Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 16:38     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our child loved going to school and we loved every teacher from pk-3rd. Lots of learning and joy. The education experience was phenomenal.

The parent population sucks and I don’t think admin knew how to handle certain children- especially certain mean girls. They love donors and wealthy legacies and the favoritism shows. But then again, this problem is probably every where.


The favoritism for the wealthy is a problem. Shocking behavior excused in my younger child’s class because of the family wealth and parent’s job.


You send your kids to a grade school that costs $45k+/yr and are complaining about favoritism for the wealthy and connected. What did you expect?





Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 16:19     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what "staying on Close" means?


+1. We are obviously not in the inner circle!


The grounds of and around the National Cathedral are called (the) Close. If you continue on at NCS or StA after leaving Beauvoir, you would be "staying on (the) Close. I assume that is what the OP means.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 15:36     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me what "staying on Close" means?


+1. We are obviously not in the inner circle!
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2026 15:31     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Can someone tell me what "staying on Close" means?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 16:52     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:Our child loved going to school and we loved every teacher from pk-3rd. Lots of learning and joy. The education experience was phenomenal.

The parent population sucks and I don’t think admin knew how to handle certain children- especially certain mean girls. They love donors and wealthy legacies and the favoritism shows. But then again, this problem is probably every where.


The favoritism for the wealthy is a problem. Shocking behavior excused in my younger child’s class because of the family wealth and parent’s job.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 14:40     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:Our child loved going to school and we loved every teacher from pk-3rd. Lots of learning and joy. The education experience was phenomenal.

The parent population sucks and I don’t think admin knew how to handle certain children- especially certain mean girls. They love donors and wealthy legacies and the favoritism shows. But then again, this problem is probably every where.


No. Actually it’s not.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 13:31     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Our child loved going to school and we loved every teacher from pk-3rd. Lots of learning and joy. The education experience was phenomenal.

The parent population sucks and I don’t think admin knew how to handle certain children- especially certain mean girls. They love donors and wealthy legacies and the favoritism shows. But then again, this problem is probably every where.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 15:54     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
We’re a current family and happy with Beauvoir. There are things I would like to see changed (no school is perfect) but on the occasion I communicated feedback it was very well received. I found the upper admin faculty to be warm and welcoming. I have heard about a family with a different experience but they were possibly being counseled out so I could understand why.
I think the vocal minority on here is based on families who didn’t have good outplacement results.

The other thread had numbers of families who are staying this year:
About 25 boys to STA (out of ~30 who applied) and 31 girls to NCS out of 34 who applied.

I have no direct knowledge if that’s accurate. Figuring there’s ~80 per grade, that means around 16 decided not to stay and 8 who didn’t get accepted.

As others have mentioned, when selecting Beauvoir I would think about whether single sex education is ultimately something you want in the pipeline.

If you’re accepted you will be paired with a Buddy family and I found that was a great time to get actual feedback from a current family, if you don’t already know anyone there.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:56     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I live how BVR parents always have to throw out being on the “close”. Sooooo self important. Why we ruled out BVR very quickly as well as STA and NCS. Couldn’t stand the parents.


This is weird, why would the factual reference of a place name make you unable to stand someone?

It's akin to a factual statement from Harvard grads saying "I went to undergrad in Boston."


DP but if you went to a Boston boarding school that fed Harvard it wouldn't be pretentious to ask about who is staying in Boston? Especially since there are other schools in Boston... the Close is a place which contains multiple schools and sub communities that are related but not exactly the same. Why is it pretentious to refer to the collective.

-Not a parent affiliated with the Close...
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:44     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I live how BVR parents always have to throw out being on the “close”. Sooooo self important. Why we ruled out BVR very quickly as well as STA and NCS. Couldn’t stand the parents.


This is weird, why would the factual reference of a place name make you unable to stand someone?

It's akin to a factual statement from Harvard grads saying "I went to undergrad in Boston."
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:17     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:My child just graduated, and we are happy to be staying on the close. My child had a great experience and very nurturing and engaging education, and has strong and healthy friendships and a balanced outlook on academic work combined with a healthy lifestyle. We have no sour grapes and know many families that are moving off the close that are very pleased with their decisions and placement. However, there is a vocal minority on this board that vented their concerns and/or frustrations with the school. I will say I disagree with some of the comments on lack of academic rigor. We found the curriculum well planned, thorough, and age appropriately demanding but perhaps more tilted to reading and writing. When I compare the curriculum with many other privates school parents I think it is more demanding especially in reading and writing but likewise very comparable to the top privates in the area. Beauvoir, like all schools, is not a great fit for every single child and some families likely have a legitimate perspective on things that went poorly or could have been done better in their circumstance. Some schools promote a more dialectic feedback loop, which maybe provides another outlet for frustrations, but Beauvoir ends at third so the curriculum and socialization is very focused on promoting a positive social and educational environment for young children. I empathize with the families that found the school to be a poor fit, and see how this could be frustrating especially if you selected Beauvoir over another top school that might have been a better choice, but I think it comes down to what feels right for your family.


