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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, others have implied this but let me make it crystal clear for you.  What BASIS and Latin and some other charters get you is a good middle school AND a guaranteed spot at an acceptable high school.  So sometimes people who would be okay with SH or Eliot-Hine choose charters for the high school access.  There's nothing dumb about wanting some predictability and security that you have access to an adequate school.  And there's nothing dumb about having low confidence in DCPS.  The sooner you wrap your head around the idea that DCPS' management is the problem, the faster you'll get it.  It's not like demographics and academic cohort and racism etc aren't present here, but the *adults* who operate DCPS are a big reason people don't attend.  Not just because of the demographics or the behaviors or kids being academically behind.  It's the management and their decisions and their incompetence and dishonesty.[/quote]

+100.  When you have seen the machinations of DCPS Central Office and the political maelstrom that is public education in DC, you realize that even the finest administrators and teachers in the schools must be heroic to withstand the steaming pile of non-sensical crap and outright abuse that is all around them.  The good ones burn out fast and anything good that pops up as a result of their efforts gets dragged down by the larger system. Usually in the name of equity or political expediency.

AND the number one tactic and also the result of the incompetence of DCPS is to pit parent communities against one another ( by race, socio-economic status, degree of “wokeness” ) rather than bring them together.

To answer you bluntly: There are many Capitol Hill/Ward 6 families who stay and raise their kids through high school. But you, as the parent, can never really take your eye off the ball. I’ll have three students graduating from DC Public schools and headed to top notch colleges for which they are extremely well prepared.  It hasn’t been luck, it’s been constant focus and attention on researching options, visiting schools, understanding the best way to lottery in, staying nimble, looking down the road and supporting the schools once my kids are there.  It’s kind of another full-time job depending on how many kids you have.

Don’t despair. We are proof that you can raise your kids on Capitol Hill and use public schools ( neighborhood, charter and magnet ) to get a very good education. We don’t regret staying for a second.  Please be encouraged to stay—your tools will be patience, perseverance, good friends and neighbors and school communities and many glasses of wine. If you want to identify yourself somehow, I’d be happy to hang out in person and talk you through some of the specifics.
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