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[quote=Anonymous]Next year we will have a 4th grader.  We are at an east of the park elementary (not capital hill) and have been reasonably happy with our experience.  Our child is learning well and happy with school. We have neighbors that have had good experiences at our zoned middle and have landed happily at application DCPS HS’s.  That said we also have many friends who have already left our elementary for deal/Hardy feeder DCPS elementary schools and charters (mostly bilingual charters).

In general I am not a fan of charter schools and want to avoid opting out of DCPS in the anticipation of issues like I see so many other families do.  I think many schools are amazing individually but have issues with their cumulative impact on the larger system.  I believe our local schools would be stronger if everyone was invested in the inbound schools.  I would not keep my child at a school not meeting their needs but am not interested in stressing over optimizing their experience by finding the absolute best school.

All that said doing the lottery for 5th grade at Latin is tempting.  Both campuses would be reasonable commutes.  Not as easy as our inbound but not onerous.  I also know our chances of getting in are low and dislike the idea of getting my kid or myself excited about the possibility only to be 200 on the waitlist.  That said I also don’t yet know enough about the details of Latin beyond reputation to make an informed decision.

So do I ignore Latin and keep sticking with DCPS unless my kid starts having a bad experience.  Throw Latin into the lottery and only get more info if we get in (will we have enough time to learn enough about the school between getting in and needing to decide).  Or do we learn about Latin and try to make an informed decision before the lottery and run the risk of falling in love with something we likely can’t have?[/quote]

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