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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is a kid who needs a crop of high achievers around to do well, and you want a guarantee of that k-12, just move now. If your kid will sink to the lowest common denominator (and even Deal or Churchill are going to have slackers/addicts/cutters/etc.) then you're probably going to need to go private eventually so you might as well save on housing.

If you have a 4 year old, you probably don't know how he will be 5-10 years from now so it may make sense to stay where you are as long as your kid is happy and learning (and if he isn't because of distance learning, it's not going to be much better in other districts in the DMV) and figure things out once you have a better sense of your kid. [/quote

OP here. Thank you so much for this. In all of the stress over the lottery, one thing I'm grateful for is that it's given us TIME to figure out what kind of student our kid will be before having to commit to a school pathway. Most people go to their neighborhood school and stick it out, regardless of whether it's the best fit. If we had won the lottery in PK3 or PK4, we'd probably be vested in making it work just like in a neighborhood school. But what do you think - do you think you can get a sense of your child by first or second? Of course things can change, but generally speaking? What age is "old enough" to know what your kid needs from a school?[/quote]

Well, our daughter spoke English early and often, so we assumed she would like immersion, turns out that science is her passion.

You may know by age 7 or so if you need to select a school for its special needs offerings,.  Also, a lot can just change for your family and in the school system.  My work location and commute has changed.  We had a third child so we really liked having a school where all 3 could be together.  And schools that seemed fab to me as a naive preschool parent, when I didn't have friends with older children to give me the real scoop, I can now see are not that great for upper grades.  I had assumed schools would improve in time, but some do and some don't.  [/quote]

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