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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I forgot - what is the middle school for Van Ness?[/quote]

Jefferson https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY1819%20School%20Feeder%20Patterns_0.pdf[/quote]

How far would you drive to get a feeder to Hardy vs Jefferson?

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I wouldn't do it for the feeder. I would get to know Jefferson and see if it might be a good fit for my older kid when she'd be ready to go there in 2021. And if it wasn't, I'd play the lottery in 5th for Latin/BASIS/Cap City/etc. if those seemed like good fits, play it again for 6th if necessary (Deal, Hardy, 2R, DCI, etc.), consider CHDS or other privates, and move IB for Hardy or somewhere else the summer before 6th grade if necessary.

Figure 45 minutes from home to Mann, 30 minutes from Mann to work, and the same in reverse each afternoon. If you do it 180 times a year for 6 years (ie, until the younger child finished 5th grade) that's 3,240 hours (135 days, more than 19 weeks) in the car.  would not be worth it to me. [/quote]

Plus your kid may (likely will) suffer socially.  People are by-in-large VERY NICE but it's a neighborhood school.  Your kids will live almost an hour away from their friends.  My kids are at Janney and it's definitely hard to be an OOB kid purely due to logistics.  My son's best friend lives across the park and asks his parents daily if they can move into the school's neighborhood.  I've happily driven my child there dozens of times but what the kid wants is to walk to/from school with his friends (like everyone else does) and walk/bike to his friends' houses.

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