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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We really like Maury, near Lincoln Park. Ticks all the boxes you mention and easy commute to Pentagon via 695/395. We also wanted small classes and a tight knit feel and it’s been great. Only downside is the feeder pattern - middle school is fine (people vary on this but the number of people from Maury sending kids there is increasingly significantly each year, so would be even better by the time your kid gets there) but high school is a no for almost everyone.[/quote]

Where do the kids go for HS?[/quote]

Eastern.  It could be a whole different situation by the time OP’s kid gets to 9th grade but right now the zoned MS is finally getting significant buy in but as far as I’m aware very few people are currently seeing Eastern as a viable HS choice.[/quote]

I have been on CH for decades. Raised kids on CH. Currently have kid in charter for MS and one in application HS. Lottery and application luck has worked out for us. But the post above has been said by parents on CH since the day we moved in.

If your kid is already in 1st grade and you are not planning on private as a backup, moving to CH is parental malpractice. I know this won't be well received by DCUM CH folks, but it is truth. The stress of not knowing what to do for MS, of applying to Latin and BASIS for 5th (undermining the "community" aspect), of getting to 7th or 8th grade and wondering is you have sentenced your kid to Eastern HS, it all happens fast.

I love my house. I love my neighborhood. But if I was moving to DC with a 1st grader I'd sure as heck be moving IB for Deal/JR or Hardy/MacArthur.[/quote]

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