Switching schools in 3rd grade

[Anonymous]

At wits end with the HRCS my kid goes to. Where to switch? We are in the NOMA area.

[Anonymous]

ITDS would be my pick.

[Anonymous]

Ludlow-Taylor to Stuart-Hobson. It really depends what kind of middle school you want. Big or small.

[Anonymous]

Could you speak a bit more about the challenges you are experiencing? It might make it easier for people to help you find schools that are a better fit for those issues. Are you planning on remaining for MS (and possibly HS)? What is your IB MS? And would you attend it, or at least consider it?

These are all important data points.

[Anonymous]

How do you feel about Latin and BASIS? In your position it isn't crazy to endure 4th grade and see how the 5th grade lottery works out. Your chances are Latin are hard to estimate but I think the majority of people get an offer at BASIS or Latin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you feel about Latin and BASIS? In your position it isn't crazy to endure 4th grade and see how the 5th grade lottery works out. Your chances are Latin are hard to estimate but I think the majority of people get an offer at BASIS or Latin.

+1 I would do this if you don’t want to chance schools in fourth and then fifth grade again.

[Anonymous]

Lottery for all DCPS schools on redline, then move to NW for MS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At wits end with the HRCS my kid goes to. Where to switch? We are in the NOMA area.

If you are at TR or TRY, get out if you can. We suffered through 4th grade and it was awful.

[Anonymous]

Francis Stevens might work for you.

[Anonymous]

You're in NOMA? Switch to L-T, no brainer. Very good school with extremely solid test scores (great in ELA; OK in math), fantastic community with involved parents, and absolutely top notch afterschool activities/clubs offered. Also, quite easy to get into my 3rd grade and quite a few kids transfer in that year (often in your position or from a nearby DCPS that folks have gotten less comfortable with as their kid gets older or folks looking for the SH feed). Also the 3rd grade teaching team (its departmentalized, so you're guaranteed all of them in their subjects of expertise) at L-T is amazing.

[Anonymous]

does your child have any neighborhood acquaintance friends from sports/activities/summer camp etc. at other schools? that can really help w the initial adjustment to a new school at a non-entry year. i think lottery for ludlow or another capitol hill area dcps makes sense. ppl also seem to really like ITS in edgewood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're in NOMA? Switch to L-T, no brainer. Very good school with extremely solid test scores (great in ELA; OK in math), fantastic community with involved parents, and absolutely top notch afterschool activities/clubs offered. Also, quite easy to get into my 3rd grade and quite a few kids transfer in that year (often in your position or from a nearby DCPS that folks have gotten less comfortable with as their kid gets older or folks looking for the SH feed). Also the 3rd grade teaching team (its departmentalized, so you're guaranteed all of them in their subjects of expertise) at L-T is amazing.

+1. This was my kid although w/ a slightly different entry grade. I’ve been amazed by how easy the transition was. We really liked our old Hill IB, but as our kid got older, the cohort of similarly academic peers evaporated. We thought kid was doing fine (and they really were based on assessments), but kid flourished at LT with huge gains in middle of year assessments and a also made a really solid similarly academic friend group easily.

[Anonymous]

Think what middle and high school you want and work backwards from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At wits end with the HRCS my kid goes to. Where to switch? We are in the NOMA area.

If you are at TR or TRY, get out if you can. We suffered through 4th grade and it was awful.

BINGO. OP here. Don't think we can wait 2 years to get out. But hate to switch just for a few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:does your child have any neighborhood acquaintance friends from sports/activities/summer camp etc. at other schools? that can really help w the initial adjustment to a new school at a non-entry year. i think lottery for ludlow or another capitol hill area dcps makes sense. ppl also seem to really like ITS in edgewood.

What is ITS?