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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks, OP, for saying something that's been nagging at me about school choice.  I don't fault any parent for making moves they feel are necessary for the best possible outcomes, but hardly anyone factors the impact of constant change on cohorts and on individual children.  I'll admit that we lotteried this year for K just to see what we could get, but my kid had a pretty good year and I think familiarity with the staff and kids at his school is a good foundation for building on that success next year.

My main concern about the "fit" for this school was that dual language would slow him down in the basics of reading and math (I know I'm unlike others on this) but I've been pleasantly surprised at his amazing progress in both.  If he stays in his EOTP DCPS (and he will) he'll likely be one of the kids raising thise test scores by third grade.  If we move him, who knows what we'd get.  I'm as jazzed as everyone else about HRCS, but many of them have soaring reputations based on trendiness alone while our neighborhood DCPS has proven itself for our family this year.  We didn't make out in the lottery but I'm not certain we would have jumped - if for no other reason than that we wouldn't want to disrupt what's been working well thus far.[/quote]

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