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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can afford to live in a part of DC that allows your kid to go to a good DCPS, I think you are better off there. Lafayette, Janney, Murch just offer so much more and run with far greater efficiency.[/quote]

Well, not exactly.  They're also roped into DCPS and there's nothing good about that.  [b]There's nothing particularly golden about education in Ward 3, it's just been a safe island in the DCPS ocean of despair. [/b]  Already, there are a few charter schools which poach families from JKLM territory and those schools are, what?  3 or 4 years old?  IT is very likely going to be among that class.

It's a brand new school, and brand new schools have enormous hurdles.  However, they've got a solid NP Education Foundation behind them, and a mission that is so overwhelmingly more attractive than a regular neighborhood DCPS.

I'm not an IT booster at all, btw.  We're not at the school - but I know something about education, and their vision is very exciting.

[b]There's nothing exciting at all about 50 Kindergarteners in a class in the open classroom environment at Lafayette - no matter how well it supports the re-sale value of your house. [/b]

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This.  and that.  IT offers an educational possibility that is responsive and caring and truly smart.  It's open to anyone who applies and is accepted by a lottery, not just to those living in a certain neighborhood zip code.  I'm not concerned about not having specials; the classroom teachers are providing a wide array of experiences and learning environments that are not found in the JKLMs.[/quote]

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