DC ended up in one of the upper schools that had this type of cattle call open house/info session, and the regular atmosphere is very different.
There was nothing insufferable or braggy about that prior post. GDS is in fact much sought-after today; that's just a fact. (Btw, I'm a parent at a competing school.)[/quote][/quote]

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