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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be interested in any helpful intel on some of my down-ballot choices. Main priorities are just that a school is warm and child-friendly and not suuuper academic and just helps little kids learn to be people. Other priorities are quality aftercare and commute. We're on the Hill now but rent and can move easily (so also not tremendously concerned about after K), but school must be within at least a reasonable biking distance (&lt;10 mins) from a Metro. Because evidently I hate commuting more than I love my DC. ;)

1. Fancy Charter 1!
2. Fancy Charter 2!
3. Fancy Charter 3!
4. Peabody (IB)
5. Van Ness
6. Tyler
7. Miner
8. William E. Doar 
9. J.O. Wilson
10. Seaton
11. Langley
12. Langdon Montessori[/quote]

I'll give you my honest opinion.  If you don't care about school past K, I'd put Peabody as your number 1 choice.  It's a really great school, and has a good set of afterschool enrichments, and two aftercare programs that are well-run.  It is warm, child-friendly, and not super-academic, but not a slouch in early childhood education by any means.  My kid is currently at Peabody, and I toured several "Fancy Charters" this year just to see if we should try our luck again...and left feeling that Peabody was better than all of them.  I was surprised myself.  I never realized what a gem I had.  I also value commute as much as you do, and when I threw in the fact that Peabody has a bus (if you live near the Watkins side of the Cluster) that threw it over the top.  As you probably know, there have been big IB waitlists for Peabody, so admission isn't guaranteed until K.  [/quote]

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