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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hilarious. Seems we have come down to at the least, 4 categories parents participating in this thread.

1--those who think Hardy and Stuart Hobson are good enough for.their kids.

2- those same parents who think Jefferson and Eliot Hine are good enough for everyone else's kids

3- parents for whom Deal, Latin and Basis are good enough for their kids

4- parents who think only selective admissions ( and therefore suburbs ) are good enough.

What is your number?[/quote]

5 - None of the above.  I don't see the political winds in DC (and therefore DCPS) changing swiftly enough for selective admissions to affect my children.  That's not to say that I wouldn't support it whenever it's a real option 10 or 20 years from now, I will.  However, it's just not soon enough for my family's needs, so we need a different option.

I am very much looking forward to the DCI school.  The rigors of the [u][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IB_Diploma]IB Diploma Programme[/url][/u] allow for advanced/gifted/ambitious students to take an internationally recognized challenging course load.  Given that charters aren't allowed to select their students (although it's nice that all the bilingual students will get preference, and I hope Sela decides to join that mix), then tracking with highly-regarded and internationally benchmarked standards (primarily used at private schools) is the next best thing.

http://www.ibo.org/diploma/curriculum/[/quote]

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