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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

I'm a Ward 6 parent and I think you can relax a bit regarding middle schools.

I agree that it would be great if we had a Deal in Ward 6, but we don't, but we have lots of other options.  Getting into Hardy isn't that difficult and lots of Hill kids go there and do well.

[b]BASIS and Latin are possibilities. [/b]

[b]Who knows where SH Jefferson and EH will be by the time your kid is ready for middle school?  [/b]

Plus there are the charter middle schools that don't get a lot of love from dcurbanmom but that are in some ways even better than Deal.

Plus there are private schools that maybe you could swing paying for a few years that may be a perfect fit for your kid.  Maybe you could qualify for financial aid.

I feel you-- I really do!! But doing all this scrambling to go your kid into an elementary school on the other side of town (where, based on the attitude on dcurbanmom, it seems you will be looked up as an interloper) just so that you can get lined up into Deal (and that isn't really a guarantee-- maybe the JKLM you get into gets redirected into a different middle school).

And even if you get into a JKLM and manage the commute and the school does maintain its Deal feed-- what if after all that Deal loses its shine a bit?  What if the principal gets lured into Wilson-- or to Jefferson, even?

Nothing is guaranteed.  So why go to all the trouble of commuting as OOB, or actually move across town to establish IB, when things will likely work out ok if you just stay put for the time being?

Good luck!

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BASIS and Latin are indeed possibilities for the lucky who, in the case of the former, don't mind having middle schoolers virtually locked in a joyless building without outdoor space, a gym, a stage, a library, wide hallways, much decor on the walls or bright colors, or even cafeterias with windows.  The BASIS kids hardly ever leave the building (even to walk to a nearby Smithsonian museum) and "recess," often on the Navy Memorial circle, and PE end at 6th grade. PE takes places in a space with padded walls around the size of your living room where kids play chaotic dodge ball - they don't offer them real sports, even volleyball.  BASIS may or may not buy a better building for the younger kids at some stage.  With the first crop of School Within a School 4th graders coming on-line to enter the BASIS lottery this coming school year, and bigger 4th grade classes at Maury and Brent coming on-line with every passing year, demand will grow steadily at BASIS.

Latin won't track or stream in MS, so kids who lack basic skills take math and English with those capable of advanced work.  They don't have a gym either, because Bowser won't free of the funding.  Moreover, they're admitting around 20% who put their names in the hat.

As long as SH, Jefferson and Eliot-Hine won't offer test-in MS programs, everybody who pays attention knows where "they'll be" by the time OP's kid is ready for MS: just a little bit better than they are now (and not for lack of strong leadership; all have strong principals).  OP won't be the last poster looking ahead to shoot for Deal from Ward 6.  [/quote]

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