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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's relevant to me is who actually shows up for DCI, and stays until 12th grade.  Hate to say it, but probably not as many high-SES parents from the feeder schools as is generally assumed. [/quote]

Why would you assume that?  It's pretty clear, the choice for many would be between DCI or private or moving out of DC.  We are at a DCI feeder and always thought we'll be going private for middle/high school but not sure at this point.  An IB degree and not having to pay 40k+ tuition is pretty tempting not to mention the diversity, race, SES, which is hard to find and being essentially with the same kids since preK.[/quote]

Because parents are cagey.  At our feeder, every spring certain parents swear up and down that they'll be back in the fall, but they aren't.   Listen to what you say, we're not sure...we thought we'd go private, but we might not.  Sounds like you will.  There's no IB degree, it's a diploma, and scoring enough points to earn it is harder than many parents assume.  The diversity, race, SES don't move me because so many of the low-SES kids at the feeders (too many at ours for the school to do a good job with the immersion) have a harder and harder time academically as they age.  I mainly want a high-performing program for my kid, not another lottery-in grab bag of abilities and levels of preparation.  So, like you, I remain on the fence, expecting many others to jump off to greener pastures along the way.

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