Dear fellow Sidwell students, I regret to inform you that you are: “Jewish kids taught by WASPs;" “Self congratulatory and entitled;” and “[Attending] a girls school that happens to have boys.” The good news? Your “moms are hot.” The source of this information is DC Urban Moms, a local parenting website that allows users to post comments anonymously on topics ranging from real estate to private schools. The website has gained a reputation as a place parents in the affluent neighborhoods of upper Northwest Washington and the close-in suburbs go when they want to trade gossip, get advice on day care, or trash talk the private schools attended by their friends’ children. Few schools face more scrutiny on the site than Sidwell, which is frequently criticized for things ranging from its football team to the cafeteria food. According to Jeff Steele, the founder of DCUM, the idea for the site came from his wife, Maria Sokurashvili, who started a listserv in 2002 for fe...
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