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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think I'd switch for 4th unless your child is actually unhappy at Watkins. They'll be at the school for tops 2 years (less if you lottery for BASIS/Latin/Wilson feeder) and then the most likely spot they'll land for middle is right back at Stuart-Hobson, since your odds are bad everywhere else.

Also, you may not have the chance to switch. Ross doesn't take a lot of kids in upper grades through the lottery. The school is so small that they may want to leave room for kids who move IB throughout the year (that is the charitable assumption--less kindly, I think they don't want to risk adding kids who might bring down PARCC scores or need additional services). [/quote]

I wouldn't be so charitable.  When we toured a year ago, they had like 12 kids in 5th grade.  They could easily have taken a few OOB lottery students and still had room for kids who move IB during the year.  They don't, because it could mess with their test scores.

That said, in 4th grade you're really weighing Stuart-Hobson and Francis Stevens as middle school options.  I don't know much about SH, but FS has a very charismatic principal and the MS is definitely on the upswing.  Not sure it's worth switching for given the inconvenience of commuting to Dupont Circle, unless you work in the Dupont or West End area.[/quote]

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