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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re at SR and are members of a cc, but do not think there’s a cc vibe, at all.  Because we see other SR families at multi-cc events, I’m guessing there’s a fair amount of SR families who belong to a cc, but I’ve never heard or participated in any cc talk with other parents beyond meet-up related logistics.

I suspect any angst about cc membership is felt solely by those who desire a cc membership (for whatever reason) but can’t have one (for whatever reason).  No one else cares how other families spend their money.[/quote]

The last part of this is ridiculous. We could easily afford a club and aren’t members because it’s not how we want to spend our time. But it does impact our kids because 1/3 the grade at their elementary belongs to the CCC and they see each other all the time outside of school. Most of them spend the whole summer together at CCC camps. It fosters close relationships among those kids and others are left out. School admissions needs to do better about not admitting all the same kinds of people if they want an inclusive school. [/quote]

What you're experiencing might be a broader issue. A lot of professionals in DC are transplants, but there are also families that have been going to cathedral schools for generations and are multi- generation members of the Met/Chevy/Sulgrave scene. When people have been friends their entire lives, it can look a bit cliquish to others.[/quote]

DP. I don't think it is the generational families that are the issue. A lot of people belong to clubs in the DMV- all sorts of clubs and most do not talk about them or spend all of their time there as cultured people tend to attend theater, art museums, dine at high end restaurants etc... and other events that a city offers. The problem families tend to be the newer money families that are not very cultured and seem to not have any other interests besides their club. They spend all free time at their club and only with people and families that belong to their club and they teach their kids to do so as well. [/quote]

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