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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I totally rearranged my original (based on hearsay, honestly) list once I went to open houses and met teachers and principals. DCPS went higher, charters dropped lower[/quote]

Similar experience. DCPS gained a lot of ground with me and some of the more popular charters dropped off the list entirely. Another good reason to do an open house is so that you can try on the commute. Because you'll be making it every day for years. A few schools got removed from my list just because I saw how much trouble it was to get there or how chaotic the drop-off/pick-up situation was. [/quote]

This. Be sure to reality-check the commute, and remember you may need to search for parking and then walk your PK3 kid inside the building, yea even unto the actual classroom, with your baby or 1yo slowing you down. Especially at the larger schools and areas with more than one school close together, it's a real pain.  So give the nearby schools (whether they're your technical IB or not) every chance to win you over. Some day your child will have after-school activities, homework, piano, a sport, whatever, and you'll love the time savings of a short commute.[/quote]

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