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[quote=Anonymous]If your kid is 3 before Sept. 30, 2012, you can put him or her in a preschool (denoted PS in most materials rather than PK, which means it's for four year-olds).  Most of the schools east of Rock Creek Park, e.g., near 16th Street Heights, have a preschool program.

Some DC Public Schools with PS vaguely near 16th Street Heights:

Bancroft (some form of Spanish & English dual language program, large low-income student body but also a small middle class component of student body)

Powell (somehow seems shunned by yuppies to date; had a writeup on its Tools of the Mind program in the Post, overwhelmingly poor and Salvadoran, to the exclusion of much else; even if they didn't do "dual immersion-Spanish" they'd have to, given the 66% ESL rates in the school.)

West (many anecdotes are positive but test scores aren't great; 67% low income, 67% black, 25% hispanic, 6% white)

Barnard (test scores are continually great, school is 56% black, 38% hispanic, 3% white, not a particularly convenient commute from some parts of 16th St Hts)

Depending on how you commute, some other DCPS could be convenient, such as Cooke (south), Reed (south), or Shepherd (north).

With regard to the schools you mentioned:
LAMB (great reputation, also has a reputation of being impossible to lottery into)
Amazing Life Games (I think they are very co-op oriented)
Bridges 
Capital City (good school setup overall, big lottery choice, but if you can get in you're pretty much set long-term.  unfortunately just took steps to move to an out-of-the way location from a ridiculously convenient one)
EL Haynes (ditto for Cap City, except that it has a pretty accessible location)
Appletree (good reputation, but unlike all of these other schools, you'll be playing the lottery game the next year as it's just PS)
Bright Start (no idea)

You can also check the Great Schools DC School Chooser for some lists of schools.  Each has its address and Ward (16th St Hts is Ward 4) though very little of the data there is for entering grades.[/quote]

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