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[quote=Anonymous]We made the move for K. We did 3 years of DCPS ECE & K - our son was a September birthday and the DCPS cutoff was Sep 30 while the private cutoff in the area for most schools is Sep 1.

The tradeoff is that it's harder to get in every year you wait, but you save money. If you are trying for the top schools, your best chance is early, unless you have a truly exceptional kid that would standout in grade 9 admissions...which we weren't banking on (so far our kids are normal smart). Our kids ended up at a "Big 3" but we plan on reassessing fit and maybe will apply out for 9th anyway...however we've been told that it's easier to get in to private from private. FWIW, our experience has been incredible compared to friends at even well regraded publics. You get what you pay for and for our family it's been worth it. If you're balancing other things like retirement or college savings, I would hold off until 6th. If you can afford private and not sacrifice those things, then do it as early as possible. [/quote]

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