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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 family with no IB and no pk3 options anywhere near home. Aiming for options near work, not far from the ballpark.

1. Hyde-Addison
2. Appletree Lincoln Park
3. Appletree SW
4. Van Ness
5. Eagle Academy

May also get cold feet and back out of the whole process. Our current daycare is expensive and unreliable, but may still be easier for our family to take than a rough commute/schedule. [/quote]

I'd add Amidon Bowen[/quote]
Hyde is not close to the ballpark...[/quote]

It's probably on OPs way to work.  However, they took only IB kids for prek3 in Round 1 last year.[/quote]

It's not too far out of the way. Appletree SW is probably the closest to "actually pass it on the way to the office."  We have an older child who will be in K at our IB school (which, PPs correctly noted, does not offer PK3, so we have no IB preference or options closer to home than Hyde).

Did some more thinking about the list and kicked ATLP down to the bottom of the list. It's too far past the office and probably not so far superior to ATSW to justify the extended commute.  Van Ness is also past the office ... but friends on the Hill have a child there and recommend it, as did a PP. What makes it special? It's only a couple blocks roundtrip of extra shlep.

Talk to me about Amidon Bowen. I thought Appletree SW was in that building, and (I guess wrongly) assumed that this meant the DCPS school closed.[/quote]

Appletree SW had to leave when Amidon Bowen decided to use the space for additional classrooms.  Fwiw, I'm not the poster who recommended you add it to your list, but my child went there for PK when we lived there and I would rank it ahead of Appletree SW.  I think their PK program was really good with small student/teacher ratio (15 kids and 3 teachers I think) and a really supportive environment for the little ones.  If I remember correctly a couple of the assistant teachers (who were phenomenal) were former Appletree teachers anyway, and having more experienced teachers at Amidon Bowen was a plus IMO.  Another bonus, Amidon Bowen's playground is nice and much more spacious.  [/quote]

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