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[quote=Anonymous]I'm also a single mom, and was looking for schools for pk3 (son is now in 1st). My only priority was a solid education - I didn't need frills (I hate the Montessori approach as my son needs more structure, and bilingual would have been nice but wasn't necessary). I looked on a map and figured out which schools were either on my commute route of those that were within walking distance of my house.

I entered all the lotteries for those schools after visiting most of them (this was before the common lottery). We got into one charter school that I had not visited, and I was really impressed at enrollment night and we have stayed. My son (very bright, tests very well, but probably not "gifted") is thriving and has had amazing teachers every year.

Think outside the box, and don't judge a school solely on its numbers - especially the demographics. The school demographics where my son is are completely unacceptable to most on DCUM (the poors! the AA's!!) but we've had a great experience and plan to stay at the school through middle school. [/quote]

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