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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stating the obvious here, but if you've got a spot waiting for you at DCI, you can try the program and bail for the DCPS if you're not satisfied but not the other way around.

You have places to turn for opinions based on experience in a sense if you do more research because around half of the high SES families coming up through the DCI feeders reject the school, either for 5th grade or for 9th grade, while the other half embrace it.  DCI families aren't all that hard to find if you live in SE or NE; ask around in your neighborhood.

If you reside outside the Deal and Hardy Districts, the great majority of high SES families have been rejecting your in-boundary DCPS middle school for many years. Sounds like DCI is the safer bet, much safer.

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We chose DCI over Deal and felt very fortunate to get a spot. Deal is going downhill considerably so that is something to consider if Deal is your IB school. DCI may not be perfect but it's far better. Like the PP said, you always have the option of going to DCI then going back to your IB school if DCI is not for you but you can't move out of your IB for DCI if it doesn't work out. You are also unlikely to get another spot at DCI until 9th grade and maybe not even then.[/quote]

I have heard of a number of families in the immersion feeder schools who live in the Deal boundaries choosing DCI over Deal.  Same analysis.  You can always go back to your IB but won’t get another shot at DCI.  They all seem happy at DCI.[/quote]

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