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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, you should definitely lottery.

Also, as your kids grow, you will realize that the problems with DCPS are not going to be solved by more rich kids opting in. DCPS middle school, for example, is WAY too tech heavy in every class. Latin is not. The science curriculum is much more solid at Latin. They write far more. and on and on...

In elementary school this feels like a demographics issue (and DCPS elementary schools are quite good, and can differentiate within classes. As your kids grow, the school itself  matters more because the curriculum really varies, middle schoolers cant really differentiate within the same class -- everyone gets and is graded on the same assignments. [/quote]

Not OP but I am also the parent of an elementary school student EOTP and a teacher at an application HS in DC.  I know some middle schools are better than others but I also teach HS students from a huge variety of middles (many complete non-starters on this board) and I see them doing well in HS (and no- not because they did tons of tutoring in MS).  So I carry this tension.  Do many of them have great science or history background from middle?  No, but to be honest that doesn’t stop them from jumping right in and diving into the HS content.  I really believe a reasonably bright student with good reading skills can be successful at a far greater range of schools than most will consider.  [/quote]

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