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[quote=Anonymous]In terms of private schools with a French component, you are right:  Rochambeau and WIS go from K to 12.  I am unaware of other K-12 private schools that offer French.  If you are interested in either of them, you need to move quickly and talk to the admissions people now.
    
In terms of public schools in DC from K to 6, there is a charter school, Stokes (bilingual).  It has a lottery and a long waitlist -- and if you didn't fill out an application the same day it became available (a couple of months ago), your chances are slim now. It's is probably harder to go to K than pre-K.  (Also, while it is considered a great, loving school, a sizable number of students come from economically modest families, with a level of educational attainment that might or might not be lower than yours; some people might have an issue with that aspect).

In terms of public schools in the suburbs, there is Sligo Creek elementary school in Montgomery county (French-immersion bilingual).  There is a similar French-immersion schools in NoVA, but I dont't know much about it -- I live in DC so I am unfamiliar with MD and VA public school options with French immersion; perhaps others want to comment.  I think there will also be a lottery for any of these options -- just moving, or planning to move, to these places doesn't not give you 100% guaranteee, as far as I know.

While I know you prefer something that goes beyond K, you might want to consider a backup placeholder only for K for the first year of your stay here, while you get more adapted to the DC area, and if for some reason Rochambeau and WIS don't work out  -- but note that it is perhaps harder to get into K in WIS than in Rochambeau, it is perhaps harder to get into K than pre-K in either, and while getting into first grade in Rochambeau might not be more difficult than getting into K, getting into 1st grade in WIS might be harder than getting into K; you should definitely ask both of them.  In terms of preschools besides Rochambeau and WIS , there is you have French Maternal School in Georgetown, Caterpillar Preschool in Tenley Circle, and Communikids in Falls Church.  They could be one-year solutions.  [/quote]

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