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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are 3 main types of public elementary schools in PG
1) Neighborhood Schools.  In the areas you are talking about it is UP ES, Hyattsville ES, Riverdale ES and Felegly ES.  There are some other neighborhood schools that are underenrolled that accept out of bounds kids as well.  You can search this forum and see which school did that last year.
2) Specialty Program Elementary Schools- this is lottery based.  In my experience the majority of people get a lottery placement to one of the programs.  They are French Immersion, Spanish Immersion, Performing Arts, Montessori and Talented and Gifted (starts in 2nd grade).
3) Public Charter Schools.  The only elementary school charters I have heard positive things about is CMIT.  If you do a charter you need to provide your own transportation.

I don't know much about Riverdale ES or Fegely but I know people with kids at UPES and at Hyattsville that are happy.  Other nearby publics that I have heard good things about are Berwyn Heights, Mt Rainier ES, Gladys Noon Spellman (Cheverly), Greenbelt ES, Magnolia Lane ES.  
The weakest point in PGCPS are the middle schools.  We did our neighborhood ES up until 5th and then got into one of the specialty programs for Middle. 
I have heard mixed reviews of Hyattsville MS but if we lived inbounds we would have considered it for our kids.  
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ETA- the Specialty Program lottery is stressful for some families because of the way it is run.  Often times families are offered placement at the last minute....sometimes after the school year has already started.  It seems like the Spanish Immersion program is the easiest of the bunch to get a slot into for K.  Everyone who is TAG eligible gets a spot at a TAG center if they want it. [/quote]

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