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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sadly not STA. It varies some by class but large population of mean girl moms who never mentally graduated from junior high.[/quote]

This is sad to hear. I had hoped STA would figure this out. The Chevy crowd at STA (and NCS) is vicious. Hands down probably one of the worst crowds in the DMV. [/quote]

We're a decidedly not fancy STA/NCS family. 
A couple of things:

-there are countless parents who are not country club members. the vast majority.
 
-among the Chevy crowd (since that was brought up) I've found that (not surprisingly) that the wealthiest and most influential ones are generally the nicest. The mean ones are almost always the strivers OR the ones with kids who struggle socially.  When people are secure in who they are, they're generally nice.

-I've also found that none of it matters during the high school years as kids make their own friends.  If they're some combo of smart, funny, charismatic, interesting, athletic, kind, good looking, etc. they'll likely find themselves comfortably fitting into the social world even if they're the furthest thing from a Chevy member there is.  My kids have been fully embraced by other kids.  They've invited to a near constant stream of pre-parties, after parties, regular parties, golf outings, dinners, hang-outs, ski trips, vacations, etc. etc.  They have many friends and will know these kids until for years to come.  They feel fully part of the community. It's all good.  [/quote]

Oh, saying that the vast majority don’t belong is a bit of an exaggeration. In some classes 40% of the families belong to a country club.

There are kids and parents who can’t afford the clubs but who are hangers on/groupies. They ingratiate themselves to the country club crowd so they get invited to the “parties, golf outings, dinners, hang-outs, and ski trips.”  Of course they say it’s all good. [/quote]

I'm the poster you're replying too and geez, there are some weird "chip on their shoulder" posters in this thread tonight.  We are not a hangers on/groupies at all. We have our own friends and world outside of our kids' high schools.  We'll be out of this school entirely in a few short years.

My kids are not groupies either.  They're just making friends and living their lives.  My post was just to illustrate that are completely accepted at these schools despite having no part in the country club world.  The kids who are club members come to our house, out to dinner with us and on vacation with us. Believe me, if my kids were feeling ostracized I wouldn't hesitate to post about it--I've been quite frank about the good, bad and ugly on here.  And frankly I'd move my kids because I'm sure they wouldn't be happy.  They're social---if they were at schools where they were not fully accepted then they'd be out of there.  [/quote]

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