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[quote=Anonymous]We moved to ITDS in 5th grade. From what I can see, there are some high achieving kids in the classes. 
Pros: very nicely integrated, a lot of middle class kids, teachers who care
Cons (perhaps, depending on your perspective): a lot of group work which may not be that academic (drawing, making crafts, making video presentations) that is supposed to be in support of learning facts
Younger teachers than in DCPS, including, essentially, student teachers (that's the 'demonstration' part, they are a training campus), as well as paraprofessionals doing teaching.
Progressive, which can mean loosey goosey -- take a break when you feel like it, go to the bathroom a million times during class, three weeks a year of play during school -- Pokemon club or hair and makeup, for instance
According to the last annual report I found, which is the 21/22 school year, ITDS 8th graders went to School Without
Walls, Banneker SHS, Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Phelps ACE High School,
McKinley Tech, Maret School, Elizabeth Seton HS, DeMatha Catholic HS, and
Templeton Academy.
I know there are also ITDS kids at Burke and GDS from talking to 9th graders there.
If you look at Stuart Hobson numbers, a lot of the applicants get in in 6th grade, though maybe some in September? We really liked SH in the open house tour. It is bigger than ITDS so there are more ways to qualify for Ellington -- museum studies, lots of instruments instruction, which ITDS doesn't have. SH is not as integrated as ITDS -- 85% black, as I recall.
It seems like Walls is a bit of a crap shoot, even if you have a strong student, so if that is the only public high school you think makes sense in the city, you might want to either start saving for private HS or move.

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