Marie Reed public DC elemen. for 3-year-old, pre-K classes - what do you think?

[Anonymous]

We got into Marie Reed's 3-year-old class for fall 2010 and were waitlisted at the other 5 schools. Reed was at the bottom of our list. I have heard "bad reputation" and "violent incidents"...but their test scores are 69/74 last year, as good or better than Watkins on Capital Hill, and not as bad as many other schools. The location is also convenient for our family. We'll keep visiting charter schools etc. but I am wondering if any DCUMers can chime in on your experiences with Reed good and bad, impressions, hearsay...anything to supplement what we know from DCAS and visiting. I do not know any other Reed parents personally.

[Anonymous]

Reach out to the Principal - ask her to connect you with a current parent. I have heard good things about the school -making some significant changes. I would be surprised that if 3 years from now people who really want language immersion programs are not seriously considering it.

[Anonymous]

OP here - Good idea about current parents, although whomever they direct me to probably wouldn't be the ones who have expressed reservations about the school. I'd like to think we are "cutting edge" at a school that is turning into something great, but that's mostly wishful thinking