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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re trying to make the best choice, but you don’t need to make the best choice.

[b]Just make a choice, and then make the best of it. [/b]That approach, and not the school itself, is what will make the best elementary school experience for your child.

And don’t worry about the long run. Hardy/MacArthur vs Deal/JR doesn’t matter. My kid, who is now a senior, has friends who did both. Also friends who went to Oyster and EH and SH, friends who went to charters and application schools, friends who went private, and friends who moved away. And even though some of them had some bumps along the way, all of them are now doing fine. Among all of these perfectly fine schools, what really matters is not which school, but making the most of the school where you find yourself. [/quote]

This, 100 percent.

School choice can drive you to madness because it creates the illusion that there is a "best" option. [b]I know someone who literally moved her child 5 times during elementary school trying to chase the best. She created so much anxiety in her family. [/b]

This doesn't mean that there aren't options that are worth avoiding -- there are. Some schools will not be good enought. But if all four of these schools are Deal or Hardy feeders, they are all great elementary schools. Your kids will be absolutely find at any of them. Find a way to feel grateful for these option, pick one, and then get involved in the community and watch your kids thrive.

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+1 This. We know someone like this as well. Perpetually complaining about the current school (including to families there who were happy and had no intention of moving). Kept accepting lottery spots to some other bright shiny object and spending hours driving their kids across town, only to find that that school had problems too (shocker -- no school is perfect, not DCPS, not private). This disrupted their kids' education a ton. My kids have held steady at the same school the entire time. Is it perfect? No. But they have had a wonderful elementary school experience and we have gotten to know the school and the teachers very well. My kids have done very well in school and I think this is mostly because we know the ins and outs of the school and our kids feel settled there. [/quote]

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