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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thread is making me sad. None of these middle schools impress me very much, and we have no chance of getting in any of them it seems. Depressing. [/quote]

You're looking in the wrong places for input and advice. DCUM is - by and large - bashing schools, fueling drama, reiterating hearsay, and amplifying sentiments. I like my coffee hour here for that very reason ;-) but I also appreciate it to help learn about questions I need to ask. To get the true picture, you will not get around having to spend some time speaking to actual parents and school officials. I have multiple friends whose judgments I highly respect at all of these middle and high schools (Hardy, Stuart-Hobson, DCI (middle and incoming high), Latin (middle and high), Deal, Eastern, School Without Walls, Wilson, Basis (middle school only)) and each and every one of them speaks highly of their school. They are really happy there. And these parents aren't dupe; neither are their kids. (I myself have a reputed Ph.D. and earn a good living if that helps you put things in context.)

On an aside, there just isn't such a thing as the "perfect school" (except in glossy brochures maybe). Any school is a 'process' more than it is a 'state'. In different terms, by the very nature of its service, a school is reinventing itself almost every single day. It's that process you have to investigate and judge, plus its fit with your child's temperament and inclinations, which may not be obvious until about 4th or 5th grade, sometimes later.[/quote]

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