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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this thread is old, but if others stumble on this thread, here is my two cents. As the parent of a soon-to-be-graduating student, I really regret letting DC go to EHS.

Incredibly toxic student culture especially among the girls. Conspicuous consumption, tremendous pressure to wear insanenly expensive brands, lots of over-privileged right wing southern brats; the int'l students (mostly Asian) and the Black students hang out in their own groups (can't blame them, and also b/c the bratty white kids think the non-white kids are "weird.") DC has stories of astonishingly racist and classist things said by classmates.

DC found some fabulous teachers, made a few good friends and will go on to a great college, but it has not been a good experience overall. Administration is rigid and heavy handed, and the covid period was a nightmare (kids literally confined to their dorm floors for months-- not even allowed to go take walks around the school unsupervised). That period is over, thank goodness, but the rigid and unforgiving approach was typical of the school, and really rough on kids' mental health.

For a wealthy, white, southern Republican, this school is probably fun. For others, not so much. We are so glad DC is getting the hell out of there.

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Parent of a recent grad here. Student culture is toxic but I don't think that's a fair reason not to attend. DC looked at schools in and out of DMV and each had its social flaws, many so worse than Episcopal. Despite an odd animosity between different friend groups, DC made many friends and loved a few teachers, which she says provided her with "a warm sense of community." And believe me, DC is far from southern and doesn't fit the Episcopal stereotype. In my day, almost everyone was "wealthy, white, and southern" at the school, but now that label only meets a certain clique.

Episcopal does have more conservative students than any other school visited, but they are outnumbered by democrats and, as a parent, I'm happy DC was exposed to a spectrum of opinions before college.

[b]For other parents[/b], Episcopal is a great school, academically/network-wise, and each year is becoming more diverse and friendly. After DC's first year they started cracking down on the (toxic) traditional social trends such as "blacklisting" (which is gone) and classism (which is rapidly declining).

[b]For the school or any lurking teachers[/b], break up cliques that form in the dining hall and dorms. You've made the student body incredibly diverse, from race to style to personality, but fail to create meaningful interaction between those different groups. If there was less division in the student body, half of these DCUM posts wouldn't be here. [/quote]

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