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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Relief from daycare costs and lack of a tuition payment is great.  Full stop.  But if you accept the notion that DCPS, at some point in a kid's academic career, becomes a less-than-ideal learning environment for bright kids, when do you make the change?  We can't afford the Beauvoirs of the world for grade school, which is fine because STA/NCS and that ilk are probably not feasible for us financially anyway.

I won't say what age my kids are other than to say that they cannot yet read or write and still bring nap mats to school.  In other words, I know that it's probably way too early to be worrying about this stuff.  But, we are already seeing peer families start to jockey for spots at "better" schools in the DCPS system, talking about feeder schools, and starting to lay out a plan for their kids' academic futures.  I worry about getting too comfortable in public school because it's free and it's "fine for now" and then next thing we know, they're not academically ready for a more challenging academic environment in a private middle/high school.

I'm looking for actual input on what grade to be targeting for a move to a private school from DCPS that would maximize relief from education costs while preparing my kids to be successful when the quality of the school matters more.  Also if you read this and are inclined to call me poor or a shitty parent for enjoying free school, feel free to move along.

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We moved for 4th. Kids are calmer, happier, excited to go to school again. Dcps is fine in k and 1st and gets progressively worse in upper grades. Make the transition earlier if it makes sense financially so your kids can transition more easily and make friends. It is really a night and day in terms of the experience. [/quote]

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