What to do after ES charter?

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Anonymous wrote:That's the plan but what if we don't get into a charter?

This is a valid concern, but I suspect that the MS lotteries are not quite as competitive than those in ES entry grades at popular schools. Given attrition, there are some excellent Tier 1 MS charters (DC Prep, KIPP, Chavez Prep, Capital City, EL Haynes) which have 4th, 5th, 6th grade open seats. DC Prep had a 100% 8th grade Math proficiency rate, must be some kind of learning occuring there.

Impossible PP. There are far too many minority and low-SES children attending that school for this to be true. You know in DCUM world only the high SES and white children can excel.

100%? are they doing 3rd grade math? I know you are bieng funny, but even the huh SES/white kids wouldn't get 100% unless the standards are really low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I were just discussing this over dinner. We hope to lottery for Latin and Hardy if that doesn't work out we don't know. We both looked at each other with the confused face.

We are inbound for Hardy, but ready to get out of there if it doesn't meet our expectations of a "good" school.I'm not going to compare it to other MS in DC, but what kids abroad are learning in middle schools.Elementary school here is great.

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Anonymous wrote:Several good charters go thru 8th (e.g., Two Rivers) or 12th (Cap City, Haynes). Others are forming feeder upper schools like DCI. And, within a few years, there may be more DCPS options. Worst case: move or go private using the money you saved getting your kid a free PS-5.

this is what we did for middle school.