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[quote=Anonymous]The middle school situation five or six years hence may be up in the air, but NW still has a big head start on Capitol Hill in developing  neighborhood middle schools acceptable to a critical mass of middle-class families.  No, it isn't difficult to get into charter middle schools, other than Latin, for the time being, but that may change as demand starts to outstrip supply.  You see this with the charter elementary school on the Hill, Two Rivers and Logan Montessori.  Four or five years ago, when the schools were new, no problem getting in through the lotteries.  Now, each spring, the schools have waiting lists a mile long   Only one person's opinion, but I'm not optimistic that either Jefferson or EH will be attracting many in-bounds Brent families five years from now, no matter what sort of heavy lifting committed parents do in the meantime.   In ten years, perhaps.  But these schools will surely have started to attract some upper-middle-class families by the time your kid leaves elementary.   Only you know how long you plan to live in the District, how much of a risk taker you are, how much money you can put away for private middle school as a back up, how willing you would be to move to the burbs, what sort of services your kid will probably need at school (special needs? gifted?), and how willing you would be to send your kid to a middle school school that may still be fairly tough by the time your kid gets there, and how much time and effort you can and will put into PTA activities.  Good luck.    
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