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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One that I think is worth looking into is MacFarland. I’ve had two conversations recently with people who have kids at John Lewis and have friends (so yes, this is second hand) whose kids went to MacFarland for 6th this year and are having a great experience. I was surprised! Sounds like it’s an up and coming school.

For me I’d say the obvious choices are:

BASIS
Latin
ITDS
Deal
Hardy
DCI
John Francis
Oyster-Adams
Stuart Hobson
Eliot Hine
Truth

Others that look like they might have potential:
Wells
DC Prep - Edgewood
Jefferson

But then, I’m a person who likes to start with the full list and then narrow. [/quote]

I think this is a good list. I am also a start wide, then whittle and am probably open to schools some DCUM families would rather avoid. But I think these are solid to great.

My own kid is at a Francis feeder ES. We plan to lottery for Latin (more for the dedicated high school path than any concerns about Francis itself. Francis is solid tho, yes, might supplement a little with math.) Will also consider Basis, but not sure I'd send kid unless they really wanted to go. Will then push kid to apply to Walls, Banneker, McKinley, and Duke, while considering both Eastern and MacArthur for HS. Private is the backup.

But if I was in OP's shoes, moving to DC and starting from square one? I would just move into the Deal boundary, even if it meant a tiny, old apartment, so my kid could go to def go to Deal, then JR. Kid could then apply to application schools if one really appealed to them, but I wouldn't push for it. And private would be off the table.

Should add: I have a bright - but not genius - neurotypical kid. Advice is different for kids who may need different kinds of support because they are very advanced academically, have learning differences, or both.[/quote]

You do you but no, lots of schools above were non-starters for us.[/quote]

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