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In case you needed further evidence of just how much better life is with money, take a look at the well-known Ross School. Located in East Hampton, it was founded by Courtney Ross (widow of former Time Warner CEO Steven Ross) who wanted to give their daughter Nicole Ross the best education possible. It is spread over an 140 acre campus and bears greater resemblance to a top of the line resort than a K-12 school. It also has an amazing 100% college acceptance rate, and instead of chicken nuggets, tatter tots, and soggy pizza for lunch, take a look at the Ross’ lunch menu from June 6th:
Salad Bar
Olives from Provence-Provencal d’olives
French Vinaigrette-Vinaigrette Francais
Asparagus in Vinaigrette-Asperges Vinaigrette
Entrees
Beef Stew from the Burgundy Region-Boeuf a la Bourguignonne
Hunter’s Style Tofu contains mushrooms-Tofu Chasser
Vegetables
Lentils with Fennel-Lentiles avec Fenouil
Spinach-Epinards
Potatoes au gratin-Pommes de Terre
And as if this wasn’t enough, now these kids can brag to their friends at summer camps from Maine down to New Hampshire that not only is the infamous Nobu setting up shop at their school over the summer, but the Hampton’s Social@Ross is playing host to Prince, Dave Matthews, Billy Joel, James Taylor, and Tom Petty. Judging from the looks of their own music library, these kids are no strangers to the classics.
minus the fact that you write horribly and are pretty damn good at portraying things in a negative light this blog post was by far the worst misrepresentation of the Ross School i have ever read. I am an East Hampton local born and raised here and i attended east hampton and wainscott public schools up till 8th grade. my brother had a terrible time at the east hampton high school so i decided to attend the ross school, although it is expensive for people who can afford it, they give copious amounts of financial aid to the people who cant, and is the perfect alternative to a mediocre high school that has had recent problems with things such as neonazis and over crowding. the ross school also lets students explore all kinds of fields that are only offered in college as well as allows students to travel. i have traveled to Ghana to study traditional music with this school this was in short a life changing experience.
to address the idiotic blog post that focused on the food and the events this summer, the food follows a strict set of rules all the food must meet each of these criteria, regional organic seasonable and sustainable, this also spells out ross if your too thick to get that. this way all the food we consume has a low impact on the environment and helps local farmers who in recent years have been struggling due to the monopoly on food products that the corporate farms have. also the menu you quoted seems pompous and over the top with all the french names because in case you did not realize june 6th marked the last day of the 1832 student uprising in paris, so we had a french themed menu. also dont call us a bunch of spoiled brats when your the dumb asshole who spends his time a bridgehampton polo and the ross social events when us “spoiled brats” have jobs and a good deal of us instead of wasting our time blogging about a bunch of rich socialites who spend their time at the meadow club a lot of us do things like, raise money and start awareness campaigns for the children effected by the genocide in Uganda, start cultural exchange programs with Maori high school students in new zeland, travel to Thailand to help rebuild houses that were destroyed in the tsunami with NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) as well do home building in places such as New Orleans. Two years running ross students have gone their to help people effected by hurricane Katrina, i’m sure you could write an interesting blog about that, oh wait i forgot you are to much of a pompous asshole to realize that the ross schools motto is “Know thy self in order to serve” and in case you need me to explain that to you, ross school is not about status its not about money its about becoming educated so you can make a difference in the world and improve the lives of others, its not about making enough money so you can have 2 houses an Aston Martin and being skull and bones at yale, the ross school is not about anything you write about.
also if i were you i would check my facts before i posted stupid shit lets go through the misinformation you are putting out there
1. Steven Ross had nothing to do with the founding of the ross school he was dead when it was founded.
2. we do not have a music library we have a normal library a reference library and the rest of our books are spread through out the school there is no central library, all the music we have is within our main library and most of the music we get in our library is due to the fact that ross as well as most schools on long island are part of the boces library program where if you attend one school you can take out a book from any other school which is part of the program.
