Do the HRCS Have a HS Component?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. So none of the others on that list have a HS option, so we'd have to re-apply to another school through the lottery, go to our inbound, or go private when the time comes. That's concerning.

Really? Welcome to Washington DC, a place you clearly are only just beginning to look at schools for your child in. There is something called DCPS, which gives you a guaranteed path from PS-3 through 12th grade as long as you actually live in the District. Other than that, if you're only going for whatever you perceive "HRCS"s can give, you should go private.

If you have a kid and you live in DC and you're only starting to figure this all out and you don't like what you're finding... and can't afford private... there's always Fairfax or MoCo.

So there you go. I guess at least if you're really that concerned, you know you should start working on your Plans B, C and D right now. You may well need them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because you have a lot of time and much will change by the time they are ready for HS.

- not the one who asked you.

You're probably right, but when making the decision between public and private I'd like to know what the options and prospects are as it stands today, not what may or may not be down the road.

Save yourself the hassle and just go private. It sounds like that's what you expect in terms of quality, so just plan on that. The private schools in DC don't seem to change much over the years.

[Anonymous]

I understand the need to have the whole business over and done with, but you should understand that your sense of what kind of learner your child is and what kind of learning environment he/she needs may change radically between PS3 and 9th. You might have an artist or a theatre geek, you might have a kid with learning disabilities, you may have a kid that wants or needs a small school experience: you've got a lot of unknowns.

FWIW, I know a lot of families who started at E. L. Haynes or Cap City in PK or K, all of whom said how relieved they were to have a guaranteed path through high school. They began leaving those schools in MS, and now not one is in either school for 9th. Their kids are at SWW, Ellington, Latin, Wilson, or private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand the need to have the whole business over and done with, but you should understand that your sense of what kind of learner your child is and what kind of learning environment he/she needs may change radically between PS3 and 9th. You might have an artist or a theatre geek, you might have a kid with learning disabilities, you may have a kid that wants or needs a small school experience: you've got a lot of unknowns.

FWIW, I know a lot of families who started at E. L. Haynes or Cap City in PK or K, all of whom said how relieved they were to have a guaranteed path through high school. They began leaving those schools in MS, and now not one is in either school for 9th. Their kids are at SWW, Ellington, Latin, Wilson, or private.

What do you think drove them to leave the schools, PP? (I'm not OP.) My kids are in elementary at a DCI feeder, so there's a sense of whew! there too, but also, you never know.