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Anonymous wrote:On a personal note, I'm fascinated by the growing role of social media in changing perceptions. Seriously, my family has dinner table discussions about this.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if some parents or schools were using social media like DCUM to change perceptions about their school, or about the need for private school in general. In fact, my own large employer has staff who work on social media issues full time, and they told us all to sign up for Twitter (ugh). I think it's only a matter of time before schools join other organizations in this, if it hasn't happened already.

Sign up for NAIS on twitter. The school administrators have been there for a long time.

School admins have identified themselves on DCUM from time to time, although I can only remember 1-2 instances where they identified their school.

Anonymous wrote:On a personal note, I'm fascinated by the growing role of social media in changing perceptions. Seriously, my family has dinner table discussions about this.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if some parents or schools were using social media like DCUM to change perceptions about their school, or about the need for private school in general. In fact, my own large employer has staff who work on social media issues full time, and they told us all to sign up for Twitter (ugh). I think it's only a matter of time before schools join other organizations in this, if it hasn't happened already.

Sign up for NAIS on twitter. The school administrators have been there for a long time.

On a personal note, I'm fascinated by the growing role of social media in changing perceptions. Seriously, my family has dinner table discussions about this.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if some parents or schools were using social media like DCUM to change perceptions about their school, or about the need for private school in general. In fact, my own large employer has staff who work on social media issues full time, and they told us all to sign up for Twitter (ugh). I think it's only a matter of time before schools join other organizations in this, if it hasn't happened already.

This is an anonymous board, and we will never know who is posting, who is "posing", and what the motivation is (to boost/brag, to pose as a booster/braggart to discourage competition/applications/acceptances, to pose as a booster/braggart to make another school look bad, to stir the pot because there's nothing else worthy of their time...who knows). Spin is a powerful thing in altering opinions and behavior. There is quite a bit of spin this time of year, every year.

OK, I can see how a set of parents on this board might end up feeling defensive, but I don't think that needs to be turned into an attack. Or that the attack should be on a particular group, especially given this is an anonymous board. That still smacks of bullying to me; perhaps paranoia. But of course they group attacking on here may not be representative of the parent body; just as the same can be said of Holton or any other school they feel defensively about.

And since I don't see other groups of parents attacking this way, I'm going to continue to find it telling. Others free to draw their own conclusions, as always.

No, not telling. There are some real haters out there, who apparently don't have kids at NCS.

Sorry - meant I was 10:58. Checked time on the wrong post.

Actually (11:03 here) I'm a new poster to this thread. Also not a Holton Mom, as my kids are yet too young. But the responses continue to confirm what I hear from other elementary school parents about the social scene there being really cutthroat.

I do think it's worth noting that anyone disagreeing with you all is bullied and accused of being a Holton parent, though. Telling.

^^^ much more gracious


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Anonymous wrote:Funny that the NCS Moms don't seem to accept that others there could have a different experience than they do. Funnier still that this queen bee my opinion reigns is exactly why we will not be sending dd there.

On the contrary, 10:41 and several others have said NCS may not have been for everyone and wished you best of luck. Her post was mucho the gracious than yours, Holton mom.

Funny that the NCS Moms don't seem to accept that others there could have a different experience than they do. Funnier still that this queen bee my opinion reigns is exactly why we will not be sending dd there.

NCS, STA, and Sidwell are the only schools in DC that are nationally recognized. I have lived all over and those schools carry a lot of weight - as much as the college attended surprisingly. No need to bash NCS. If it is not for your child then don't send them there and best of luck to you. I do not have a child there but it is our first choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Mother of NCS grad here. If you don't like the school, don't send your kid there. I also have a kid at one of the other top-tier private schools in the city and so I have a head-to-head comparison. NCS wins hands-down in every category. The biggest thing for me is that they look at each girl as an individual and bring out the best in her. The teachers really care about these girls, and so does the administration.

"They look at each girl as an individual and bring out the best in her. The teachers really care about these girls, and so does the administration."

Enough with the bullshit.

Couldn't have said any better!

You "bullshit" posters don't indicate you have any experience with NCS, so your opinions are ... BS.

I don't have a kid at NCS, so I'm neutral. But reading this forum, the NCS bashing and the Holton boosterism are both over-the-top bizarre. Let's avoid conspiracy theories. But it's fair to say that both have an eery sense of unreality.

Clearly sweetie you haven't taken your meds this morning.

Now that you've confirmed your troll status, I guess we can disregard your "enough with the bullshit" comment.

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Clearly sweetie you haven't taken your meds this morning.

Because I'd take this seriously someone like you. Someone immature enough to plagiarize the old "meds" comment, and someone who also cries "BS" when she doesn't even have a kid at NCS. I guess next you'll start lying and say you do know NCS inside and out. But guess what, your patent immaturity and stupidity have already discredited anything else you say.

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Anonymous wrote:Mother of NCS grad here. If you don't like the school, don't send your kid there. I also have a kid at one of the other top-tier private schools in the city and so I have a head-to-head comparison. NCS wins hands-down in every category. The biggest thing for me is that they look at each girl as an individual and bring out the best in her. The teachers really care about these girls, and so does the administration.

"They look at each girl as an individual and bring out the best in her. The teachers really care about these girls, and so does the administration."

Enough with the bullshit.

Couldn't have said any better!

You "bullshit" posters don't indicate you have any experience with NCS, so your opinions are ... BS.

I don't have a kid at NCS, so I'm neutral. But reading this forum, the NCS bashing and the Holton boosterism are both over-the-top bizarre. Let's avoid conspiracy theories. But it's fair to say that both have an eery sense of unreality.

Clearly sweetie you haven't taken your meds this morning.