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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry for all those families who are disappointed.  We have been there; we now have middle and high school aged kids.  We have somehow made it work but it has involved a lot of compromise.

In retrospect, I wish we had left DC when the kids were in elementary school.  We didn't have a good feeder pattern and knew we couldn't afford private so were relying on luck. For those who aren't happy with the results and don't have a path through high school (whatever it may be, privates, feeder pattern, etc), I'd strongly encourage you to think about your ability to absorb stress from this process and your ability to tolerate the risk that comes from a luck-based system.  I will say that we vastly under-estimated it.  If you're uncertain about your capacity, then I'd start thinking about moving (whether that be to a good DC feeder pattern or outside of DC) and start laying the groundwork to make that happen. There's just so much that you can't control about life so trying to be honest about your capacity and taking steps in light of that seems prudent to me now as I look back. It feels like a lot of work now when there's the glimmer of hope that it will all work out and you're already feeling pressed, but I feel confident that the odds are that the hard work now of making a change will pay off.

Good luck to all trying to give their kids a good education![/quote]

Thank you for the post. For those of us with littler kids, what kind of groundwork do you suggest?[/quote]

NP-and I totally agree with the PP. My DS is happily adjusted in a stable DC HS. But good Lord...the stress to get to this point. If I had to do it again, I'd really push to move. I just don't think it's worth all the added stress to raise a kid(s) in this city. There are positives and negatives to living in city/suburbs and nothing is perfect. There are trade-offs. But I would happily trade off the stress of navigating this insane educational system.

We've always been strategizing and always had a plan B: going the private route. If you plan on going the private route--you will likely need to do that earlier than anticipated, as there are shrinking spots in DMV privates. [/quote]

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