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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The stumbling block is a viable high school. Middle school goes by in an instant. Why go an iffy one if the high school that follows is awful?

DCPS’ application schools are both gems and a problem, siphoning off a thousand or more students combined.  [/quote]

[b]But there is plenty of space at EOTP high schools - Coolidge, Roosevelt and Cardozo all have plenty of seats.  You just need a critical mass of students to move to those schools all at once and the place to get them is from a high performing neighborhood based middle school (or two).[/b]

From what I understand lots of EOTP parents are basically happy with the neighborhood ES options - it is middle school when things go off the rails.  So you need a way to bridge the gap to get to those empty high schools.

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You aren't listening. That critical mass chooses to move to the suburbs, apply to private or attend one of the application schools for high school BECAUSE IT MATTERS FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. When you are 14 and old enough to navigate around the city on your own there is no reason to attend school in yoru neighborhood. The whole friend/neighbor thing wears off by middle school and is irrelevant in high school.[/quote]

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