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[quote=Anonymous]you can enter the lottery but to enroll you'll need to prove residency. Will you have a lease by May 1? That's the enrollment deadline for spots given in the initial drawing of the lottery.

The schools nearest McNair are Amidon-Bowen and Van Ness (DC public schools, which give priority for PreK to kids living in-boundary) and Eagle Academy (which is a charter and doesn't have a boundary). No matter when you arrive, you'll have rights to your in-bound school for K and 1, and your PK3 kid will have a priority compared to kids without enrolled siblings. That doesn't guarantee they'll get off the waitlist but your chances are pretty good for that at Amidon. If not, there are several private day cares that could work: HUD, Smithsonian, FAA, HHS, Goddard School, Britleys, and more. There's also Appletree, a charter that only serves PK3 and 4 and which is opening a new location in SW  that is literally in between Amidon and McNair.

Another option is a charter on JBAB with a mission of serving military families: https://www.learncharter.org/schools/learndc/ you'd have to enter the lottery for it as well, and it would require a drive.

The DCPS elementary schools with the highest test scores either don't offer PK3 (the schools in upper NW) or have no spots for out of bounds students. The exception is probably School Within School, which doesn't have a boundary so your kid has as good a chance as any (better, actually, with two siblings to give preference). But the odds that all 3 kids get in are not great.

Definitely the easiest thing to do is go to Amidon and in the unlikely situation that your littlest doesn't get in, they will probably get in to Appletree.[/quote]

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