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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not many kids in the DC area are actually enrolled in TJ.[/quote] This is a significant point. It is true that for the money some DCUM parents spend on private school, they might move into one of the coveted school districts. Or if their kids can test + interview into a top private school, they might also place into a specialized high school program. The rub for me is that this describes maybe 10 percent of students. Families get embedded in communities where the school is okay, but not top-notch, or they have good kids who are not testing into the gifted programs available in the public system. Our family is embedded in a city neighborhood zoned for schools with a high-poverty population, with motivated but not unusual children, so we're always trying to balance staying or leaving, and the best way to develop our particular children so that they will be successful in college and life.[/quote]
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