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[quote=Anonymous]The problem isn't that these cliques exist, it's that in the younger grades I've found it really difficult to make real friendships because people are so caught up in trying to friend the "cool" families (and this takes time) that they don't invest in other families as a result.  I know this sounds ludicrous for an adult woman to write but it really does happen time and time again at Janney.  My kid will spend countless hours with another kid but then that family won't invite my kid to x, y, or z event but instead will invite the same 10 or so kids/families that are the popular ones.   I don't think people go into the school with this mentality but after a few months/years they find themselves consciously or unconsciously joining in.   Because if you're not scrambling to know the "right' people then you don't get invited to anything, your kid gets on the undesirable soccer/baseball teams, etc. There are a few families that buck this trend and there are others who don't socialize with the school at all but this is overwhelming way things work socially at Janney (at least in some grades).

Again, I know it sounds ludicrous and makes me sound pathetic but I'm not imagining this and I haven't experienced this before, even in DC.  I certainly didn't find this to be the case at either of our previous NW DC preschools.  I had ZERO difficulty making very good friends in either of those environments.  Janney has been it's own weird world and I'm not sure why because on the surface it's an ideal community.   I have another kid entering in a few years and I hope it's different in a few years.  Hopefully as the school grows bigger the playing ground will be more neutral.  [/quote]

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