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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just graduated from a preschool where about a third of parents are chevy members. Unfortunately it shapes everything at this age and is at the point where people hide their affiliations because the rep is that bad.

It definitely informed where we went next![/quote]

DP. Chevy members are at the center of so many complaints across several schools yet a few schools still consistently appoint the Chevy crowd to their governing board. It is shocking. On a positive note they saved us a lot of money by doing so this year as we are now not donating what we had planned originally. [/quote]

It's not shocking. Those same parents  you mention bring something to the table - they are DC partners in law firms, financial experts or run successful businesses and are good at management. When I am asked to serve on school boards, it's because I bring special expertise that no one else has.  It has nothing to do with a country club membership.[/quote]

You sound naive. This is DC. You don’t think people with this experience are a dime a dozen? They aren’t just found in country clubs, not to mention one particular club. [/quote]

Not naive at all, Ivy educated for college and T1 law school, and have served on boards and local privates and an Ivy. We look for specific talents (law, marketing, accounting, managemebnt, investments, pattern of community involvement and so on) and the willingness to serve in a volunteer capacity (in my case for five years, each stint). Same as the thoughtful PP says just above. I don't even know the the clubs my fellow board members belong to.  But, I can tell you this, we don't seek out rubes like you who name call on a mommy forum.[/quote]

You are getting these positions through your connections and not your expertise. I agree with pp - Ivy educated wealthy successful nice people are a dime a dozen in the DC area. I can literally name off 10 off of the top of my head. They would all be wonderful board members but yet they never get asked. They do not rub elbows at the right places. Shame for schools and other boards because these people would be wonderful assets. [/quote]

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