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[quote=Anonymous]Caterpillar is not public, although it is less expensive than most other comparable preschools.  It is managed by a church and located in the church (that does a lot of social work with poor DC kids in other parts of the city), but it is not religious.  As you probably already saw in their website, it's half day, but they recently opened the possibility of before care (starting 8am) and after care (until 4pm I think).  It's a very small school -- only two classrooms, one in French and one in Spanish, with kids of different ages in each.  So, if your kids' age will overlap, and you prefer not to have both of them in the same classroom, it would be a problem.  One of the great things is precisely the fact that it's small -- at any one day, there are two teachers for about 7 students (because not all enrolled kids go 5 days a week).  Because they are small, kids from ages 3-5 are together -- kind of a-la-Montessori.  That said, there are not that many older kids (K level), I think.
In our particular case, we absolutely love it -- small classes and very individual attention, loving teachers, a very nurturing atmosphere, and a down-to-earth extremely friendly attitude from all the staff, which more than compensate, in our view, their modest facilities and ample but plain outdoor space.  It might or might not work for you.
If you really prefer a not-mixed-age school, so that your kids are separate, check out French Maternal School.  (I particularly didn't like it too much as I found it too rigid, but I think that you should form your own opinion if/when you visit it).  I don't know how Communikids in Fall Church works.
All this said, if your commute is not a problem and you really want to keep your kids for many years in the same school as the one they start K for whatever reason, then Rochambeau and / or WIS are perhaps a better route to take.  And as you probably know, Rochambeau is less expensive.[/quote]

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