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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC graduated from Sidwell a few years back. I remember one parent complaining about the CCO at a sporting event and when I probed, she said she and her husband were “insulted” that the CCO suggested their DC look at schools they considered “beneath” their child. On multiple occasions, the CCO expressed concerns with the list of schools their DC was focusing on. The parents explicitly said they felt the CCO should “do more” to help their child get into a “better” school. They rejected the CCO’s advice at every turn, pushed their DC to only apply to top tier schools (which their DC did.) Unbeknownst to the parents, their DC threw in an app last minute to one of the schools the CCO recommended and guess what? That was this child’s ONLY acceptance. My experience is that the CCO is doing their job and doing it well. One advisor left the CCO office to go to another DC private due to a small handful of crazy parents. It’s some of the parents you can’t solve for.[/quote]

Sure - there are crazy people like this all over the DMV, including at public schools where they are hiring a counselor.  But were the majority of parents you knew at Sidwell acting this way? And should the entire parent body of SFS be treated as is we act this way? Because as a family that was new to SFS starting n HS - I feel like this is how most parents are treated.  We all get painted with the same brush, the wall set up for the handful of crazies keeps everyone out, and policies and interactions are setup assuming a crazy parent is on the other side of the table/phone.    [/quote]

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