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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP.

I am on the Hill with a rising K and PK3.

Just visited Lee and ITDS in the last two weeks. I came away liking Lee more - nice, well-lit classrooms, peaceful location back in a neighborhood, and seemed well-run. My kids were in Montessori daycare and seem to thrive in that model.

ITDS facilities seemed a bit grubby. Vibes weren’t as good in my opinion. Way less chance of getting into ITDS, but also seems like it would be a good option into higher grades than Lee.

This thread caused me to take a closer look at their school report cards and, at the end of the day, I’m probably swapping them so that Lee is my #6 and ITDS my #5 because of those troubling test scores and belief that Montessori is great for young children but probably can’t take you the distance the way ITDS could.[/quote]

ITDS lottery admissions tend to vary, if you look at recent years. It's really just how many kids leave and kids leave for all kinds of random reasons, and then whether people ahead of you on the waitlist say yes. I've been at ITDS 8 years now and don't see a lot of rhyme or reason to it.

It's really nice to have the middle school option. Even if you aren't that enthusiastic about ITDS middle, for a lot of people it's still better than their IB. I was not that enthused about it but now that I'm experiencing it, I like it pretty well.[/quote]

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