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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks everyone with your feedback. I'm frankly not too excited about Wilson because of its size. Looking for small and progressive options. Do people often do the lottery for HS? This whole lottery thing is very new to me. [/quote]

Wilson is really as good as it gets for DC.  But, the publics in MD and VA that others have mentioned are also big. [b] There really aren't small public HSs around here.[/b]

In terms of progressive, it depends on what you mean.  Most of the people at any of these schools are progressive.  In terms of pedagogy, I would say they are fairly traditional.[/quote]

This.  And frankly, there are benefits to a large HS, including the variety of classes and extracurricular activities it can offer by virtue of its size and resources.  If you want small, you need to go private.  If you want a decent guaranteed option, live IB for Wilson.  Wilson has its detractors, but we know many families who sent their kids there and were happy with the education, and the kids had no trouble going on to good colleges.  It's big and diverse, but has options for lots of kinds of kids.

The only HS that people try to lottery into is Wilson.  Other "lottery" HS are actually application-only (Banneker, School Without Walls, Ellington, etc.)

In terms of elementary school, pretty much any of the Wilson feeders will be both good and contain many international students, because NW DC is full of international families.  Deal is considered the best MS, although Hardy seems to be improving rapidly as more kids from the feeder ES continue on to Hardy.  Personally, I'd be okay with sending my kid to either one.

I'd look at neighborhoods that are in bounds for Janney, Mann, Murch, Hearst, Lafayette, Stoddert, Eaton, or Shepherd Elementary schools.  All are full of UMC kids, have a decent cohort of international students, and feed to Hardy or Deal.  Frankly, given your budget and housing needs, you might find that the choice is driven by the real estate market, but these schools will offer a good education and a solid feeder pattern to MS and HS.  [/quote]

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