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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would prefer Jefferson to Eliot hine and it takes oob kids. Close to l'enfant plaza metro too.[/quote]

So the consensus seems to be Jefferson, SH, then EH?   Eliot Hine has the IB program, does it matter?[/quote]

Jefferson and SH, six of one, half dozen of the other.

Eliot-Hine only seems to work for die-hard Maury families who've worked together to support their by-right MS for years. IB Middle Years Curriculum can only do so much for a school jammed with low SES kids who struggle academically and whose head never seems to last more than one or two school years.

Jefferson has better leadership and discipline than SH but, for some reason, no definite at-grade level classes outside math.  SH offers honors math and English.

Jefferson only has around 20 high SES/white kids in all grades while SH has about 60 if that matters to you. Neither school has more than a handful of Asian students, with zero in some grade cohorts, if that matters to you.  We could go to Jefferson from Brent or SH from a house IB for the Capitol Cluster Schools but passed on both after attending in-person open houses.[/quote]

If it works for the die-hard Maury families, why wouldn't it work for others with a similar profile?  Do SWS kids end up there too or where do they go?  9% white can't be all Maury kids, can it?[/quote]

Well, I think part of what makes it work is that those families and kids all know each other well, and that's part of the appeal.  It wouldn't be as attractive for someone whose kid would not already have good friends there.[/quote]

But it wouldn’t work for our high-SES black family. Being white offers you sort of “protection” that out kids won’t enjoy. So it will be moving or private middle school for us thank you very much. Resentful…but grateful to have exist options others don’t…I guess.[/quote]

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