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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless you really love the Hill and couldn't consider (or afford) living elsewhere, move now.  Or stay at Peabody with a move in the near-term future.  If your love for the Hill outweighs your concerns about school, stay and it might work out that you have an ok place to send your kids to school.  [b]There are no public or charter options on the Hill past 5th grade that are great.  [/b]And I'd argue that even the popular public elementaries are just good to ok, not great. [/quote]

Ok, but BASIS is close and very easy to get to both driving and public transport and Latin has a bus from the Hill. So if you get lucky, you can stay. [/quote]

I hate this plan because people assume that you can put any kid in these schools and they will thrive. This isn't true. [/quote]

That is the case with literally all schools. If OP moves to the suburbs, that school might not work out for her kid either. [/quote]

True enough.

You can move to Annandale and spent a big chunk of your day commuting to and from DC, shopping in soulless strip malls, and rarely visiting DC on the weekend.  And then TRY to get your kid in at TJ.

But it is clearly the school not for everyone.  Here is a the results of a recent survey there:  https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/resources/challenge-success-student-survey-executive-summary.

For example, "75% of students report experiencing a stress related health symptom in the last month. Exhaustion, difficulty sleeping, and headaches are the most commonly reported symptoms."  [/quote]

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