3. ross school had nothing to do with getting hamptons social to come there the idea was pitched to them and the school thought 900,000 dollers would help the school stay in operating condition because unlike most private high schools ross has only been around for about 10 years so we dont have rich alumni giving money to the school every year, unlike a place like deerfeild or st. pauls.
i hope you enjoyed my comment feel free to email me if you have any questions.
Thanks for your lengthy comment, however, we are a bit flummoxed. You have insinuated that we have solely tried to detract from Ross or paint it in a negative manner. Quite the contrary, our title alone spells out in plain English our feelings towards Ross, “The Ross School makes us jealous.”
Why? Because it clearly is a substantial institution with tremendous resources, 100% college acceptance, a 140 acre campus, etc. Who wouldn’t want to go there?
Some facts that you should understand before you continue to drink the Kool-Aid:
1. Steven Ross did in fact have a major hand in the founding of the school (indirectly through the wealth he accrued and left to Courtney)
2. There is NOTHING sustainable or green about the menu we posted. We are very curious to see the other menu that you describe as “sustainable” so we can examine the back-linkages that Ross has supposedly made with the local agricultural community.
3. There is NOTHING sustainable about the Ross School. It has hemorrhaged millions of dollars, and its future has been brought into jeopardy as Mrs. Ross’s net worth has declined precipitously post AOL-TimeWarner merger. We understand that it is a fledgling school, however, cost-cutting and fiscal conservation don’t seem to be in Ross’s vocabulary. Take for example the highly vaunted 1832 French Student Uprising Menu which you laud. Do students really need to pleasure their palates with French food in order to learn about and understand the uprising, won’t a simple textbook suffice? And what exact part did French cuisine play in the uprising? To us this seems a bit gimmicky and wasteful, don’t you think?
4. Local farmers have only seen their land value sky-rocket in recent years, so they aren’t doing nearly as bad as you claim.
5. A Holistic education sounds good and all, but what exactly are Ross’s median SAT scores? I hope they do in fact rival other private institutions, and lend well to the benefits of this educational approach. (And before you decry the merits of the SAT, regardless of what you say, it is the universal metric for college placement, something parents who pay to send little Johnny to Ross are concerned about).
a)Determine median SAT score of Ross
b)Determine dollar spent by Ross on each student each year (do not confuse this with student tuition rates).
c)Once you ascertain these numbers, do a dollar-cost analysis (i.e. how much does it cost per student to achieve Ross’s SAT median).
d)Then compare to national averages
e)Send us the results
6. As an educator, I doubt you are allowed to use the word “asshole” in your classroom, no?
7. We happen to like what we do, and you happen to read it.
Regards,
gofag
b -
January 9th, 2008
I went to the Ross school and I among almost all of my friends there are NOT rich spoiled brats. Most of the kids who go there are there on financial aid and/ or scholarships. It is the most amazing school anyone could ever dream of. If you actually took a look at the school’s curriculum and philosophy you might understand. Of course not every school can be as lavish as this but not every school has to look like a prison either. The environment in which we are in directly affects our perception and our capability to learn. Being surrounded by such beauty makes kids want to learn and be inspired.
Our meals were not \”French cuisines.\” It might have been a little over the top, but the price of it was definitely not. All the food was regional organic seasonal and sustainable. We learned about the importance of nutrition and the importance of where our food comes from and how it affects not only our health but our environment.
Plus, the teacher there is what made the school. They weren\’t just teachers but life mentors and close friends.
My parents struggled to get by but they understood the importance of a good education. I attended Ross on financial aid and scholarship and it has been one of the most fulfilling and amazing experiences of my life and one which I will never forget.
What is the purpose of writing all those things? It really just exposes your ignorance.
A -
February 22nd, 2008
I am an alumni from one of the first graduating classes.
Although Ross exceeded our wildest expectations of what “school” could be- collectively, we never forgot those who were less fortunate that our community. Granted, we were intelligent, spoiled brats- but we did give back entirely to the immediate and greater community- not only once a year- but I continue to “give back” what was given to me- every day of my life. It has been instilled. The Ross School prepared me for the world with a uniquely solid education paralleled with a continual quest of understanding of oneself, the world, and our collective history. It was my personal journey that allowed me to flourish the way in which I have, The Ross School was merely a platform to jump from.
