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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My prediction: The list of the best schools in the city, at every level, will be increasingly dominated by charters. [/quote]

Only for middle school.

DCPS is by far the leader for elementary. High School is split.[/quote]

No for elementary EOTP.  It’s the immersion charters.  Families that don’t get in then settle for DCPS.

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I assume you are talking about Brookland because it's definitely not true for Capitol Hill and EOTR has a different dynamic (broad dissatisfaction with both DCPS and charters, including immersion charters, EOTR, a lot of family's first choice is a Hill DCPS and the charters preferred are more diverse than what DCUM deems acceptable).

However, I actually think the charter obsession in Brookland is declining, as I now know four families who went through DCI feeders (two YY, one MV, one DCB) who have decided against DCI. Yep, I was also shocked. Two these families went private, one moved to NW for Deal/J-R, one moved to MoCo.

The complaints against DCI include: waaaaaaay too much time on Chrome, serious staffing issues, dissatisfaction with Chinese track generally. Also issues with culture/behavior but those are from the families that went private and I think ultimately they will never be happy in a public school.

I've also seen less enthusiasm for YY generally among the families I know, though I don't entirely understand why. People seem to really love DCB. MV seems to have gotten over the major issues they had a few years ago but I still hear about families leaving in 4th or 5th, which again I think reflects a decline in enthusiasm for DCI.

Also, among the families I know who really value immersion, I've seen increasing interest in DCPS immersion schools, especially for families who want immersion but really look at and care about test scores. People seem very high on Chisolm on the Hill, and Marie Reed in NW. Also know happy families at Oyster and an increasing attitude that O-A is the best option for immersion MS in the city (yes, prefer it over DCI even without an immersion HS option, but O-A is simply not an option for most families because the boundary is so hard to buy into and it's basically impossible to lottery into.[/quote]

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