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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi this is the OP.  Thank you to everyone who wrote helpful comments.  My child just started at a school in NE that is not a Stuart-Hobson feeder, and I am hoping to switch into JO Wilson so that we can have a better school and access to Stuart-Hobson.  However, I understand that that will require a good lottery number and may not happen.  I am also aware that the preschool-8th Education Campuses may not always be Education Campuses, and I'm not sure what our options for middle school would be in that case.  I wanted to know more about Stuart-Hobson in case my child ends up in a feeder to it, but also because it's hard to know what to expect if that doesn't happen.  So I wanted to understand the whole story just as background knowledge. [b] I would love for someone to tell the tale of Eliot-Hine, McKinley Middle, Brookland Middle, etc.[/b]  I am trying to piece it together but there seem to be so many different opinions and viewpoints out there, that I'm not sure what to believe.

Middle school is a very hard thing to do well, and I understand that.  It takes a long time and a lot of parent involvement.  I know that my child's needs may be hard to predict, but if I wait until my child is in 6th grade to take an interest in the middle schools, it will be too late.   [/quote]

On this part, DCPS has swung from one end to the other.

The district was moving toward all middle schools, but under Michelle Rhee there was a push to use the PK-8 model. Once she left, there was again a push to all middle schools -- in large part to create 'equity' between Ward 3 (Deal) and the rest of the city.

I think almost every PK-8 is now destined to feed to a middle school -- and the 6th to 8th grade will be phased out.

The feeder pattern grid from DCPS may help you. https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY17-18%20School%20Feeder%20Patterns.pdf[/quote]

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