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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is easy yet harsh: Don't do your kids the disservice of sending them to DCPS.  If that means moving to the suburbs then do it.  You don't want to spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been if you were more flexible on where you lived.[/quote]

What if you move to the suburbs and you spend the rest of your life wondering what if because your family is miserable and overburdened and you moved just to avoid sending your kid to a socioeconomically and racially diverse school? Either you're the most miserable parent in DCPS or you moved to the suburbs and are coming to a different board to tell everyone about your superiority which doesn't sound like someone who is happy.

OP there are plenty of fine middle schools but unfortunately without knowing where you are it's hard to figure out what's best.[/quote]

This is BS.  There are not plenty of fine middle schools in the city.  And my threshold is low as defining fine by at least majority of kids in grade level.

If you want to send your kid to a middle school with overwhelming majority not just below grade level but way below grade level, then yes there are plenty of those.

And no I’m not in the burbs.  I live in the city but at least not in denial about the reality of the situation.

The burbs have a ton of better mediocre schools and amazing schools.  I realize that and can acknowledge the reality unlike PP[/quote]

I mean, yeah. We do need to be realistic. After more than a decade as a parent in DC, and with much thinking and experience in a range of schools, for me, these are the middle schools that feel acceptable:

Deal
Hardy
BASIS
Latin
DCI

These are schools where you can put a high achieving college-bound kid and feel pretty good that they will be OK.

Yes, the suburban middle schools are objectively better. But we are at one of these schools and I think we personally would be miserable in the suburbs and our kids are learning a lot. So it's working. but staying realistic is important.[/quote]

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