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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sidwell or STA for overall quality of experience and quality of life?  Kid is smart, funny, kind and sporty but not a D1 recruit-to-be.  Wants a great high school experience. 
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Very different communities. The parents and kids are very different. A family that is happy at one would not necessarily be happy at the other. There are threads on here about the communities and their differences and similarities. [/quote]

LOL at this post.

This is Washington and both Sidwell and STA cost upwards of 50k / year to attend. Both “school communities “ if by that you mean parent households are made up of mainly top 1 percent economic earners nationwide, likely went to the same Universities and Grad schools and have been earning north of 1-2 million a year since their late 30’s.

They may even have one kid in each school ( as a prior poster shared)

Both give large amounts of FA to a significant number of students.

So what is the difference?

Well, to the extent that a school community is also Faculty and Admin and the culture by which the school is run then : Saint Albans has a long tenured faculty and ,though the HOS is new , the Admin tone is one of a tightly run ship, highly organized, sets a high bar and does not tolerate envelop pushing from parents

Sidwell: More loosely goosey from top down and from the classroom up and lots of complaints and pressure from parents very accustomed to never being told “ no”

Perhaps PP is right and some people instantly know what type of community is “ their style” [/quote]

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