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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard not-so-great things about the culture of the school when it comes to high school-- words used like snotty, countyr club set, etc-- but I don't know if these are fair, or true in the lower school as well?[/quote]

A friend of mine pulled her daughter out after one term for this reason and lost her fees. She was in K. She said that her daughter was ostracized because she was not part of the country club set. Invitations to play dates were simply ignored and she was excluded from birthday parties. 
I must caveat that my friend is quite a sensitive person but she is also very frugal so I would surmise that her daughter, who is a delightful girl, must have been very unhappy for her to forfeit the fees.
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Thinking about SSSAS.  Does anyone know if this really happens?  K seems like an absurdly young age for cliques to be formed.  I guess I'm concerned because I don't know any other parents at SSSAS or any prospective K students.  I'm afraid my DC would be isolated or excluded.  With so many new families entering at K, I really didn't think this would be a problem and parents would go out of their way to meet others and set things up like playdates, etc. if their kids got along.  
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Current SSSAS mom here.  Most parents at SSSAS are nice, normal people who would set up playdates, etc.  Then there are the Belle Haven Mafia Moms, who do exclude people who don't belong to the country club set.  Same moms have kids who start asking about the square footage of your house (no, I am not kidding), as if that somehow determines your worth as a person.

But that is not the whole school or even the majority.  It is merely one element.  And I am willing to bet that there are mom cliques at other schools, too, who also exclude.  In general, however, I have found the parents, teachers and administrators to be lovely and caring people.  [/quote]

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