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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a number of really solid elementary schools in EOTP NW that do not feed to Deal/Hardy, but are great neighborhood schools (mix of IB and OOB, but neighborhood families). John Lewis, Powell, Whittier, and Bruce-Monroe come to mind. But without a "good" middle school feed, they will always lose families to charters and after third grade. It doesn't mean they are bad in the upper grades, it just means that parents start to stress and kids lose their friends as families jump ship for a middle school pathway.[/quote]

Agree with this.  John Lewis and Bruce Monroe would be my 2 picks for sleeper DCPS schools.  
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We've been at BMPV for a few years, and in my opinion it's actually a better school than the surrounding immersion charters. Stronger academics, better differentiation, more PTO activities, clubs, and field trips, really great school culture with strong teachers and admin. All with a harder to serve population (though gentrifying rapidly). Probably very similar experience for middle of the pack kids, but not for kids at the margins. It may not be Janney or Bethesda, but neither are the local charters. I don't judge anyone for choosing a DCI feeder because middle school comes quickly, but for us we've turned down offers at charters now that we're settled and can see what our kids are getting versus friends' kids at other schools.[/quote]

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