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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't most jklm do private preschool?[/quote]

Yes, absolutely for age 3.  I have never once met a person in my Murch boundary neighborhood  who has cast about the city for a free spot in a DCPS for pk3.

For age four, I have met two household IB for Murch who sent their kids -- interestingly, both families had twins -- to Hearst for pk4.    One of these families did this about 8 years ago, the other, more recently.

It's not a common thing in these parts, at all.[/quote]

Fight by anecdote!  I know several Upper NW families that used public schools for PK3, and many who sent their kids to other schools for PK4 because they couldn't get into their IB school.  So by my limited experience it must be a very common thing! [/quote]

"upper NW" isn't the same as Ward 3.

How many families do you know [u]who own homes [/u]in 20015 or 20016 and send their kids across the city for pk3?    Be honest.[/quote]

We do....20016 code.[/quote]

No you don't. No way.[/quote]

New poster.  Also own a house in 20016, have high HHI, and drive my kid across the park for a non-language-immersion PK3.[/quote]

Your HHI can't be that "high" if you really make that schlep for free Powell, passing by St. Columba's on the way. [/quote]

Is it really so inconceivable to you that someone would make this choice?  I find that sad.[/quote]

It is sad that you make this choice when you have the money for better options. In this (rare) case I do think you are 'stealing a seat', but also, parents like you are probably helping keep the system accountable to parents who aren't as appropriately responsible and communicative re: their children.

[b]I would be annoyed as hell to not get into my local school because of a parent like you,[/b] commuting  so far who may not be keeping your child there beyond pk, yet I also acknowledge you are part of the reason the school may be improving.

It's also an indicator this isn't 'your community' if you don't move and mix with the other parents on a regular basis. Are you hanging out at barbeques, playdates and parties in se/me? Are these your people?[/quote]

No one is being kept out of their local school because of someone coming in OOB.  Not anywhere.  IB children in DCPS have first priority.[/quote]

It's shocking to see how much misinformation is fueling the hostility here, both regarding the way the OOB system works and regarding the perceived universality of wealth in Ward 3.[/quote]

It is human nature, envy mixed with frustration.[/quote]

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