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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 kids at Sidwell. I think the school is not the problem. Everywhere has college anxiety. That’s everywhere. But for my other Sidwell parents on the line, let’s be honest. The social culture (especially among girls) is toxic. There are cliques. Mean girls. Bullying. Mental cruelty. Kids who are excluded from friend groups. This non-stop mean social culture amongst entitled high school kids is nasty. We stay because the school is academically really good. Some of the best teachers. The Upper School principal is legendary and a role model. I just wish the kids would be like him. We can’t wait to leave because the kids at this place are  Spoiled, narcissistic brats. And yes let’s talk about the secret mental health audit and survey. [/quote]

“There are cliques. Mean girls. Bullying. Mental cruelty. Kids who are excluded from friend groups.”

1. How does this differ from any affluent school in the DMV, public or private?
2. What, exactly, should Sidwell do about cliques, mean boys/girls, and social exclusion? How can Sidwell crack the code on a tale as old as time? 
3. Please explain how Sidwell can make students befriend students they otherwise wouldn’t want to befriend?
4. Finally, good on Sidwell for commissioning a mental health audit. How many other private schools have done that recently (especially places with multiple recent suicides. I’m looking at you, Landon and Harvard-Westlake).[/quote]

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