Posted on 05/13/2017 1:41:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
POTOMAC, MD — The Trump family has selected the new school for Barron Trump, according to recent reports. The 11-year-old will attend St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, about 15 miles from the White House.
St. Andrew's opened in 1978 with 40 students, grades seven to nine, in the basement of Pilgrim Lutheran Church on Massachusetts Avenue. Today, it has a total enrollment of 580 students in preschool through grade 12. The school operates on 12-week trimesters.
The school focuses on diversity, according to its website. “We value and respect all differences, including but not limited to age, ability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status," it says. Less than half of the student population is white.
The Daily Caller reported that if Barron completes middle school at St. Andrew's, he will be required to participate in "service learning activities" in the eighth grade. These activities include a two-day field trip to a soup kitchen in Washington in which students make, serve and eat a meal with the homeless and listen to their life stories.
The school is quite expensive. For Barron's education up to high school, the price tag is $38,590 a year. When he begins high school, if he remains at St. Andrew's, the Trumps will pay the school $40,650 annually.
The St. Andrew's website reports that the student-to-teacher ratio is seven to one, and that class sizes range from 11 to 15 students. One-hundred percent of its graduates go on to attend college.
The Daily Caller reported the student body consists of 16 percent Episcopalians, 18 percent Roman Catholics, 10 percent Jews and 1 percent Muslims. Twenty-three percent of students are of other Protestant denominations, and 21 percent of students had either no religion or did not declare.
The St. Andrew's mascot is the Rampant Lion and its motto is Auctus Mentis Spiritusque, or the Increase of Mind and Spirit.
Notable alumni of the school are Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay; Joe Jacobi, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in whitewater canoeing; and Whitney Cummings, an actress and comedian.
I have nothing against Melania.
I think she is intelligent, honest and so beautiful- and someday will be a great asset to America
I just think her decision not to move into the White House with Donald immediately was a bad decision.
She should have been there by his side from the first.
He had to be hurt and at times discouraged by all the unbelievable hate when he was elected. (No matter how tough he is or tries to appear, he HAD to have been hurt)
She should have been by his side to love and comfort and support him.
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True, but every week-end he spends at Mar A Lago- which costs money for security, air force 1, etc to and from.
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