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[quote=Anonymous]I am the first PP. We live in 16th st heights--great neighborhood if you got the schools nailed down (and if you are IB for Shepherd, which we are not, you have options if charter does not work out).

I would stay put for the year. See how it goes. If well, then discuss moving to desired neighborhoods for elementary school. DCI is a long way off, so there is no guarantee that high school is going to be great, but no guarantee that the Montgomery county school that looks so great (or crappy) now will be the same in 8 years either.

Sometimes, shifting responsibility makes a difference. When DH reacted that way about schools, I told him it was his turn to find an alternative that we could afford and that we wanted to do (eg, private ? move? etc). Needless to say, he's now totally on board with trying the charter. At the same time, I had to tone down my 'know it all cause I read it all' attitude and listen to his side. I acknowledged that we do not know how DC will do in this charter, that even though the school goes through HS there is no guarantee he will do well there, or we will want to stay, etc. We have agreed to decide to stay, in principle, for early elementary and evaluate, but that just as moving is not off the table for me, staying is not off the table for him.

good luck. [/quote]

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