(not always the most reasonable, or most well behaved either… when it came to “working out the kinks”, high turnover rates, embezzlement teacher sex scandals, student sex scandals, drunken students, and egomanical headmasters and “jealous public school bullies”- we had more than our fair share of BULLSH*T- But we also had some AMAZING staff… All those who had Kenneth Sacks would agree-
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I miss school lunches with boxed milk. I take my chicken fried steaks over this french provincial shit anyway!
That menu has left me speechless. I remember being excited about sloppy joe day in my high school years.
More schools (and Americans) should adopt healthy lunches. If they can get kids to eat lentils and spinach, more power to them.
minus the fact that you write horribly and are pretty damn good at portraying things in a negative light this blog post was by far the worst misrepresentation of the Ross School i have ever read. I am an East Hampton local born and raised here and i attended east hampton and wainscott public schools up till 8th grade. my brother had a terrible time at the east hampton high school so i decided to attend the ross school, although it is expensive for people who can afford it, they give copious amounts of financial aid to the people who cant, and is the perfect alternative to a mediocre high school that has had recent problems with things such as neonazis and over crowding. the ross school also lets students explore all kinds of fields that are only offered in college as well as allows students to travel. i have traveled to Ghana to study traditional music with this school this was in short a life changing experience.
to address the idiotic blog post that focused on the food and the events this summer, the food follows a strict set of rules all the food must meet each of these criteria, regional organic seasonable and sustainable, this also spells out ross if your too thick to get that. this way all the food we consume has a low impact on the environment and helps local farmers who in recent years have been struggling due to the monopoly on food products that the corporate farms have. also the menu you quoted seems pompous and over the top with all the french names because in case you did not realize june 6th marked the last day of the 1832 student uprising in paris, so we had a french themed menu. also dont call us a bunch of spoiled brats when your the dumb asshole who spends his time a bridgehampton polo and the ross social events when us “spoiled brats” have jobs and a good deal of us instead of wasting our time blogging about a bunch of rich socialites who spend their time at the meadow club a lot of us do things like, raise money and start awareness campaigns for the children effected by the genocide in Uganda, start cultural exchange programs with Maori high school students in new zeland, travel to Thailand to help rebuild houses that were destroyed in the tsunami with NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) as well do home building in places such as New Orleans. Two years running ross students have gone their to help people effected by hurricane Katrina, i’m sure you could write an interesting blog about that, oh wait i forgot you are to much of a pompous asshole to realize that the ross schools motto is “Know thy self in order to serve” and in case you need me to explain that to you, ross school is not about status its not about money its about becoming educated so you can make a difference in the world and improve the lives of others, its not about making enough money so you can have 2 houses an Aston Martin and being skull and bones at yale, the ross school is not about anything you write about.
also if i were you i would check my facts before i posted stupid shit lets go through the misinformation you are putting out there
1. Steven Ross had nothing to do with the founding of the ross school he was dead when it was founded.
2. we do not have a music library we have a normal library a reference library and the rest of our books are spread through out the school there is no central library, all the music we have is within our main library and most of the music we get in our library is due to the fact that ross as well as most schools on long island are part of the boces library program where if you attend one school you can take out a book from any other school which is part of the program.
3. ross school had nothing to do with getting hamptons social to come there the idea was pitched to them and the school thought 900,000 dollers would help the school stay in operating condition because unlike most private high schools ross has only been around for about 10 years so we dont have rich alumni giving money to the school every year, unlike a place like deerfeild or st. pauls.
i hope you enjoyed my comment feel free to email me if you have any questions.
preale@ross.org
Peter,
Thanks for your lengthy comment, however, we are a bit flummoxed. You have insinuated that we have solely tried to detract from Ross or paint it in a negative manner. Quite the contrary, our title alone spells out in plain English our feelings towards Ross, “The Ross School makes us jealous.”
