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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It got popular when Chelsea went there, and then when the Obama girls went there. This city is full of a$$ kissers, and people wanted to be there just to be able to say they send their kids to school with the president's kids. [/quote]

The city is full of:

1.  Highly educated parents who want the best education money can buy
2.  Families with progressive attitudes
3.  Families not interested in an overly religious educational experience
4.  Students / parents not interested in single sex education
5.  Families living in areas with lower quality public options
6.  Upper middle class AA families who don't care for the limited diversity offered in their publics school (e.g. Whitman is 4% AA)
7.  Students who thrive in a more intimate setting than larger schools provide
8.  Parents desirous of a school that seeks to develop the whole child

I am not saying that social climbers are absent from the community. Nor am I saying that Sidwell is unique in being able to offer these attributes.  But, reducing the many and varied reasons to a stupid axiom speaks only to your ignorance.[/quote]

The Sidwell (or "Friends" as it used to be called) families of old see a major difference.  Trust me.[/quote]

And, the Sidwell Friends of old was segregated.  What is your point?  The world has changed and so should institutions.[/quote]

:roll:

The point is that the parents used to be interested and cultured.  Now they're social climbers.  One of the K dads a year ago was 80 years old!  Come on.[/quote]

A statement completely lacking in perspective and humility.  Sorry that [b]the crunchy do-gooders are now outnumbered by members of the commercial class.[/b]  The fact is that the DC metro area is a much different place demographically than it was in years "of old".  [/quote]

Your fellow parents, ladies and gentlemen!
- Sidwell grad who'd never consider sending my kids there[/quote]

Get off your high horse and take off your sepia toned glasses.  Your Sidwell was tattered, less diverse, poorly endowed and more self righteous.  I know of a few schools in Philadelphia that still meet this description...and they are all on the verge of extinction.

Further, it is the height of arrogance to suggest that people who work in commercial enterprises are somehow less good or less worthy.  [/quote]

Which schools in Philadelphia, if you don't mind me asking?[/quote]

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