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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I liked everything about Shepherd: its demographics, its test scores, its traditionalism--even its uniforms.

And it was a disaster for us. It is not the first time I have said this, but it is a deeply conventional school. Not with the teachers or the administration, but with the other families, and their expectations. If you have a child or a family that does not quite fit its mold... it is not a nice place. At all. Just in terms of the other kids. That was our experience, and one I heard from other families. I remain very pro-Shepherd because I think that the things it does well it does awesomely, but it is also a school that carries all the baggage of its time and place, and that baggage has to be accounted for. I'm not a huge fan of progressive education--I prefer the Shepherd model--but the Shepherd model had my child being attacked constantly for being different--and that was not so great.

Shepherd Elementary made me realize that DC is a very conservative town and that kids who don't fit the mold are always going to be shunned. [/quote]

I'm sorry this happened to your kid. Would you mind elaborating on what happened? What's the baggage?[/quote]

This is the “Shepherd hater” from a couple years ago, who would frequently post just this type of story with few details, other than she didn’t like the neighborhood or school and that people in SP were too traditional and snobby.   She rented there for a year or two before buying in Silver Spring,  from what I recall.[/quote]

So is she telling the truth or no?[/quote]

NP she never explains in detail why it was a bad fit for her kid. Not every school will be a perfect fit for every kid.[/quote]

+1.   Many were sympathetic at first, but after she recycles the same story for the 87th time, even after leaving the neighborhood, it gets annoying. Not to mention her frequent references to having lived in NYC, and how traditional, conservative, etc. DC is in comparison.  [/quote]

Over and over and over and over. I suspect if you search Shepherd on this board, about 30% of the postings are hers. She's now claiming she's a booster, but her singular experience overshare is accomplishing anything but.[/quote]

Unrelated question: do people just check back for their pet school then post same things? Or do they have some type of alert set up? Just always wondered. Especially those not in the DCPS system anymore it just seems odd.[/quote]

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