OP here. This is extremely helpful and exactly the type of input I was looking for.

We will also meet Beauvoir families in person at events, etc. But this helps so much. Thank you!
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:16     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:My child just graduated, and we are happy to be staying on the close. My child had a great experience and very nurturing and engaging education, and has strong and healthy friendships and a balanced outlook on academic work combined with a healthy lifestyle. We have no sour grapes and know many families that are moving off the close that are very pleased with their decisions and placement. However, there is a vocal minority on this board that vented their concerns and/or frustrations with the school. I will say I disagree with some of the comments on lack of academic rigor. We found the curriculum well planned, thorough, and age appropriately demanding but perhaps more tilted to reading and writing. When I compare the curriculum with many other privates school parents I think it is more demanding especially in reading and writing but likewise very comparable to the top privates in the area. Beauvoir, like all schools, is not a great fit for every single child and some families likely have a legitimate perspective on things that went poorly or could have been done better in their circumstance. Some schools promote a more dialectic feedback loop, which maybe provides another outlet for frustrations, but Beauvoir ends at third so the curriculum and socialization is very focused on promoting a positive social and educational environment for young children. I empathize with the families that found the school to be a poor fit, and see how this could be frustrating especially if you selected Beauvoir over another top school that might have been a better choice, but I think it comes down to what feels right for your family.


The academics at BVR have changed a lot in the recent years. When my first started (before Covid), there was minimal instruction on Phonics and spelling. This has changed dramatically now. My youngest is still at BVR and kids actually do dictation and work a lot on spelling, they write a lot in class as well, etc. given that the days are not longer than they used to be when my eldest attended, I am not sure what the kids do less of now, but there must be something.

My kids have all been good readers and even my first (phonics instruction or not) was reading chapter books in 1st. Her spelling however was terrible and it improved only at NCS in 4th grade.

Overall, I don’t believe my first was worse prepared than my second or 3rd kid going to 4th. She picked up the spelling very quickly.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:15     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:My child just graduated, and we are happy to be staying on the close. My child had a great experience and very nurturing and engaging education, and has strong and healthy friendships and a balanced outlook on academic work combined with a healthy lifestyle. We have no sour grapes and know many families that are moving off the close that are very pleased with their decisions and placement. However, there is a vocal minority on this board that vented their concerns and/or frustrations with the school. I will say I disagree with some of the comments on lack of academic rigor. We found the curriculum well planned, thorough, and age appropriately demanding but perhaps more tilted to reading and writing. When I compare the curriculum with many other privates school parents I think it is more demanding especially in reading and writing but likewise very comparable to the top privates in the area. Beauvoir, like all schools, is not a great fit for every single child and some families likely have a legitimate perspective on things that went poorly or could have been done better in their circumstance. Some schools promote a more dialectic feedback loop, which maybe provides another outlet for frustrations, but Beauvoir ends at third so the curriculum and socialization is very focused on promoting a positive social and educational environment for young children. I empathize with the families that found the school to be a poor fit, and see how this could be frustrating especially if you selected Beauvoir over another top school that might have been a better choice, but I think it comes down to what feels right for your family.


You forgot to capitalize Close.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 11:50     Subject: Re:Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
My child just graduated, and we are happy to be staying on the close. My child had a great experience and very nurturing and engaging education, and has strong and healthy friendships and a balanced outlook on academic work combined with a healthy lifestyle. We have no sour grapes and know many families that are moving off the close that are very pleased with their decisions and placement. However, there is a vocal minority on this board that vented their concerns and/or frustrations with the school. I will say I disagree with some of the comments on lack of academic rigor. We found the curriculum well planned, thorough, and age appropriately demanding but perhaps more tilted to reading and writing. When I compare the curriculum with many other privates school parents I think it is more demanding especially in reading and writing but likewise very comparable to the top privates in the area. Beauvoir, like all schools, is not a great fit for every single child and some families likely have a legitimate perspective on things that went poorly or could have been done better in their circumstance. Some schools promote a more dialectic feedback loop, which maybe provides another outlet for frustrations, but Beauvoir ends at third so the curriculum and socialization is very focused on promoting a positive social and educational environment for young children. I empathize with the families that found the school to be a poor fit, and see how this could be frustrating especially if you selected Beauvoir over another top school that might have been a better choice, but I think it comes down to what feels right for your family.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 11:17     Subject: Happy BVR Parents Staying on Close?
Anonymous wrote:

I live how BVR parents always have to throw out being on the “close”. Sooooo self important. Why we ruled out BVR very quickly as well as STA and NCS. Couldn’t stand the parents.


This is weird, why would the factual reference of a place name make you unable to stand someone?