Why? Because it clearly is a substantial institution with tremendous resources, 100% college acceptance, a 140 acre campus, etc. Who wouldn’t want to go there?
Some facts that you should understand before you continue to drink the Kool-Aid:
1. Steven Ross did in fact have a major hand in the founding of the school (indirectly through the wealth he accrued and left to Courtney)
2. There is NOTHING sustainable or green about the menu we posted. We are very curious to see the other menu that you describe as “sustainable” so we can examine the back-linkages that Ross has supposedly made with the local agricultural community.
3. There is NOTHING sustainable about the Ross School. It has hemorrhaged millions of dollars, and its future has been brought into jeopardy as Mrs. Ross’s net worth has declined precipitously post AOL-TimeWarner merger. We understand that it is a fledgling school, however, cost-cutting and fiscal conservation don’t seem to be in Ross’s vocabulary. Take for example the highly vaunted 1832 French Student Uprising Menu which you laud. Do students really need to pleasure their palates with French food in order to learn about and understand the uprising, won’t a simple textbook suffice? And what exact part did French cuisine play in the uprising? To us this seems a bit gimmicky and wasteful, don’t you think?
4. Local farmers have only seen their land value sky-rocket in recent years, so they aren’t doing nearly as bad as you claim.
5. A Holistic education sounds good and all, but what exactly are Ross’s median SAT scores? I hope they do in fact rival other private institutions, and lend well to the benefits of this educational approach. (And before you decry the merits of the SAT, regardless of what you say, it is the universal metric for college placement, something parents who pay to send little Johnny to Ross are concerned about).
a)Determine median SAT score of Ross
b)Determine dollar spent by Ross on each student each year (do not confuse this with student tuition rates).
c)Once you ascertain these numbers, do a dollar-cost analysis (i.e. how much does it cost per student to achieve Ross’s SAT median).
d)Then compare to national averages
e)Send us the results
6. As an educator, I doubt you are allowed to use the word “asshole” in your classroom, no?
7. We happen to like what we do, and you happen to read it.
Regards,
gofag
I went to the Ross school and I among almost all of my friends there are NOT rich spoiled brats. Most of the kids who go there are there on financial aid and/ or scholarships. It is the most amazing school anyone could ever dream of. If you actually took a look at the school’s curriculum and philosophy you might understand. Of course not every school can be as lavish as this but not every school has to look like a prison either. The environment in which we are in directly affects our perception and our capability to learn. Being surrounded by such beauty makes kids want to learn and be inspired.
Our meals were not \”French cuisines.\” It might have been a little over the top, but the price of it was definitely not. All the food was regional organic seasonal and sustainable. We learned about the importance of nutrition and the importance of where our food comes from and how it affects not only our health but our environment.
Plus, the teacher there is what made the school. They weren\’t just teachers but life mentors and close friends.
My parents struggled to get by but they understood the importance of a good education. I attended Ross on financial aid and scholarship and it has been one of the most fulfilling and amazing experiences of my life and one which I will never forget.
What is the purpose of writing all those things? It really just exposes your ignorance.
I am an alumni from one of the first graduating classes.
Although Ross exceeded our wildest expectations of what “school” could be- collectively, we never forgot those who were less fortunate that our community. Granted, we were intelligent, spoiled brats- but we did give back entirely to the immediate and greater community- not only once a year- but I continue to “give back” what was given to me- every day of my life. It has been instilled. The Ross School prepared me for the world with a uniquely solid education paralleled with a continual quest of understanding of oneself, the world, and our collective history. It was my personal journey that allowed me to flourish the way in which I have, The Ross School was merely a platform to jump from.
(not always the most reasonable, or most well behaved either… when it came to “working out the kinks”, high turnover rates, embezzlement teacher sex scandals, student sex scandals, drunken students, and egomanical headmasters and “jealous public school bullies”- we had more than our fair share of BULLSH*T- But we also had some AMAZING staff… All those who had Kenneth Sacks would agree-