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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So to understand correctly, you think that at some point all DCPS, and the public charters (BASIS, Latin), and the special admissions schools (Walls), will not be good enough/your kids will be too bright for them? But they’re still in pre-k? Or you want a backup?

I’m not trying to be snarky. I just don’t understand. [/quote]

OP here.  I don't really know.  Very overwhelmed by the whole education ecosystem.  How do those charters and special admission schools compare to private schools?  Admission at those is by chance, right?  At the risk of revealing too much, my kids are twins and the DCPS lottery does not give any advantage to multiples when it comes to keeping them together.  I would consider splitting them up for high school but they need each other right now and we've already had to decline an offer to a preferred public school because one got in and the other did not.

I don't think my kids are/will be better than anyone else, it's just that both parents are reasonably smart and we had the privilege of going to private school where we grew up and want to make that available to them if it makes sense for our family and they're cut out for it academically and socially.  I am worried that they'll get to a certain grade and certain paths will be closed to them because we stayed in DCPS too long.[/quote]

I understand. We’re currently in DCPS. A typical path for those before us has been DCPS elementary to a strong charter middle school (via lottery, increasingly difficult to get into). Or some stick with DCPS until high school and then attempt to do an application high school (extremely competitive). Private school or straight up moving are then the backups.

FWIW. I went to private school in dc. I don’t ascribe a ton of weight to the private school concept in general (particularly that it’s always superior- so many different types of private school!) But I do think many kids could probably benefit from one. The issue here is whether you’d be better off just moving out of dc (because you’re not happy in general with the schools) or a different part of dc over going private. [/quote]

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