I’m sure Sidwell has decent food, but this hardly strikes me as a gourmet menu. Gourmet adjectives, maybe, but: potato sausage soup? Slaw? (Ok, it’s “firecracker” slaw, so they put something spicy in it.) Chef’s salad? Chicken wings? Sweet potatoes and black beans, baked together? (I’ll pass; as far as I’m concerned, two ways to die.) Pasta? (Gemelli is just a type of noodle; the name refers to the twisty shape.) And sliced pineapple? Pretty basic food, it seems to me. I imagine the public schools could afford it as well, although the Sidwell-level adjectives might be beyond them.
At the same time, however, DC public schools are spending nearly $30,000 per student. If one does the math and splits the dollars between lower-cost elementary schools and higher cost high schools, I expect that DC public high schools are actually spending more than Sidwell on a per-pupil basis.
The left NEVER addresses those numbers; it just argues for more money poured down the same black hole. The debate should NOT be about Sidwell privilege; the debate should start with the demand that public schools, with comparable funding, start producing Sidwell results. The public schools on average are much better financed than most of the private schools. The argument for privatization and parental choice could not be clearer.
The point is Moo-chelle has the peasants starving while her kids dine gourmet.