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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, hon. You are *much* more in control of this than you think. You *can* stay in your home, if you are willing to open your mind to more schools. It's a choice that you are making. Lots of people attend schools like Langley, Seaton, Burroughs, Miner, etc., and they like it! If that's not what you want, fine. But it's a thing that lots of real people are doing all over the city. You're choosing not to be open-minded and do what you need to do to make a lower-performing school work for your family. But it's a choice. And you'll feel less in despair about this if you recognize that it is a choice.
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Oh please. It’s a choice that is no longer tenable in MS. [/quote]

Lots of people stay for MS. And since OP's child is entering 1st, OP has lots of time to ponder her strategy and figure something out. Right now, she is *choosing* to be unhappy with schools that other people find acceptable. That's her choice, but it's a choice. The self-pity is not necessary.[/quote]

As the mom of a 5th grader I can tell you MS arrives before you know it. And if OP doesn’t like her IB ES she is not going to like the IB MS. Self-pity isn’t necessary, but neither is delusion or learned helplessness. OP should move and maximize the benefits of moving now. [/quote]

OP needs to figure out what she actually really wants. To stay the course in DC hoping to get in somewhere better (knowing that "better" is Latin, ITS, BASIS, or Stuart-Hobsons, or a Hardy/Deal feeder with a bad commute), or to move elsewhere to something she can afford, which is probably not going to be really that great either. In my experience people do get into ITS and Ludlow-Taylor and Watkins if they try repeatedly, so it's not unreasonable to write this year off as bad luck and try again for 2nd.

It's still unclear to me why OP cannot go to Watkins right now.[/quote]

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