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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right, don't plan on getting into BASIS.

Giving up one's happy life on Cap Hill/community mainly so your kid can attend a high powered middle school in the burbs seems nuts. Same with forking out for a pricey private you can scarcely afford or commuting to DCI.[/quote]

Not nuts when you have a secure path from middle school to 12th in the burbs at a much better school with high performing peer groups with better facilities, extracurriculars and sports.

What exactly is your plan for high school?[/quote]

The truth is that lots of families on the Hill can afford 4 years of private or, at least, parochial HS if they need to. That is the plan of at least 50% of the UMC 2-3 kid families I know at our Hill IB ES (my oldest is rising 4th, so this is a frequent topic of convo). Nearly everyone plans to lottery for Latin x 2 and most for BASIS (though quite a few prefer BASIS, mostly the high achievers); for those who don’t get in, I’d say 3/4ths are planning to head to SH. The rest will move, head private or head to ITS if they can (I’ve also heard CHML, 2R and ST as back ups, but ITS seems to be the preferred charter backup). Then folks without a HS option (plus quite a few who have one) are hoping for Walls or, for a few, DE or Banneker or planning to go private/parochial. Some recent UMC families got some money from Gonzaga and SJC, so those are ones I’ve heard recently. 2 grads with younger sibs are headed to GDS and NCS. I think if people stick it out for middle, they don’t move for HS.[/quote]

Definitely ITS is the charter of choice for middle, especially since DCI is harder and harder to get into and pretty far away. Or ST if you want the high school path there, but Montessori is not everyone's cup of tea and it's a relatively new school.  ITS can definitely bridge you over to 9th and buy a few years to sort out your plans for the 9th grade lottery/moving/going private. It's not the best school ever but it's definitely good enough and there are many families from the Senate side and Lincoln Park and Kingman Park area.[/quote]

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