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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You guys need to team up and figure out what you each want and what you're each willing to compromise. And if one of you is going to take the initiative and make decisions that need to be made, then the other spouse needs to stop griping. That said, OP, you seem very focused on how much you "busted your ass" which honestly, could easily start to feel annoying to those in your household if I find it annoying to read multiple times in a short thread. You feel unappreciated and have lost some respect for your spouse because she is so seemingly checked out on such an important decision. My gut sense is she wants to leave the District and embrace the suburban life. The quicker you guys talk about that and make a decision, the better. [b]And while I get that you have invested time and effort and the waiting in line stuff, that doesn't mean the path you've found is the right path for your child or your family. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I'm sure there are plenty of people who have sacrificed and researched and have been rewarded with a spot at the school they so desired only to learn that the school wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.[/b] So don't be too indignant. [/quote]

Amen to this a million times over.  My DH and I researched together exhaustively, took a shit ton of time off work to go to open houses, spent an inordinate amount of time filling out applications, and got into ZERO great schools.  Took a gamble on what we could get (mediocre, but new facility) and it was a terrible experience.  Terrible.  Our kid's PS3 teacher was a Nazi who made him (and us) dread going to school everyday.  After an exhausting year, we threw in the towel. I'm out of the DCPS/DCPCS game because I can't afford to move in-bounds for a better school AND get the kind of house I want.  No EFFING way am I going through this lottery BS for a second time, nor am I going to treat my child as a social experiment anymore.  Good luck and all OP, but honestly, give it a rest.  Your wife is probably sick to death of hearing about it at this point.  The way you're expressing yourself here betrays to me that you are pretty certain that you have this all figured out when really, you don't.  You just have no idea how the year will pan out or what the experience will be until you get there.  She likely knows this which would account for her lack of excitement.  [/quote]

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