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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kid was 3, I assumed that the middle school situation on the hill would have changed by the time we got to middle school. It has not. I have watched as my neighbors kids have left to charters, moved away, etc. By third grade, all of the hill neighborhood kids we started with were gone.

I think it’s lack of confidence that DCPS hill middle schools will provide a rigorous enough middle school experience that, should you end up having to pull out for high school, your kid will not be behind their peers. And the truth is, when you have kids who are behind academically, your kid probably WILL be behind if you end up moving to a suburban school for high school. Middle school is a dead end on the hill, and not everyone will get into Walls, so it’s a real concern. [/quote]

I think this is a good analysis but also so, so sad on many levels. It's basically a very dumb problem that could be solved via collective action, but there is so little willingness to try. On the one hand I get it because when it's your kid, no one wants to be a guinea pig. And on the other hand, omg it is so dumb how so many people on the Hill move or send their kids to charters/privates all over town rather than just collectively choosing to stick around a let their kids go to neighborhood schools. Like it incredibly dumb and inefficient and ultimately bad for just about everyone.[/quote]

It's not that dumb, tbh. By the time your kid reaches 4th grade, you probably will realize that the way your kid learns best might not be the way his/her friends do. Latin/Basis/Two Rivers/Stuart Hobson are all very different schools. I knew that for my kid, Basis would be a great fit, while Latin was a perfect fit for his best friend. Stuart Hobson wouldn't have fit either kid well. That's what makes having the options really great, and what lots of parents think about if they've decided to stay in DC for middle school. [/quote]

I wonder if NW DC had easy access to as many charters as the Hill does, whether you'd see a bunch of people not going to a very over-crowded Deal. [/quote]

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