advice on schools to consider
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Anonymous
| I am considering moving within DC (we rent) as I don't think my in-bound school is a good option for my rising kindergartener. What I care about is strong reading instruction, nurturing teachers and admin who get to know my child personally, no bullying, community-feel with parents that are involved but not pretentious or discriminatory (we are an Arab-American mixed family), can see children/family we know on the playground or after school. My options are Murch, Eaton, Mann, Key, Stoddert, Oyster, Lafayette. I'd also be willing to consider other schools east of rock creek park but not sure which are worth moving for. Recommendations? |
Anonymous
| Stoddert would be a good choice for your family. |
Anonymous
Why is that? What about Stoddert? I thought that area is a lot of younger folks, no? |
Anonymous
DC is one of the most international cities in US. Most likely your school will be filled with expats, mixed marriages, and kids who speak all kinds of home languages. That said, i think Eaton and Stoddert are more international of the ones you listed because more apartments feed into them. |
Anonymous
| Bancroft |
Anonymous
Why Bancroft? |
Anonymous
| Bancroft and Oyster are dual language schools, make sure you want that. But both are great! |
Anonymous
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Unfortunately your choice is going to have to be driven by the difficult DC rental market. How much can you pay in rent, and how big a place do you need?
Assuming you need a 2 bedroom and are not a gazillionaire, your choices are probably renting on Conn Ave zoned for Murch, in Glover Park zoned for Stoddert, or on Capitol Hill zoned for one of the strong Hill elementaries. I am biased because I live on the Hill, but the Hill would be my choice! People are friendly and progressive. Also the rental value is much better on the Hill - you can rent an entire rowhouse for the price of a 2-bedroom apartment in NW. |
Anonymous
| I think all DCPS schools use the same reading curriculum so that shouldn't be a big differentiator. |
Anonymous
| Can't speak to the other schools but Lafayette has a sizable number of arab-americans. |
Anonymous
Younger folks? Plenty of families that send their kids from Stoddert- the feeder middle and high schools...so I don't imagine the parents are frozen in time at a young age. If you're renting, Stoddert likely has more options than some of the other neighborhoods, it's very family friendly and community oriented...also it is VERY international and has quite a few Arab and mixed Arab families. |
Anonymous
| These schools are all the same. They all follow the same curriculum and it's not like there is a huge population of amazing teachers at one school and not at the other. There are great teachers at all of them, and not so great teachers at all of them. |
Anonymous
| Garrison if you can afford to live in bounds |
Anonymous
Diverse, unpretentious, great community |
Anonymous
| Hyde! |