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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think OP's original post was about families IB for JKLM rather than the Hill.[/quote]

Yes, but the question is why it would matter, if the situation is the same, i. e. going OOB for prek and then using your IB school.[/quote]

I do think it matters, the difference between Ward 3 and the Hill.  Here's why:  up and around* this way, there are many, many excellent options for preschool ages 1-4.   The handful I toured a few years ago, including NCRC, the Gan, St. Columba's, Temple Sinai, Lowell and CCBC,  were each better than what DCPS (Murch) offered.  Each in their own way, fwiw.nty

I have no idea what the Hill does or does not offer in the way of preschools.  Just taking PP's word for it that there is a dearth, and contrasting that with Ward 3 / B-CC

* asterisk to show that very close-in Bethesda and CCMD (20815, 20816) are included for the purposes of this discussion, since the drive is < 12 minutes to many preschools B-CC. [/quote]

It still doesn't matter. These options are all very expensive. There is no reason why parents in Ward 3 should not be allowed to play the lottery just like parents in other wards, if they want to take the commute upon themselves. Face it, this is not a widespread "problem", because the vast majority of parents in Upper NW who have the means to pay for these closer (and maybe better) options will do so. It is mainly the (relatively) less affluent and more budget conscious families who will play the lottery, and who are you to begrudge them doing so? This whole debate, especially when initiated and pushed by gentrifiers who aren't any less affluent than many people WOTP, is incredibly hypocritical and nasty. Now you will say that those affluent people EOTP might (might!) stay at whatever school they get into for the long run, and that is the difference. But in reality, as many PPs have made clear, the perception that people in Ward 3 have no problem affording private preschool/daycare plays a crucial role in this unnecessary feud. FWIW, we bought in Upper NW five years ago, when we were priced out of Mt. Pleasant, the desirable parts of the Hill, U Street and Shaw (not to mention Dupont/Logan). For what we paid for our tiny duplex, you couldn't even buy in Petworth or Shepherd Park today. I'm not going to let some smug EOTPer tell me whether or not it's ok to make use of my right to play the OOB lottery. I fully understand the expectation to get involved in the school like I would in my IB, but that is a whole different issue, which OP didn't even raise.[/quote]

Yes, 15K for preschool is no joke. Not to mention that competition for these "great" private preschools is fierce! We got waitlisted at 6 preschools when we applied years ago, and got shut out of our local PreK4 in the lottery. There are a LOT of kids in this area and not enough classrooms. Just look at how the public elementary schools have almost doubled in size in the last 6 years. This is the problem. We need another school; not bigger, more crowded schools.[/quote]

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