Anonymous
Post 09/05/2019 06:35     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
GDS is the one with no cafeteria, right? Glass houses
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 21:36     Subject: Re:Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:Maret is well below the other two in terms of prestige and infrastructure. They don't even have their own playing fields and have been doing shady deals to use a DC public park at a low cost because one of the Council Member's sons attended Maret and arranged for a sweetheart deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/why-dont-we-get-the-field-use-of-playing-field-pits-an-elite-private-school-against-dc-public-schools/2019/08/31/5081b5de-ca5c-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html

Oh so it was an inside job
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 21:24     Subject: Re:Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:Maret is well below the other two in terms of prestige and infrastructure. They don't even have their own playing fields and have been doing shady deals to use a DC public park at a low cost because one of the Council Member's sons attended Maret and arranged for a sweetheart deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/why-dont-we-get-the-field-use-of-playing-field-pits-an-elite-private-school-against-dc-public-schools/2019/08/31/5081b5de-ca5c-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html


The Deadspin article is a better read on the Maret's use of public facilities--something parents should consider before choosing Maret.
https://deadspin.com/the-legendary-public-rec-center-in-a-private-schools-po-1837648863
https://dcist.com/story/19/08/30/public-field-private-use-an-elite-school-has-had-special-access-to-a-d-c-field-for-almost-a-decade/
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 21:22     Subject: Re:Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Maret is well below the other two in terms of prestige and infrastructure. They don't even have their own playing fields and have been doing shady deals to use a DC public park at a low cost because one of the Council Member's sons attended Maret and arranged for a sweetheart deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/why-dont-we-get-the-field-use-of-playing-field-pits-an-elite-private-school-against-dc-public-schools/2019/08/31/5081b5de-ca5c-11e9-a1fe-ca46e8d573c0_story.html
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 20:00     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:Meow.


I wondered when the snark would appear and sure enough it did not fail.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 19:30     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:GDS best fit of the three you mention but not a great fit nonettheless


Most kids at GDS are super-motivated.


Sure but the work is a notch below the other two which I think is great/ better to have less burnout and a little less learning.


Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 17:16     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Meow.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 17:03     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:GDS best fit of the three you mention but not a great fit nonettheless


Most kids at GDS are super-motivated.


Sure but the work is a notch below the other two which I think is great/ better to have less burnout and a little less learning.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 15:06     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:GDS best fit of the three you mention but not a great fit nonettheless


Most kids at GDS are super-motivated.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 14:50     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
If these schools are pressure cookers for at most 4 out of 12 or 13 years, what's the big deal? Why would parents want to avoid sending their kids there, especially when moving to a non-pressure cooker school is always an option if necessary?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 11:46     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:Also, are any of these schools actually "pressure cookers" prior to the high school years?

No

And def not for lower schools.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 11:08     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:It is for the parent who couldn’t be bothered to read all the threads on the subject.


Skip the threads you don't like and avoid posting useless judgmental comments
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 10:40     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Anonymous wrote:Also, are any of these schools actually "pressure cookers" prior to the high school years?


Wouldn't call Sidwell a pressure cooker in the middle school years, but the workload can feel intense at times in the 7th and 8th grade as they are preparing the kids for high school.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 10:12     Subject: Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Also, are any of these schools actually "pressure cookers" prior to the high school years?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2019 09:42     Subject: Re:Maret, Sidwell or GDS
Why and in what ways is Maret not a pressure cooker?