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[quote=Anonymous]One aspect about the Beauvoir parenting community which is truly special is that parents are encouraged to spend time in the school with their kids especially after drop off in the morning. For working parents it's the opportunity to arrive at 7:50 and have quality unstructured time w/your child until the day begins (8:15 or 8:30 depending on grade) which is a great opportunity - especially for those of us that sometimes work late. An indirect benefit of this policy is the parental community gets to know each other very well in a casual environment and not based on social status communities outside the school. Beauvoir is able to do this because of the accessible parking situation and the age of the students.  The last thing I was thinking when I enrolled my child, was that I would make so many friends... didn't even cross my mind - in fact people who send their children so they can make friends scare me. For the record I am a single parent whose child is the beneficiary of relatives paying for tuition. Our apartment and my income would definitely put us in the "have not" category, but I have been awed by how social status seems irrelevant within the halls of the school and each family embraces each other. There are many different types of families at the school. It truly is a family school where families regardless of background get to know each other well. It would be hard for that not to happen given the morning environment. There may be other schools that have policies the open door parental policy that Beauvoir does, but I can't think of one in DC proper.

I have many friends whose kids have gone onto GDS, Sidwell and obviously NCS, STA and by those ages the parent in the classroom is not encouraged due to age on top of that due to parking and other issues it is not realistic. I'm thinking of two friends in particular whose Beauvoir kids are at GDS & Sidwell who have both said that they love their current schools, but what Beauvoir has in terms of family community is unparalleled and very special. [/quote]

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