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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brent doesn't feed into SH. It feeds into Jefferson Academy.

What I don't like about the combined 4th/5th grade classes is that they're sending a message to lower grades parents that it's not worth returning for 5th. 5th grade numbers are v. likely to fall even further as a result of this year's "Upper School" experiment.
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Honestly, if you are considering moving for schools at all especially to the burbs, it’s best to do it earlier for everyone involved, your kids and your family.  I would say  by 1st, 2nd latest because of when advance programming starts with G & T and AAP.

It won’t only be the 4th/5th grade class that is going to see the effects of this.  It is going to be felt downstream to lower grades too. [/quote]

I echo that if you're thinking about moving, just do it now. What I would give to have back all the hours of stress, worry, hope associated with trying to figure out schooling. I wish I had been more self-aware about how much uncertainty I could handle and more wise about how much other life stuff can be challenging so when you can mitigate challenges you should.[/quote]

I know I'm the type of worry/stress about schooling no mater where I am located, so in a sense, being in DC, where I have to research options, has been better than being in the suburbs, where the local school is the only public choice. I learned to figure out what kind of learner my kid really is, and that has made a huge difference.[/quote]

ECE, right? Yes, it's nice in DC to be able to have some choice in ECE/early elementary (assuming you do okay with the lottery).

But when it comes to MS/HS, it doesn't work like this. Anywhere, but especially not on the Hill. What happens is that a tiny number of people actually get to choose from a small number of choices, most people just have to make do, just like you would in the suburbs if you were IB for a school you didn't love.

The problem that exists in DC but not in a suburb where everyone attends their IB is that you are not in the same position as your neighbors and others at your school. Even if you are in the same socioeconomic position, if they get a much better or worse lottery pull, you have totally different choices. There is no sense of "well we're all in this together so lets make this option as good as we can," because when push comes to shove, we aren't in this together. And the longer you're in DC public schools, the more that's true.[/quote]

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