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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends what you want of course.  Maury, Brent, Ludlow and Tyler Spanish immersion are all solid in-boundary choices these days.  Some in-boundary parents are also bullish on Watkins.

But each of these schools has its ups and downs, mostly ups but certainly not all.

Brent is getting crowded with no plan to expand the building in place due to DCPS intransigence, possibly for years to come. My kid gets pulled out for extra instruction in a windowless supply closet, and there are 28 kids in his 1st grade class (unheard of before this year).  We're happy with the school, but I'm sure I'd have been happy with the others on my list, too.  Jefferson Academy middle school very iffy despite the hype.

Maury's new head has a really hard act to follow and [b]2 semesters in trailers at Eliot-Hine has taken its toll.[/b]  Middle school not even iffy yet.

Ludlow still has a good many poor kids with many needs in the upper grades, without the dough for PTA-financed teachers aides or "floater" teachers across grades yet (Maury and Brent have the money).  But Ludlow has an unusually dynamic and effective young principal, a great deal of momentum and a middle school more (most?) neighborhood parents are OK with at the end of the rainbow.

You can't lose, OP, just find a house you like in-boundary for one of these schools and buy or rent it.[/quote]

I haven't noticed that at all!  Ready to move back to our beautiful building, but my child has had a great experience for the past 2 years.  [/quote]

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