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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes it's because the needs of their older child are driving the family's decisionmaking. Say the oldest kid starts out at their IB, School 1, and maybe it isn't great. Then they're able to lottery into Two Rivers or SWS or something that's better than School 1. So then the younger kid starts PK3 at School 2. But then, the family starts to think about middle school! And/or they realize the upper elementary at School 2 isn't that great. So they want to switch to, say, a Stuart-Hobson feeder. So they lottery all their kids in the hopes that one will get in and confer sibling preference on the others. And if they're successful in doing that, they'll probably move all of their kids to keep them together. So that's how the younger kid and the third kid end up switching schools when they're still pretty young. [/quote]

This is a good illustration. It sounds exhausting but it’s not unusual. [/quote]

I mean, not everyone goes through that. It's just an example. If you're lucky enough to get into a school with a good middle, or if you don't care about middle because you don't plan to live here at that time, then no need for all the hopping around. But when you're only changing school and not moving house to a whole different town, it's not as big a deal to the kids. They'll probably have friends at all different schools.

If you do like Montessori, I believe Lee (Brookland campus) is the best one within a reasonable drive of the Hill. Inspired Teaching could get your kids through 8th so it's worth looking into for that reason alone. Yes the drive sucks, but hopping around schools kinda sucks too... [/quote]

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