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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been living in the DC area for decades and know DC, MoCo, Howard and Fairfax public schools.

DCPS is an academic disaster compared to MCPS and FCPS (and some smaller, more homogeneous public school systems further out). Some charter schools are just OK, but none of them hold a candle to the best MCPS and FCPS school clusters.

Very few families are in such logistical straights as to want to place their kids in DCPS if they live in MD or VA.

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I agree with this 100.  I worked in DC schools but would NEVER send my kids there if I lived in Maryland or Virginia.  I mean, why risk residency fraud for a lower quality school?[/quote]

I think at least for NE charters or Cap Hill DCPS schools, you have some families coming in from nearby PG county. Since Maryland does not have much school choice, I imagine many parents feel like the options in DC are better than whatever they are zoned into, and it is on their to work anyway. And, like an above poster said, a lot of the families in MD grew up in DC and still have family living nearby so it probably isn't too difficult for registration. [/quote]

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