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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure whether the charter middle schools are better options. People are turned off by the test scores at McFarland but the few families I know that have attended are having a really good experience and many more resources than the charters listed above. Charters may be good for those that have kids that need something more than a traditional curriculum. But if you want your kids to learn the traditional curriculum DCPS is definitely better. [/quote]

I think this really varies by DCPS middle school (whereas I do think that the DCPS elementary curriculum is more similar across schools, and that it's pretty good. We stayed at a medium-good DCPS over a "highly regarded" charter I am very glad we did.)

The good DCPS middle schools have so many more classes than the worse ones. At the good ones, you can learn Mandarin, get on track to take Geometry by 8th grade with a strong cohort, take honors English and read tons of books, learn how to code... and at other DCPS schools you can't do any of these things. So the question of whether or not charters are better is actually complicated. I was very anti charter for elementary, but for middle school I am considering a few. [/quote]

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