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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I personally had a 2 year old and wanted a walkable, urban lifestyle, I would still despite the school situation look in the Capitol Hill area.  The elementary schools are mostly really good.  In the Capitol Hill area, it is really middle school that causes a lot of angst.  But Stuart-Hobson (neighborhood DCPS) is overall okay and the Washington Latin charter schools (which require some lottery luck) both run buses to and from the Hill.  People for high school go to a mix of the DCPS application high schools, the Latin and Basis charter schools, and many different private school options.[/quote]

Do you live on the Hill? How old are your kids?

I basically made exactly the choice you are describing and deeply regret it. Elementary goes by fast. S-H is okay but not a good fit for all kids. Latin and BASIS are a total crapshoot -- you have to win the lottery and if you don't, you will be at your elementary for 5th and Hill elementaries are gutted for 5th grade because of people who leave for charters and privates, or move. Most of the private options are a big commute.

There are people who can deal with this uncertainty and find a way to make it work and kudos to them -- I salute you. I am not built for it and it stresses me out a lot and I really, really wish we'd just bought somewhere with an acceptable path through HS with by right schools. Which is what OP says she wants. Good for her to know this now. I wish I'd realized when we were buying. I was young, childless, and naive, knew next to nothing about DC schools except that the lottery exists and our IB elementary seemed to have a lot of nice families based on my limited interaction with them while we were renting. I was an idiot. Don't be like me.[/quote]

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