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[quote=Anonymous]This is such a great question. we have a Kindergartener and grappled with this so much... my husband was of the mindset that we don't need to optimize elementary school, and that our kids will be fine anywhere (he didnt go to good public schools and is brilliant and went to a top 5 university; i was a great test-taker who went to bad public schools and ended up at a good state school and feel like I didn't quite live up to my potential -- I definitely had more anxiety than he did about it about the school choice process.)

In the end, we decided that elementary school did not need to be optimized. I think the most important thing about elementary is that he was going a lot of individual attention and being pushed, and was happy with his peer group. We are at an EOTP DCPS school that checks those boxes. the diversity is also a HUGE plus, truly -- he has friends of all races and isn't growing up with the same kind of homogeniety and biases that we had.

We might start getting more picky in middle school, so he has access to more advanced classes if he is able, and definitely i would want him at the best high school he can get into.[/quote]

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