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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former ITS/CMI upper-grade parents, where are your kids going now?  MacFarland?  Deal?  BASIS?  Washington Latin?  I have a 5th grader.  HELP.

I was going to stay, but this forum was the kick in the pants I needed.  Great school, great teachers, great place -- terrible academics, terrible college-prep, terrible academic planning/structure.  I am not IB for any decent school, but I guess I could move IB to deal or MacFarland (others?).  Is it too late to get into BASIS or Latin for next year?  How about DCI (any shot)?

Also, I was thinking about moving to VA eventually.  (I need a decent public in-state university since I cannot afford to pay for a private college.)   Should I move for middle?  Where???  HELP.[/quote]

I know some families who have moved on to private and parochial schools.[/quote]

This is me.  I rent, don't own, single-mom.  Successful but not rich.  (HHI 100K/year).  I cannot afford private school.  It'll be a stretch to afford private university in less than 10 years -- which is why I'm looking to eventually move to VA anyway.  Any other ideas?

I HIGHLY regret not doing the lottery last year.  I thought our charter elementary would be fine for MS, and in any case, I thought MS started in 6th grade.  When this year started, I got that many applied last year for a charter MS in 5th grade.  WHY would MS start in 5th grade???  Or at least why do some start in 5th and some in 6th so it's like chaos.[/quote]

The charter middle schools that start at 5th (Latin, Basis, Cap City, EL Haynes) [i]say[/i] they need to because their students come from all over the city, and have had different curriculums (e.g. Montessori, immersion, IB, expeditionary learning, DCPS, KIPP or DC Prep) and the kids are going to have some differences / gaps. They say the 5th grade year is to try and get everyone on a more or less equal footing before they go into the more 'serious' work in 6th.

Of course critics will say that they do it to attract kids with motivated parents to choose their school at 5th and thus lock them in for the rest of middle. I'm sure there's some truth to both sides -- but it's not new and it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone at this point.

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