Experience with Mann for kindergarten and 3rd grade
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Jefferson https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY1819%20School%20Feeder%20Patterns_0.pdf |
Anonymous
| If you are military there is a bus the kids ride from Mann to the military base. But, don't know if you'll get in off the waitlist, even with that great waitlist number for K. The class sizes are small and kids are added to the classes throughout the year. Sometimes they are from the waitlist, but more commonly they come in from the families that move IB during the year. They don't always have siblings come into the school either. Suggest talking to the principal. Agree with other suggestions above. |
Anonymous
How far would you drive to get a feeder to Hardy vs Jefferson? |
Anonymous
I wouldn't do it for the feeder. I would get to know Jefferson and see if it might be a good fit for my older kid when she'd be ready to go there in 2021. And if it wasn't, I'd play the lottery in 5th for Latin/BASIS/Cap City/etc. if those seemed like good fits, play it again for 6th if necessary (Deal, Hardy, 2R, DCI, etc.), consider CHDS or other privates, and move IB for Hardy or somewhere else the summer before 6th grade if necessary. Figure 45 minutes from home to Mann, 30 minutes from Mann to work, and the same in reverse each afternoon. If you do it 180 times a year for 6 years (ie, until the younger child finished 5th grade) that's 3,240 hours (135 days, more than 19 weeks) in the car. would not be worth it to me. |
Anonymous
| Mann is wonderful. I moved to be in-bounds for it after visiting lots and lots of schools. That said, that is an insane commute. |
Anonymous
I agree. I think even with a great wait list number, I'm not sure you really have a chance. |
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People commute from Pennsylvania and West Virginia to go to work in D.C. so driving across town is not that ridiculous. Surely you’d do what’s necessary for your kid. There might be a less traveled route that makes the commute not so miserable. You’d get used to it if that’s the school you want.
The child care sounds high. Are their churches in the area that do before and aftercare? |
Anonymous
But is it the school you want? What's so bad about Van Ness that it's worth your kids spending 90 minutes a day in the car versus having that time to play or read or do extracurriculars? |
Anonymous
Plus your kid may (likely will) suffer socially. People are by-in-large VERY NICE but it's a neighborhood school. Your kids will live almost an hour away from their friends. My kids are at Janney and it's definitely hard to be an OOB kid purely due to logistics. My son's best friend lives across the park and asks his parents daily if they can move into the school's neighborhood. I've happily driven my child there dozens of times but what the kid wants is to walk to/from school with his friends (like everyone else does) and walk/bike to his friends' houses. |
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Your best information is the data about how many people got off the waitlist in the last year or two.
The problem with a number that close is that the school admins can’t say with any certainty whether it will or won’t work. And they likely won’t make a decision about going to the waitlist until August. |
Anonymous
| When we were at Mann the after care offered financial aid I believe. Itnwasnt that high, and to this working parent probably the best things about the school (even though it wasn't managed by the school). It was a really good program. Happy kids, kind staff. |
Anonymous
Out-of-bounds Mann family here. I disagree about suffering socially. I have heard from other people that is true at Janney, but I have not found it to be true at Mann. |