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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re:school. I am not a reporter and I have brought it up. Even if a reporter is on here trying to find out-good for them! Parents with kids applying should know so they can ask A LOT of questions. Plus, this may be a school where if the public school cannot manage a child they pay tuition at a private that can. If my tax dollars helped fund this boy, I want to know.

I would not suggest posting a link with info about the boy since he is a minor. It's easy enough to find the alleged name on your own and then find the parents through searches. An obit for the grandpa of alleged shooter lists them all too. Interesting to note is that grandpa of the alleged shooter fought in WW2.[/quote]

Why do you have this narrative that the school is demanding silence and cowering? Most likely this is a small, specialized school without the PR resources of a Sidwell. Quite frankly, the tone of your posts are very nosey and self righteous.  You deserve nothing at this point, let the police do their investigation and let the family of the deceased grieve. [/quote]

I am a different poster and I have brought up the school question too. It just bothers me that there is a school somewhere that is hiding the facts for the sake of its own reputation. If it is a mainstream private, I guarantee it has sent messages to its parent body advising them not to share the school's name in connection with the event. If it turns out it is a small special needs school, I would not be bothered by this silence.[/quote]

My guess is that its the latter. They look like they would both be candidates for alternative school. If it was a private, my guess wold be a small school alternative type school like New School of Northern Virginia or Howard Gardner.[/quote]

The New School is not an alternative school for the emotionally disturbed. The only thing that makes it "alternative" is they work on a philosophy of the intelligences, developed by Harvard, rather than kill and drill. My oldest son went there after being bullied mercilessly in public school because he was dysgraphic and the wonderful school board in Fairfax County wouldn't let him carry a laptop that we paid for, after refusing to accept the test results of the certified psychological testing center. Everyone at the New School carried a laptop and he became a stellar student and a school leader, helping other kids who came to the school after being relentlessly bullied like him. He needed no special counseling or school help - his learning disability disappeared when he was able to use the right tool - the one Fairfax County refused to allow him.

It's also a magnet school for foreign students, especially from China and Korea. I've seen students cry with gratitude at graduation, so grateful are they for the opportunities given. And yes, the school has their share of Ivy attendance, though they help the kids focus on choosing the right school for THEM, not just because the college has a name. 
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