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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve only been at the school 1 year so some will say give it time, but overall we had a good experience with the school and community this year, and I consider myself a fairly involved parent. Don’t get me wrong I’ve had a few issues with the school but nothing super alarming. I disagree with the comments about curriculum- before we enrolled I spoke with families from other schools including Sidwell, and they said the strong top-down curriculum was actually one of the advantages of BVR over Sidwell. Unfortunately there is uneven teacher quality at every school- that’s just part of private school in a high COL city where good teachers are in short demand. But BVR’s top-down curriculum ensures all the classes are more or less getting the same instruction. 
My main gripe with the community is actually that I find them under-engaged with the school and their kid. We’re not super rich and I felt like I didn’t fit in with the superstar career execs busy with their high-powered DC social lives and nannies round the clock doing pickups and play dates. But I found them nice enough and relatively inclusive even though I definitely don’t fit in. I wouldn’t plan on making friends there as I have at other schools. I have a feeling as we get older we are going to have to deal with entitled kids in our peer group, but that’s a hazard of private school in NW DC (and maybe some publics as well).
I found the admin staff including HOS to be wonderfully engaging and responsive. They know your child by name and were very responsive on the occasion I raised an issue. I thought there was a nice balance of community and parent events as well. [/quote]

I really hope you get lucky and it continues to go well for you but FWIW, the wheels really come off in 1st grade. As the academics start to matter you or your friends will see the issues mentioned here. [/quote]

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