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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem all of these (K-8) plans run into is that parents with kids in 1st, 2nd, and maybe 3rd grade really, really want their elementary school to continue. They're very happy with the school and advocate with the administration to make it last. Then, by about 3rd or 4th grade, their child is different, their needs are different, and the family makes very different reflections about school. Often, they start looking for something bigger, something with more options, more extra-curriculars, with with more emphasis on selection, honors, rigor. It's hard for administrations to push back and also economically attractive not to because it's comparatively cheaper to run a middle school than an elementary school. So there are some economies of scale to be gained. But inevitably, the middle school will serve quite a different set of students, no worse, no better necessarily, but different. For the rest of the lot, it puts another "option" on the map and thereby adds another way by which we can shuffle our kids around into seemingly acceptable but - in sum - altogether suboptimal solutions. So, yes, good luck with that.[/quote]

Yes, this is very well stated. We are a Lee family who has no interest in a middle school option at Lee. I think the need in DC is for good middle-to-high school options, not elementary-to-middle. (We will try for Latin when the time comes but are planning on private for middle and high school if we are still in the area.)[/quote]

Amen. Very well put PP. We feel the same at ITS. Even though I am impressed with what they have done in few short years building a small middle school (and we LOVE the school), I think my DC's needs have changed in 3rd grade.[/quote]

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