Murch vs Lafayette vs Janney

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how would you characterize Murch kids and parents?

I have found murch kids to be really nice. I haven’t heard of bullying at murch. The parents are seem nice, busy people. Definitely not a social climbing environment. I haven’t noticed any cliques.

Murch is a good school, no doubt. But it isn’t quite in the JKLM (Janney-Key-Lafayette-Mann) tier.

Excellent for Murch. Wouldn’t want to be in any group with some of the Janney and Lafayette kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how would you characterize Murch kids and parents?

I have found murch kids to be really nice. I haven’t heard of bullying at murch. The parents are seem nice, busy people. Definitely not a social climbing environment. I haven’t noticed any cliques.

Murch is a good school, no doubt. But it isn’t quite in the JKLM (Janney-Key-Lafayette-Mann) tier.

Excellent for Murch. Wouldn’t want to be in any group with some of the Janney and Lafayette kids.

The downside of being the best can be occasional arrogance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how would you characterize Murch kids and parents?

I have found murch kids to be really nice. I haven’t heard of bullying at murch. The parents are seem nice, busy people. Definitely not a social climbing environment. I haven’t noticed any cliques.

Murch is a good school, no doubt. But it isn’t quite in the JKLM (Janney-Key-Lafayette-Mann) tier.

Excellent for Murch. Wouldn’t want to be in any group with some of the Janney and Lafayette kids.

The downside of being the best can be occasional arrogance.

The best sorts are not arrogant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the other children inauthentic?

I guess yes, they are, according to the PP.

Hard to swallow?

[Anonymous]

There’s Janney ... and then then all the rest. Jaguars set the pace for DC elementary schools. Unless you’re the lead dog (or jaguar), the view is always the same, whether your school is ranked 2, 4, or 6.

[Anonymous]

I guarantee you all these obnoxious Janney posts are not from Janney parents. There is someone (or several someones) that love to rile up DCUM with this type of faux snobbery.

Not really important, but kind of annoying.

[Anonymous]

Mmmhmmmmm...sure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guarantee you all these obnoxious Janney posts are not from Janney parents. There is someone (or several someones) that love to rile up DCUM with this type of faux snobbery.

Not really important, but kind of annoying.

And the troll is so transparent.
I find it telling how easy to rile up the parents are. Relax, people. Your children are all special and authentic.

[Anonymous]

There’s definitely a Murch troll also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So how would you characterize Murch kids and parents?

I have found murch kids to be really nice. I haven’t heard of bullying at murch. The parents are seem nice, busy people. Definitely not a social climbing environment. I haven’t noticed any cliques.

Murch is a good school, no doubt. But it isn’t quite in the JKLM (Janney-Key-Lafayette-Mann) tier.

My child went to a big 3 private for ES. Now at Deal, DC claims the nicest, most authentic kids are from Murch.

Thinking of moving child from big 3 to murch. How has the transition from private to public been?

[Anonymous]

Feb 2026: I’d love to revisit this question now, as we are trying to figure out where to buy a home and are looking at all three schools. Kids are in preschool.

How did they compare now versus each other - and vs Eaton and Mann?

From this thread, it appears that Janney and Lafayette may have the strongest neighborhood communities for family friendships. Is this correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feb 2026: I’d love to revisit this question now, as we are trying to figure out where to buy a home and are looking at all three schools. Kids are in preschool.

How did they compare now versus each other - and vs Eaton and Mann?

From this thread, it appears that Janney and Lafayette may have the strongest neighborhood communities for family friendships. Is this correct?

It’s going to be hard to find someone who can truly compare different schools. I can tell you I have a student at Eaton and we absolutely love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feb 2026: I’d love to revisit this question now, as we are trying to figure out where to buy a home and are looking at all three schools. Kids are in preschool.

How did they compare now versus each other - and vs Eaton and Mann?

From this thread, it appears that Janney and Lafayette may have the strongest neighborhood communities for family friendships. Is this correct?

It’s going to be hard to find someone who can truly compare different schools. I can tell you I have a student at Eaton and we absolutely love it.

We just had a kid at Murch (now Deal) and had a great experience, as well. But it's hard to compare because almost no one has kids at multiple ES's. Worrying about which one is the "best" is silly, I think. They're all good.