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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter’s experience joining in middle school: if you are not from the same wealthy area of Alexandria and a Belle Haven member, your child will have a tough time becoming a member of the school community. It is not impossible, but the value system of many of the kids and their parents is pretty messed up. [/quote]

This checks out. I think there’s an effort for more types of kids and backgrounds but at $55,000/year ultimately the culture is very privileged and country club. [/quote]

Yes. SSSAS seeks more socio economic diversity as part of its mission - moreso than a lot of other schools.   It has no more of a privileged culture than any other private school. There are many upper middle class families but very few upper class families as with some of the top tier schools in the DC area.

For 55k a year there are going to be people who belong to a country club. Some years it might be Belle Haven other years it’s Army Navy CC. If you go to Potomac School it will probably be Congressional or Washington Golf.  If you go to DC or Maryland schools it will be Chevy Chase CC, Kenwood etc. It’s  at every private.  It’s not just SSSAS. There are nice people that belong to country clubs as well those who are not nice. And there are nice people who don’t belong to country clubs as well as not nice people. [/quote]

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