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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on your wish list, you'll want to look to private first. Middle school here splits off in either 6th or 7th (on the Virginia side so not sure which it is in MD/DC - in VA it depends on your address) and you will never find a 5th grader on the same campus as a 7th grader in this area. Same with class sizes - small class sizes by law don't have to exist in public schools so they are never guaranteed.

You can find good inclusive community in both public and private. A balance between academics and sports will be almost entirely family and kid-driven as opposed to the school at public. Privates vary in their focus a lot but it is easily possible to find the one you describe.[/quote]

Nonsense.  Feel free to ignore this poster.

The DC public schools are fine.  No reason to waste all that $$ on snobby privates.[/quote]

Bull shit.  Do not crucify someone else’s kids with your political agenda.  DC public schools are on a good day highly uneven and in a bad day physically dangerous.  There are many reasons that DC public schools rank so very poorly.  I would be wildly more likely to send my kids to public in Mississippi than DC.

There are a wide range of privates.  Some might have many wealthy parents.  Others are not so wealthy.  Catholic schools are worth looking into if one is Catholic or can tolerate the religious aspect of those schools.

Another option, honestly, is to live in Montgomery County in MD, immediately north of DC. Those are solid public schools, very unlike in DC.[/quote]

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