Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 21:45     Subject: Re:Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:This is peak Episcopalian mindset. Fancy WASPs with no actual Christian values.

lol
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 21:35     Subject: Re:Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is peak Episcopalian mindset. Fancy WASPs with no actual Christian values.


As a former parent at the school this exemplifies the school EXACTLY.

+1
I was going to post the same thing. We are thrilled to be out of there. Now that we are at a different k-12, we realize how awful many aspects of SSSAS were.


Would you please elaborate on this for those of us considering the school for middle school and up.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 21:03     Subject: Re:Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is peak Episcopalian mindset. Fancy WASPs with no actual Christian values.


As a former parent at the school this exemplifies the school EXACTLY.

+1
I was going to post the same thing. We are thrilled to be out of there. Now that we are at a different k-12, we realize how awful many aspects of SSSAS were.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 20:01     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:I only had experience with Lower School admissions but it was enough for me to say thank you no thank you. I didn't want my kid to attend a school if it was anything like the admissions team. I had never met a more unprofessional group of individuals. Snobbery was out in full display- they certainly were very pleased with themselves for such a low caliber school.
This does not surprise me at all.

Sounds like they dodged a bullet.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 19:48     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
I only had experience with Lower School admissions but it was enough for me to say thank you no thank you. I didn't want my kid to attend a school if it was anything like the admissions team. I had never met a more unprofessional group of individuals. Snobbery was out in full display- they certainly were very pleased with themselves for such a low caliber school.
This does not surprise me at all.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 19:44     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


Exactly. Who goes looking for out of date job postings anyway?


Go cry in your Gucci. OP said she stumbled across it and acknowledged that it was old. Sometimes Google turns up interesting stuff.


How do you stumble on an old job posting? The "excuse" was bizarre. And then comes on DCUM to trash the school while they're looking for a new MS for their kid. It says way more about OP.


OP here. Google is how you stumble upon it. I shared because I think it simply bizarre
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 19:41     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


I’m the OP and found it when looking around for the middle school admissions person. It’s still out there and weird imho
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 18:46     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


Exactly. Who goes looking for out of date job postings anyway?


Go cry in your Gucci. OP said she stumbled across it and acknowledged that it was old. Sometimes Google turns up interesting stuff.


How do you stumble on an old job posting? The "excuse" was bizarre. And then comes on DCUM to trash the school while they're looking for a new MS for their kid. It says way more about OP.


Not as bizarre as requiring of anyone professional behavior “associated with a luxury brand”
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 13:56     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


Exactly. Who goes looking for out of date job postings anyway?


Go cry in your Gucci. OP said she stumbled across it and acknowledged that it was old. Sometimes Google turns up interesting stuff.


How do you stumble on an old job posting? The "excuse" was bizarre. And then comes on DCUM to trash the school while they're looking for a new MS for their kid. It says way more about OP.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 13:38     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


Exactly. Who goes looking for out of date job postings anyway?


Go cry in your Gucci. OP said she stumbled across it and acknowledged that it was old. Sometimes Google turns up interesting stuff.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 12:55     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.


Exactly. Who goes looking for out of date job postings anyway?
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 10:58     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.

+1

And the MS admissions head is really kind and wonderful, to boot. They made a good choice even if the application wording was weird. Move on.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 10:42     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
This job posting was over a year ago and is closed and the position looks to be filled. Why someone now just happened to find it and start a DCUM thread on it is super weird.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 09:52     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:We’re looking at all of the Alexandria privates for middle, and I stumbled upon this posting for the Director of Admissions (from a year ago).

They list one of the requirements as
“Professional appearance and behavior associated with a luxury brand”

The luxury brand thing is really sitting wrong with me. I’m not interested in purchasing a luxury brand school. What is luxury brand behavior anyway? Is it code for snotty?

Education= High-quality? Absolutely yes. Luxury? No.

Why not just say, “professional appearance and behavior required”?

I personally don’t like that this is how they perceive themselves and what they want to attract.

https://sssas.isolvedhire.com/jobs/913031.html



Probably someone not high up at the school that posted the ad wording. I would not think too much of it and no I have zero affiliation with this school.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2024 09:09     Subject: Is SSSAS a “luxury brand”?
Anonymous wrote:Accidental honesty.


Funny. The truth comes out