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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I want her to have friends in the neighborhood and I want her to be close to home"

Shepherd is only 53% in-boundary. I guess she'll have a few friends in the neighborhood. [/quote]
PK3 and PK4 are 100% IB, with even IB families waitlisted at the time of lottery for PK3. Can't wait to see her at the PTA meetings :)

As more families stay in DC longer into school age, the charter system gets tighter to get into, and people are looking for a solid plan through MS and HS, we've seen a steady increase in IB numbers over the past several years at Shepherd.

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Many DCPS schools are overwhelmingly or all IB for ECE.  The real marker of family buy in is the upper grades.  So 53% IB for Shepherd means the upper grades is likely more towards the 30% because the ECE of 100% skews the number to look better at 53% than it is.

So sure the trend is up but still not good enough numbers where you can say most families send their kids to Shepherd.[/quote]

SP is unique for its large observant Jewish population, most of whom sent their kids to Milton even if PK3/4 at Shepherd (I literally only know one temple family who doesn’t).  This and proximity to in-demand charters (many LAMB/YY/DCI families have bought here in recent years) will likely always mean that Shepherd’s IB % is somewhat lower than other feeders.

That said, I expect the IB numbers will continue to grow—there has been very little attrition in our kid’s upper grade cohort; not many people leave in the upper grades anymore.[/quote]

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