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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is Blair aside from the magnet program? Is it worth moving from a DC charter to takoma/east SS for Blair? [/quote]

We did it. And my answer is... Maybe, but.

A few things. What high school options are there in DC and how well do they dovetail with interested? Is the charter school Latin? Probably not, then. I think. How good is your kid with crowds? Are they self directed enough to be happy with 3000 peers? Will they find their gang (that is not an actual gang) or be overwhelmed by the options?

The DCC has some great programs, many of which are self-selecting, so even a bon magnet kid has some choices. But... There is also another lottery. If you want IB, Blair doesn't have it. Need to lottery or test into a school that does. If you want a magnet and don't get in... That's it. You can't apply next year. (Except to Vac). Didn't get into the lottery option I was counting on (we turned down Blair for it) but did get into a selective program. But off a wait list. So there was a good week or so when I was staring at the offered school (which wasn't awful, but wasn't great for the programs and the kid) and having flashbacks to the DC lottery system, where I had to make choices like, "what happens in middle school to a Montessori kid?" And, "what if we don't lottery into Latin?" (We did not get a spot there.)

Every school in the DCC has its strengths and I am impressed by them. But there are some weird things too. Like the pecking orders. The snobbery from the east part of the county. The sheer size.

Oh, and this may not bug you, but it does me: every single high school in the DCC (except Einstein and Wheaton) is parked along a major busy massive six-lane road. It just makes coming and going feel like you'd never want to go for a walk afterward. On the other hand, unlike DC, they have school busses. And for working parents that's pretty huge too [/quote]

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