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Anonymous

03/03/2023 12:09 Subject: Re:Private school bumper stickers

School asks us to for parking in the lot.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 11:05 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:+1
There’s an infinite supply of people around here with ulterior motives

That was one of the most jarring things about moving here. And I don’t mean bad guys, I just mean run of the mill “I’m going to try to connect with you because I’ve determined you can do something for me” type people.

No car magnets/stickers here. We stick them all on door of the garage refrigerator.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:22 Subject: Re:Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do. A big reason we sent our kids to private school was the sense of community and it still makes the kid smile when they see a car driving around with a bumper magnet from their school. I have a magnet from my home state too and my college (which is not elite). I like the community feel. But I wear T shirts/sweatshirts from my college as well from time to time.

+1

Driving cross country or up to NH we often will see the magnet and always look to see if we know them.

I would never drive cross country but yes, I look for the magnets when we are at our second home on the Vineyard

We have second home on MV. I have never noticed DC private school stickers on cars. I saw a ton on spring break to Kiawah, though.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:20 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes of course my giant white SUV has that

Haha - I do have a giant white SUV. Because it was cheaper but still - I shake my head regularly looking at it.

Why?

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:18 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay, be honest.

Do you have a sticker for your kid’s school on your car?

Which school and why or why not?

We do because our children wanted to; we thought it was so naff to be almost subversive.
So it’s an ironic gesture.

This is satire, right?

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:15 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH has all of the magnets stashed in the trunk somewhere. He refuses to be a billboard. He had the dealer remove the dealership license plate holder. But on certain days when the car pulls around for pickup SD notices a magnet. First day of school, last day.

Oh and camp drop off. DH puts magnet on for trip to and from out of state camp and DD loves spotting magnets on the way there. But they disappear at the end of the day. I am not really sure where they are on most days.

That seems like a lot of needless effort…very strange.

I think it's sweet, although far too much effort for me. He sounds like a thoughtful dad.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:15 Subject: Re:Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. For security reasons. I also do not mention their schools on social media until they no longer attend it. I don’t wear labels most of the time either unless I can’t avoid it.

Same here....no bumper magnets and no social media references. Some of you have no idea of how many psycho's are in this area and how utterly dangerous it is to publicize such a huge piece of information about your family's life in this way. I keep things as private as possible from to minimize the threat from predators, pedophiles, possible revenge seekers, social climbers, green-eyed monsters, disgruntled colleagues/employees, road ragers and common everyday criminals. Having a GDS/STA/Maret magnet on your car makes you exponentially easier to find.

I actually had a parent from one child's school strike up a friendship with us and start pushing playdates between our kids (who were 2 grades apart btw ) because she noticed the magnet on our car that identified our other child's school. I initially thought her interest was genuine, but as it turns out, she only wanted access to the other school community and was using us to get it. After our kids had a few playdates, she started inquiring about sporting/holiday/service events at our other child's school, and asking if she could attend some of them with us. After a while, she started asking probing questions about some of the families at the other school and thats when I realized she had ulterior motives and I stopped socializing with her.

The whole situation was so weird, but I've realized that people like her aren't the anomaly that I once thought they were, which is why I now keep a lot of things about my family/kids private.

Ugh that's awful. Honestly though, I'm not surprised. It was hilarious how many people started trying to buddy up to us once they found out our kids went to a Big 3. We weren't interested.

We don't do the magnets because we don't want strangers knowing where our children are every day, or be to able to say "Hey, you go to X school, right?" as a way of getting their attention. We've taught them what to do in a situation like that, but why make it easier for predators? And no, we don't post our kids photos or activities on social media. You do whatever you think is best for your family, but I've always felt that was an invasion of their privacy.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:13 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:DH has all of the magnets stashed in the trunk somewhere. He refuses to be a billboard. He had the dealer remove the dealership license plate holder. But on certain days when the car pulls around for pickup SD notices a magnet. First day of school, last day.

Oh and camp drop off. DH puts magnet on for trip to and from out of state camp and DD loves spotting magnets on the way there. But they disappear at the end of the day. I am not really sure where they are on most days.

That seems like a lot of needless effort…very strange.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 10:02 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:Okay, be honest.

Do you have a sticker for your kid’s school on your car?

Which school and why or why not?

Magnets not stickers so you can put them for school pride days or whatever - most of time no advertisement of schools.

Also we do not put college stickers for older DC on our cars. That is her achievement and choice to advertise not ours.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 09:54 Subject: Re:Private school bumper stickers

I don’t because I admits that I am embarrassed to be paying +$50,000 per child for school. We live in DC and having the sticker on the car feels flashy to me.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 08:26 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

I frankly enjoy putting the STA crest on my $15K car.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 08:17 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No sticker/magnet - I have no interest in advertising my choices for children's school to the world. But I also don't put other magnets/stickers on my car.

+1 It's a security issue for everyone, not just the richy rich.

The criminals know the Big 3???? Lmaof at how wonderful these people think they are, so desirable to criminals too.

They are after what you are driving, not your stupid sticker. And if you live in a 3 million neighbors it’s not like they are picking the house with the Sidwell sticker. The whole hood is wealthy. Give me a f@&$ing break.

I will not advertise the school, but I drive my Maserati and wear my Candian goose jacket and carry my LV purse. Lmaof

Totally - this is so spot on. Though we are family people, so it's a Porsche Cayenne or a Range Rover, if you please.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 07:59 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

DH has all of the magnets stashed in the trunk somewhere. He refuses to be a billboard. He had the dealer remove the dealership license plate holder. But on certain days when the car pulls around for pickup SD notices a magnet. First day of school, last day.

Oh and camp drop off. DH puts magnet on for trip to and from out of state camp and DD loves spotting magnets on the way there. But they disappear at the end of the day. I am not really sure where they are on most days.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 07:37 Subject: Re:Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m dying at the people that claim they don’t put them on because they don’t want to be targeted as a victim of a crime. Like a car jacker is going to distinguish between the Maserati or Mercedes with the Sidwell sticker over the one without .

I’m safe in my Honda no matter what “elite” institution is advertised on the back of my car.

Erm. Whaaaa? Honda and Kia are the most carjacked cars.

In Pentagon City, there has been a rash of BMW car jacking in the past few months.

Anonymous

03/03/2023 07:34 Subject: Private school bumper stickers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No sticker/magnet - I have no interest in advertising my choices for children's school to the world. But I also don't put other magnets/stickers on my car.

+1 It's a security issue for everyone, not just the richy rich.

The criminals know the Big 3????

Lmaof at how wonderful these people think they are, so desirable to criminals too.

They are after what you are driving, not your stupid sticker. And if you live in a 3 million neighbors it’s not like they are picking the house with the Sidwell sticker. The whole hood is wealthy. Give me a f@&$ing break.

I will not advertise the school, but I drive my Maserati and wear my Candian goose jacket and carry my LV purse. Lmaof