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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My list is, well, untraditional.  Our main goal is honestly a charter--probably my first 5 choices overall are charters.  So, with the DCPS lottery, I wanted either a Montessori or Reggio program, or a solid program within walking distance to our house in Ward 5.  This is what we ended up submitting:

SWS
Miner
Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan
Burroughs at Brookland
Langdon Montessori
Bunker Hill

Honestly, looking at this list, I'm pretty proud of it.  The only true longshots are the city-wide lotteries (SWS and Logan).  Otherwise, these are decent--even good--schools that are in my own neighborhood.  Two Montessori options, 2 Reggio options, 1 magnet school, and 1 neighborhood school. Of course, they all have their problems, but none of those problems would be absolute deal-breakers (at least not that I know of right now).  Since we're focusing entirely on preschool (we'll be moving in 2-3 years), I'm even more confidant that our family and our son could be happy at any of these schools, with some support and parental involvement of course. I still have my fingers crossed for the charter lotteries, but I'm happy with this.

Proof that we're not ALL applying West of the Park![/quote]

If you actually put Burroughs and Bunker Hill on your list I'd love to chat with you. I ask because those are my in bounds (burroughs) and we probably know one another IRL. I helped organize a group of parents a few years back trying to energize those schools - no other parents stayed serious about this for a number of reasons (not blaming them in any way!). I'm really pleased to see those schools on someone's list - if you remember me from those efforts - would you consider getting in touch? [/quote]

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