Anonymous wrote:How many years ago was tHis? I've been part of Mrs Simpsons "not secret" committee and she is looking for any and all children who might want to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not think there is anything wrong with some things being exclusive but many people that go there have told me that when she invites people she looks at their race. The race goes into consideration. That is very cruel and I dislike it.

I've never heard any proof of this. If you are going to make an accusation like this, you should be able to back it up!

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/27800/better-off-deb

The class is invitation-only, as well. Class proprietress Virginia Simpson and a secret committee of parents choose students from among third-graders at private elementary schools such as the National Cathedral School, the Beauvoir School, the Potomac School, and the Norwood School.

Even among these elite pools, not everyone gets invited. Richard Lehfeldt, a power-company executive who now lives in Florida, recalls that he and his wife were baffled when 10 years ago, their daughter, then a third-grader at Potomac, was the only child in her class who didn't receive an invitation to join Simpson's class.

"We asked around and we figured out the dirty little secret," says Lehfeldt, who believes that his daughter was not invited because she is Jewish. Lehfeldt criticized Simpson's admission practices in a 1993 Washington Post article, which cited several cases where Jewish and nonwhite children were the only ones in their classes not invited. "My assumption was that people didn't know and once they knew, they would retreat," says Lehfeldt. "But what we found out was that they did know and did not want to retreat."

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Anonymous wrote:I do not think there is anything wrong with some things being exclusive but many people that go there have told me that when she invites people she looks at their race. The race goes into consideration. That is very cruel and I dislike it.

I've never heard any proof of this. If you are going to make an accusation like this, you should be able to back it up!

Anonymous wrote:I do not think there is anything wrong with some things being exclusive but many people that go there have told me that when she invites people she looks at their race. The race goes into consideration. That is very cruel and I dislike it.

Anonymous wrote:You know, it seems to come as a big shock to some people on this board that there are things in the DC area that are exclusive. Meaning schools, clubs, playgroups, classes etc. That's just how the world is. It's not "rude" to be invitation only, unless there's something unsavory about the way that people are exlcuded (such as by race or religion). I guess in a perfect world, everything would be open to everyone, but we don't live in that world. There will always be groups or events which are open to a limited few based on a number of factors, money being only one. But I don't know what's "rude" or "disgusting" about this. And I say this as someone who has never joined a club or one of these groups (though I've been invited).