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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Are you kidding???  Your kid got up to 5th grade without you even looking at what grades various middle schools begin.  Poor kid. [/quote]

I know!  I feel guilty enough.  WHAT DO I DO?  I knew our elementary school lasted until 5th and then got a MS charter to go until 8th so I really didn't think I had to think about it.  I was 100% planning on keeping him there until 8th anyway, so I thought "problem solved".  I'm just now (beginning 5th) realizing that I messed up big time. I guess I'm moving to Vienna next summer.  Lease is up in June anyway.  ARRRGGGG.[/quote]

Yo--take it easy on yourself. Your working on figuring it out now. Is your kid happy? Doing well? Your heart and priorities are clearly in the right place--it will work out. [/quote]

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