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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I have also been at top public & private in DC (not suburbs) - my experience was that the [b]parents at public school were way more judgey, cliquey, and overall a lot less friendly.[/b] My theory is that, in general, people look for others "like themselves" and who they feel will help their own ambitions yet not threaten their perceived status/success. There are definitely outliers & they are wonderful people to be around. I stick to the outliers. I'm not big on self-absorbed lemmings. FWIW - at our DC public, I felt the same way you feel at private, and I am thin, well-dressed (but no high heels or heavy make up).[/quote]

IF this is true, there can be only one DC Public School that fits this description.  Possibly.   Maybe.  And it's the elementary school in Ward 3 that has uniformly high-income households, with the exception of a dozen or so condo/apartment dwellers inbounds.

All the other schools that have so-called "top" test scores -- Key, Janney, Murch, Ross, Lafayette -- have a broader range of HHI due to rentals and varying house sizes.    And in the case of Murch, Janney and Lafayette, the schools are so. damm. huge. that there really can be no cloistered Skull and Bones power structure.     There's room for a zillion social groups when there are, literally, 1,200 parents involved with the school.[/quote]

You are pretty much wrong on all fronts, but nice try. Maybe you got the Ward right. My guess, based on your response, is that your kid either goes to or went to that DCPS. Your personality really shines through. [/quote]

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