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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The fact of the matter is that the Palisades location meant that only family with the time and means to commute to that location were able to send their kids there--i.e., relatively wealthy families. "

This makes no sense. Only rich people are allowed to drive to Palisades? I've never noticed the signs on MacArthur Blvd, banning people with middle and low incomes.  Not to mention, GDS lower and middle school are already located in this high class section of DC - which - when I was a kid, was the last refuge of the now extinct DC redneck.[/quote]

PP, you really don't understand this?  Folks working two jobs, don't have a car, etc would need to jump through multiple hoops to get there.  The logistics require time and money and that is what makes it exclusive.[/quote]

No I dont. GDS already has 600 kids in the Palisades. Tuition is already 35k+ a year. GDS alumni road the D-4 and the D-6 to attend high school when it was located at the current River School. In addition to GDS, there are several other private schools in the palisades neighborhood. You don't want to admit GDS missed an important opportunity to secure land in a more logical area for the future of the school, but them'so the facts. Now the school is in a unfortunate situation with its campus. IF it doesn't consolidate, it will be hemmed in by commercial construction.[/quote]

Families who live in lower income neighborhoods generally don't have the luxury of time or money to commute to a non-metro accessible area. That's a fact. As you point out, the majority of families who are at GDS LS/MS currently are able to afford the astronomical tuition. The other private schools in the area also have very wealthy families--St. Pats has a hard time attracting lower income families because of the logistics. Field has a school bus. Blessed Sacrament is parochial, so subsidized by the Catholic Church. BTW, GDS alum who went to River were also overwhelming dropped of by parents. [/quote]

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