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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For $800K you should be able to get into Maury boundary.  I live in the Navy Yard/south cap Hill area and we are zone for Amidon but send our child to a sought after charter.  [/quote]

Thanks.  That's very helpful too.  I just don't have a great handle on charter school options because there is so much to research-- don't even know where to begin.  [/quote]

Charters are public schools, they're just independently run.  That means they can make their own programs, hire their own faculty, etc., so they can "re-invent" school to do something interesting or extra. They do not have boundaries, anyone can apply and there's a lottery for open spaces (except for siblings, who get preference).  There are a number of charter schools which have some cachet, and are often mentioned here:

Capital City (Expeditionary Learning)
EL Haynes (year-round program - summer enrichment classes)
Elsie Stokes (French & Spanish Immersion)
Inspired Teaching (Demonstration school run by the Inspired Teaching Foundation)
Latin American Montessori Bilingual, aka "LAMB" (Spanish Immersion)
Mundo Verde (Spanish Immersion)
Two Rivers (Expeditionary Learning)
Washington Yu Ying (Mandarin Immersion)

There are a couple more that are new and generating buzz:

Creative Minds (International Primary Curriculum) - this school opens in Fall 2012
SELA (Hebrew Immersion) - this school was just chartered, they open in Fall 2013?  (Not sure, but someone out there might know).[/quote]

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