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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two children that attend the school. My kids love going to school and the teachers are warm and attentive. They also did a great job with distance learning. The families come from a range of socioeconomic statuses, but all parents want the best for their children and want them to succeed academically. People claim that they sweat the small stuff, but if you sign your child up for a school that has a published uniform policy, then you are of course expected to adhere to the uniform. If you are not afraid of or uncomfortable around black people, primarily DC natives, then give it a try. [/quote]

Thank you for clarifying and providing your prospective as a parent! I am in fact Black, and live in NE (close to the MD state line) and was considering sending our son to that school. However, the school is a bit far (20 mins w/out traffic) and we drove by the other day and parking seems horrible! But if we're distance learning, I guess we don't have to worry about that for short term.  We just want a school that not only focuses on academics, but helps educate the whole child.  Arts, Music, etc....Reading different comments, it's making us second guessing on enrolling. 
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DC prep does provide arts, music and PE! The kids have plenty of recess time and went on several field trips pre-covid. The teachers also coach the children on age appropriate ways to manage and express tough emotions and encourage the children to take breaks when needed. The daily homework is required and some people don’t like that but my children did not mind because it simply became part of our after school routine and allowed me as parent to be super tapped into what material was being covered. I would call the school and ask questions because there are a lot of myths floating around. Parking is not ideal but you can find parking in the neighborhood and walk your child in. Once you get comfortable, you can do the kiss and ride drop off line. There is also a short cut to walk over from the Rhode Island metro station. If you notice due to the demographics of this forum, most of the people commenting do not have any or recent firsthand experience with the school. Many of the highly sought-after charters according to DCUM have a huge achievement gap between white and black children, which was particularly concerning to me as a black parent and should be concerning for all but the issue is often dismissed under the guise that a school’s overall test scores are “meaningless” “pointless“ (sssshhh which in my opinion is code for “as long as white children are performing well“ based on the continued ignored disparity)[/quote]

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