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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I have had children in DCPS and in private and here are my recommendations:

- How old are your children?  If they are elementary school age, then any good public elementary in the burbs or NW DC shoudl be fine (I don't have any experience with Capitol Hill).

- We live in DC, and for us, the real value of private came in middle and high school.  I know there are a lot of folks on this board who are happy with Deal/Wilson or charters, but we decided that private was worth it for the later years.  If we had lived in a good school district in Maryland or Virginia, we might have considered staying in public.

- The advantages to us of private are smaller classes, more individual attention, more music and art, and a well run school.  We pay dearly for 2 kids, but we believe it's been worth it.  Although if it had meant we'd have to give up travel or saving for retirement, we woud have moved to a good suburban school district and stayed in public.  
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As someone who is moving her child from DCPS to a private next year, the new private will be leaps and bounds better than where child is now.  Child has attended DCPS since kinder; child is now in 6th.  [/quote]

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