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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have lived in Petworth for three years and love it. It’s perfect with kids. There are tons od community events and we’ve made a lot of friends. We joke it’s a small town in the big city, as we see friends at the park, on walks, at the grocery, etc.

Our kid goes to a charter, but we felt very comfortable sending her to Barnard, our IB. Sure, when she’s in 4-5th grade, we’ll need to reevaulate on MS/HS, but that is still 5 years away and a lot can change in that time.

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Very easy to say you would be happy IB when you are actually at a charter.  Actions speak louder than words.[/quote]

Well, we actually did enroll at Barnard and had planned to aend her there. Midsummer we got a call from a Montessori, which was our preference. If Montessori doesn’t work, I’ll gladly put her back into Barnard. [/quote]

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+1.  I lived in close in DC for a long time (just recently moved for my kid to go to K) and have a lot of friends who have had kids in the city -- both through our direct friends, friends from preschool, people you meet around the neighborhood doing kids things. I have been hearing for 15 of those years that "X school is really improving and we are open to sending our kids there when they reach kindergarten!"  I have literally never had a single friend or acquaintance with a HHI above, say, $80k who kept their kid in K at any downtown public school except Ross.  A handful got into charters (that was more common 5+ years ago --- in the past 5 years, i only know 1 or 2 families who got into a decent charter) and were able to stay.  Other than that, not a single person i know kept their kids in public.  I'm sure there are 2 kids in K in each of the handful of schools that sometimes get mentioned here, and i've never met them.  But that literally means like 12 kids in all of DC in any given year.  This is not a trend to plan around. [/quote]

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