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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the Hill parents who complain about the quality of the middle/high schools AND tell non-Hill people that they should just invest in their local DCPS elementary schools and stop applying OOB--the same applies to you. Invest in your in-boundary middle and high schools; send your kids there and work to make the schools better.[/quote]

No need.  ES is up to 8 years of highly dependent childhood.  I would put my 4 year old  or even my 7 year old on a bus to distant OOB or charter.  I'd put my 10 year old on a bus for Ward 2, 4 or 5 charter middle school.  Or shell out for 3 years of private school.  Whatever it takes.  Eastern, Eliot Hine, Jefferson are not there yet.  Stuart Hobson?  Eh.  Just assume go to the equally eh Hardy where space can be gained and feed to Wilson.  Depending on charter options, SWW or private for HS, sssuming charter MS/HS doesn't pan out.

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Not judging the above thinking process or conclusions, but want to point out that this is exactly what the city government officials are counting on - engaged parents willing to dance to their tune, whatever it is, to get their kids a good public education, and unwilling to organize and fight for their neighborhood schools.[/quote]

PP here -- not dancing to anybody's tune.  Just a realist about MS prospects.  Could involve moving too.  We have plenty of time to decide.  I have low expectations for Stuart Hobson as it currently does little to attract, retain or seriously challenge neighborhood kids.  If you could feed one MS with Brent, Maury, SWS, Van Ness, Watkins, and Tyler (SI at least) you could have a pretty good neighborhood middle school.  I doubt it will ever happen.[/quote]

Well, it definitely WON'T happen if people just wait around for it without getting actively involved.[/quote]

I'm not sure it's a superior option to some of the other scenarios.  You're unlikely to get the families who bailed for charter ES to come back to DCPS.  You'd need a critical mass of families who are currently split between schools feeding three MS options, none of which are particularly liked by the neighborhood.  You also have more academically rigorous options elsewhere beginning in 5th grade.  Attracting neighborhood families for MS would take the kind of game changing approach normally eschewed by DCPS.  Even far enough out (>5 years) I don't see it happening.[/quote]

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