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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- thanks to all who posted helpful replies.  Re AppleTree, I appreciate the suggestion, because I hadn't heard of it before.  Will definitely see if they have open houses coming it and give it some consideration.

As for those taking a negative view of families going OOB for PK4 if their IB school can't accommodate, I'm sorry to hear that some of you have had bad experiences with families not being engaged in their children's school.  I would hope that the community of any school is open and welcoming to any parents who are interested and willing to participate, and we would certainly be engaged, as we currently are in our child's preschool.

I was certainly taken aback by one poster's suggestion that people in my own neighborhood might behave in a hostile manner should we end up taking a spot in an OOB school for just one year.  We've been living in our neighborhood for a while now, and have never witnessed that kind of behavior (or have just been blissfully unaware of people feeling/acting that way).  In any event, that kind of hostile attitude shouldn't have a place in our community.

And, as one poster pointed out, bottom line is that this is public school -- you go where you live or go where there's room if you can't be accommodated.  DC made pk-4 universally available to all District residents after all.  We have been living here for a while now, plan to be lifelong residents, and are committed to DC public schools.

If you would only apply to your IB school or go private, good for you, but certainly others are within their rights in availing themselves of a benefit designed for everyone living in the District.    [/quote]

Clearly you are within your rights to go to other schools.  Have you even tried to think about it from the other perspective, though?  Even for just a second, to try to get where others are coming from?  To understand why they'd rather have families commit to the school long-term rather than have a sizable percentage of the PK class disappear after one year?[/quote]

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