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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a Cap Hill family that started in public and then moved mid- elementary for upper NW privates. If you are prioritizing school, would not move here. We love the Hill for many many reasons but the schools are a mess. Even the best schools are in flux and have serious downsides (Brent feeds to an undesirable middle, Maury is getting combined with another school, Ludlow is ok and on the rise but the boundary is more H street than Cap Hill, and Peabody Watkins continues to suffer under poor leadership). They all culminate in Eastern which isn’t performing at all. I do not regret moving to the Hill because we’ve otherwise loved it and have amazing friends but we have commuted to school (first in Gtown and then to our children’s middle and upper campus). Talk to actual parents, not just DCUM people. Look at the school budgets and PTA notes of the schools you are considering. [/quote]

Talk to parents, but do not believe any who tell you they’re committed to their current school and especially any saying they are committed to the middle school feed. Many of them will be gone. Most will have a valid reason, but it doesn’t change reality. [/quote]

+1, this is a bitter pill but it's real. The neighbors who told us they "loved" the IB elementary, and were ready to stick it out for MS on the Hill left one year after we enrolled. It was for a job move and was the right choice for them but I couldn't help but feel like it was a bit of a con. I think they were big boosters because they wanted to make the local schools work, but also privately were realistic and took another option when it came up.

Now we're planning our own move and I am careful not to give people rosy reviews of the school situation on the Hill. Sure, it would be good for our elementary if I talked up the MS option or said I was totally happy without reservations. But it's not true and I don't want to the person who's like "we LOVE it, it's perfect, you should stay and send your kids" and then moves away two years later for a suburban school district with good middle and high schools.[/quote]

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