Moving to DC. Need a DCPS tutorial.
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Hi all,
Is there a place online (aside from wading through this forum thread by thread) where I might find info on navigating the DCPS system? We still haven't even picked a neighborhood, but I'm doing my best to get a sense of things. Seems like there are neighborhood schools and a lottery for schools that you're not zoned for. Is that right? That's similar to what we have here. Also, any schools in particular I should look into? My sons are currently in a progressive, dual language (EN/SP) school. It would be great to find something like that in DC, too. Also, any neighborhoods for young parents/parents of young kids (I'll be posting this question in the appropriate forum, too)? TIA! |
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| The other big thing in play in DC is charters. Almost half of DC public school students are in charters, and that's where you will find a whole lot more specialization, creativity, freedom and diversity in school options. But again, in most cases there are lotteries to deal with - but that said, it's worth trying. |
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| I've seen talk of all these charter schools. Is that info centralized? Summed up in one thread? |
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DC has a school profile guide where you can compare schools http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/ and this page talks about its dual language schools http://dc.gov/DCPS/In+the+Classroom/Academic+Offerings/Dual+Language+Education+Programs
here is the charrter school guide http://www.dcpcsb.org/PerformanceTier.aspx |
dsmoves
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| Thanks! |
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| Move to the Petworth neighbhood a lot of new families just make sure your zoned for Powell which is a dual language school (eng/span). Bancroft is another dual language (eng/span) but the prices of those homes aren't as responsible. |
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Not responsible I meant reasonable. |
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What is your budget for housing? how old is your child?
What area of the country are you moving from? |
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| The popular English/Spanish charters LAMB and Mundo Verde have excessive waitlist and are hard to get into and they are open to all DC kids as opposed to your neighborhood school which you have preference. |
dsmoves
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Moving from NYC.
Kids are 5 and 7. Budget is under $900k. |
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| Move to IB for Oyster. |
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| IB? |
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IB means in boundary. In DC all kids are assigned in boundary neighborhood schools for grades k to 12. If parents want to send their kid to an out of boundary or oob school, they apply via the lottery for an open spot. Some schools have lots of extra spots and others do not.
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| Got it. Thanks. IB for Oyster is Woodley Park, yes? |
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That's the general area where Oyster is IB for but there may be parts of Woodley Park not inbounds and other areas that are (parts of Kaloroma Triangle, for example) so you will need to go onto the DCPS school website and put in the address of any place you are considering to get confirmation of what school that address is zonedfor. Other schools where you can find houses for less the 900k and are considered the "best" are Janney, Lafayette, Murch and Mann. Key also but they school feeds to a middle school that is not as desirable. |