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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of us don't make much distinction between charter and public schools. They're all just schools. [/quote]

Well, it does change the vibe of the neighborhood when lots of neighbors go to school together -- the kids can walk to each others houses for playdates, etc. [/quote]

The kids in our area all go to different schools. No one cares. They all play together. [/quote]

This.  [b]Big mistake if you prioritize poor neighborhood schools over better schools.[/b]  You will realize this sooner than later in upper elementary and upper.  Kids don’t choose friends based on where they live.  It’s not an issue when they can also take metro and get around by themselves.  My DS started going on metro by himself to school in 6th.[/quote]

No one is doing that. Most of the schools on the list the PP posted above with very high IB participation rates are the best schools in the city (Janney, Mann, etc).

The DCPS schools that are not that great don't have very high IB participation, so kids don't get that "walk to and from school with friends and  go freely from house to house" thing.[/quote]

There are schools where the IB participation rate is somewhat low but the school percent of students IB is high, so you still get the "walk to and from school with friends and go freely from house to house" thing. Schools with the highest percent of students IB:

- Murch 88%
- Janney 88%
- Lafayette 88%
- Stoddert 85%
- Maury 83%
- Thomas 82%
- Van Ness 81%
- Walker-Jones 81%
- Key 78%
- Bancroft 76%
- Eaton 76%
- Mann 75%
- Shepherd 75%
- Langley 75%[/quote]

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