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Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

Diplomat kids are a regular presence at Murch, Mann, and Janney. Can’t speak to any others

I'd add Key and especially Stoddert to that list.

Anonymous wrote:American diplomats have the same option when serving overseas. We had the chance to send our kids to German public schools for free when we lived there. This is common courtesy since both sides 'win' by making friends. In fact, the Germans will even pay American Mom's or Dad's kindergelt (child cash) if they are stay at home -- although it can place you in all kinds of double jeopardy tax wise.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

There are tons in the upper NW elementaries including the one my kids attend. An embassy family will have success at the school and then all subsequent families will move to that neighborhood when they arrive in the US. We see waves of kids---all the French will come for a few years and then all the Spaniards, etc.
Some embassies have private school stipends for their employees but most do not (outside of the ambassador's kids). We became very close friends with a two very high ranking foreign diplomat families (different European countries) and neither had any private school stipend and were actually living on a shoestring
budget here in the US. They had a large budget for official entertaining but very little in terms of day-to-day living expenses. DC is expensive even for foreign diplomats.

Anonymous wrote:We live in Glover Park.

There's a concentration of Chinese embassy kids at Hardy. It's what gives Hardy a relatively higher portion of Asian students than other DC schools.

Not sure where the Russian kids go. I see tons of Russian embassy families and singles walking around the neighborhood and at Trader Joe's. However, the kids are always very young (none older than 8). I don't think the Russians send families to DC if the kids are above a certain age.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

There are tons in the upper NW elementaries including the one my kids attend. An embassy family will have success at the school and then all subsequent families will move to that neighborhood when they arrive in the US. We see waves of kids---all the French will come for a few years and then all the Spaniards, etc.
Some embassies have private school stipends for their employees but most do not (outside of the ambassador's kids). We became very close friends with a two very high ranking foreign diplomat families (different European countries) and neither had any private school stipend and were actually living on a shoestring
budget here in the US. They had a large budget for official entertaining but very little in terms of day-to-day living expenses. DC is expensive even for foreign diplomats.

Not sure how the stipend works, but there are lots of diplomatic families at the French school.

Every country sets its own rules.

There are also a lot of World Bank and IMF families in DC. Those organizations pay for private school, even for their US-based employees.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

Diplomat kids are a regular presence at Murch, Mann, and Janney. Can’t speak to any others

Anonymous wrote:At least night's Hearst PTA meeting, there was a presentation from ELL staff (English Language Learners). About a fourth of Hearst is comprised of ELL students. Most of these ELL students come from diplomatic families, I believe.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

There are tons in the upper NW elementaries including the one my kids attend. An embassy family will have success at the school and then all subsequent families will move to that neighborhood when they arrive in the US. We see waves of kids---all the French will come for a few years and then all the Spaniards, etc.
Some embassies have private school stipends for their employees but most do not (outside of the ambassador's kids). We became very close friends with a two very high ranking foreign diplomat families (different European countries) and neither had any private school stipend and were actually living on a shoestring
budget here in the US. They had a large budget for official entertaining but very little in terms of day-to-day living expenses. DC is expensive even for foreign diplomats.

Not sure how the stipend works, but there are lots of diplomatic families at the French school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

There are tons in the upper NW elementaries including the one my kids attend. An embassy family will have success at the school and then all subsequent families will move to that neighborhood when they arrive in the US. We see waves of kids---all the French will come for a few years and then all the Spaniards, etc.
Some embassies have private school stipends for their employees but most do not (outside of the ambassador's kids). We became very close friends with a two very high ranking foreign diplomat families (different European countries) and neither had any private school stipend and were actually living on a shoestring
budget here in the US. They had a large budget for official entertaining but very little in terms of day-to-day living expenses. DC is expensive even for foreign diplomats.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d be curious to see the actual figures, but I think foreign diplomats are pretty negligible in numbers as far as DCPS goes, though again there may be a few schools (probably in upper NW) where they have a more meaningful presence. (I’ve never once met a diplomatic family in my kids’ well-regraded Capitol Hill school, unless you count U.S. diplomats.)

Lots of diplomats live in the suburbs and/or send their kids to private schools.

In any case, in addition to tax revenue, I think the economy of DC benefits extraordinarily from having so many Embassies based here!

There are tons in the upper NW elementaries including the one my kids attend. An embassy family will have success at the school and then all subsequent families will move to that neighborhood when they arrive in the US. We see waves of kids---all the French will come for a few years and then all the Spaniards, etc.
Some embassies have private school stipends for their employees but most do not (outside of the ambassador's kids). We became very close friends with a two very high ranking foreign diplomat families (different European countries) and neither had any private school stipend and were actually living on a shoestring
budget here in the US. They had a large budget for official entertaining but very little in terms of day-to-day living expenses. DC is expensive even for foreign diplomats.