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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, in DC, every home has an assigned elementary school, middle school, and high school. You are guaranteed a spot for K-12 for the schools assigned to your address.

You need to enter the lottery if you want a charter, if you want pre-k, or if you want to send your child to a school in another catchment area (out of bounds).There are enough preK3 and prek4 spots in town for most kids, but not enough at any particular school, so while you have a preference at your local school for prek, it isn't guaranteed.

I agree that best thing to do is to rent a place inbounds for Deal or Hardy Middle school.

I am also a single parent. I can tell you that if you are working, the most important distance is from office to the school, since single parents need to do both dropoff and pickup. For you, the distance to the school/daycare your little one attends will be the important part, since your older two are probably pretty self-sufficient.
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Good advice. However, you do t have to enter lottery for charters. You can place your name on WL to charters after lottery and like PP said above Inspired Teaching is likely to go through their entire WL for 6th and 7th due to it being a new middle school and some kids leave for Latin/Basis.[/quote]

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