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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is at Key and the number of parents moving as it we progress is shocking. [/quote]

Where are they going?[/quote]

there are a LOT of diplomatic staff's kids going to key- they are moving b/c they're diplomats, not b/c key is a bad school.

DC is a transient place- the administrations change, a lot of the people are developmentState Dept/USDA ppl which means they are eager to do stints abroad/around the country same with the public policy ppl. the attorneys/lobbyiests and regular UMC fed workers are just starting to stay in the city with kids but the city with kids is difficult and expensive.  Chevy Chase was always full of families, but they sent their kids to private school.  It was a different world back then- there weren't really any middle class 'townies' living in DC. by townies i mean ppl who don't work for the federal government and live in DC as if it was just a city and not the nations capitol.

DC isn't designed to be used that way from the get go actually- it was planned to be a capitol for the nation and not a true city- it was built on a swampy wasteland of no value and planned to service transient law makers and their staff and servants and the businesses that would cater to them and tourists. It wasn't planned to be a residential/business center.  [/quote]

Weve had kids at key for 8 years and can count on one hand the number of diplomat kids in each grade.

After 2nd grade kids leave for ncs/st a's/Holton/landon
After 3rd grade more move to those schools and privates which add seats in 4th
After 4th there is a big departure to charters
After 5th most head to private. Kids who dont get in move to moco. I only know 2 who went to hardy, and 1 left after a year.[/quote]

My assumption would be the Hardy was the - nothing worked out option.    As there are fewer seats available at BASIS and Latin, there will be a few more heading to Hardy and once you get a critical mass of neighborhood kids - it makes it a more desirable choice.  I think it will be at the tipping point next year as Eaton is moved there as well.[/quote]

The dynamic at Key is changing some - where the number of IB kids has grown in the younger grades and the retention rates per grade is growing.  There is a significant tipping point in the dynamic for this year's third grade class.  (and there has been a big increase in diplomatic affiliated kids in the past couple years).

And around 10 kids went to Hardy from Key for year's six grade and around 10 went last year.  The overall number of IB kids at Hardy is now 40-50 (up from 15 a few years ago!) with nearly a full class at Stoddert kids (18 or so) attending, more than 10 from Mann, and something like 15 from Hyde... making it a much more viable option for Key parents and the slots at Latin are getting harder with more competition from all over the city.

Many more families from Key seem to go the private track than moving the MoCo or VA - lots of families figure on that when they move to the area, but it's definitely changing.[/quote]

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