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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]new poster here.  The old saying on this board was [b]"First rule of Key, don't post on DCUM about Key."[/b]  In many cases on this forum you get a lost of boosters or detractors about whatever school - and I'll dare to say it - often misinformation is spread.  Key is a very nice community school - with a very nice community-centered feel (line up on the blacktop, kids/families staying to play on the playground after school etc).  It's a pretty small community (so you may easily be outed/recognizable just posting on DCUM!  Seriously!) We love it (2 kids there).  High test scores and lots of extremely bright kids.  There is not a gifted/talented type of differentiation program like they have in some other school systems, but have found that there are high expectations all around.  Like any school - there is going to be a variety of teacher quality -
 but have found our kids have had good to some real exceptional standouts.  As at any DCPS school, there is a  curriculum that the teachers - which can be frustrating esp starting in 3rd (again, this is across DCPS - public vs. going private).  The parents are very engaged and like a number of other schools raise money for supplements.  A teacher plus an aide through first grade.  Different after school programs.  Nice science extras and computers.  Etc.  Large international population.  There has been a historic drop from around 60 kids in 3rd grade to around 40 by 5th.  And most families do not currently go to Hardy.  But as another poster mentioned, that trend is starting to change and a lot of parents across the feeder schools are engaged in the future of Hardy - and the younger age enrollment at Key has been growing...  [/quote]

If only Janney had such a rule.  But then, Janney families are all boosterish and need public schools.  They can't go private like Key and Mann.[/quote]

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