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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very different.  My daughter did not like NCS because it felt joyless and was single sex. Everyone was very nice but it felt like everyone was tired.  Sidwell was opposite.  Sort of intense happiness and coed.  Had all the high school stuff we wanted except formal AP classes.  Ruled out Maret immediately because it had a quirkier bunch of kids, felt a small (literally smaller grades), limited campus and sort of felt heavy with DEI —even more than Sidwell.  And for my kid, she was tapped out on some of that.  As she says “no hate but can we talk about something else for a change.”  So OP you really need to visit and pursue and I think also cast a wider net.  NCS and Sidwell are very hard to get into.  Maret not nearly as competitive but it’s not a shoe in at all. [/quote]

This is helpful about Maret and part of the reason we ruled out GDS. While we are progressive, given where we live I don't think kids here suffer from a lack of education about DEI. [/quote]

When we toured Maret, it was far more in your face with DEI compared to the GDS tour. Maret is also very hard to gain admittance because it is so small.
Don't rule out GDS. They claim that part of being open is being open to all points of view. You should visit and see whether they walk the walk on that.[/quote]

We have not found GDS to be overly DEI - we expected it to be more in your face.  At a few points in considering GDS their push was over the top DEI -but that changed by the time our younger one entered at HS.  Remember the Maret literally has a DEI essay (GDS does not).

Neither school bothered us - but then again - we value being in a community that values diversity and acceptance of others.

Also - even though Sidwell doesn't advertise so much on the DEI message - we experienced overt DEI pushes while one of our children was there. Again - it didn't bother us - but it was more than anything we experienced at GDS from the parent perspective.[/quote]

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