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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP.

I am on the Hill with a rising K and PK3.

Just visited Lee and ITDS in the last two weeks. I came away liking Lee more - nice, well-lit classrooms, peaceful location back in a neighborhood, and seemed well-run. My kids were in Montessori daycare and seem to thrive in that model.

ITDS facilities seemed a bit grubby. Vibes weren’t as good in my opinion. Way less chance of getting into ITDS, but also seems like it would be a good option into higher grades than Lee.

This thread caused me to take a closer look at their school report cards and, at the end of the day, I’m probably swapping them so that Lee is my #6 and ITDS my #5 because of those troubling test scores and belief that Montessori is great for young children but probably can’t take you the distance the way ITDS could.[/quote]

My oldest is now in 5th and we ended up at neither school, but when I toured the schools I had the exact same takeaway as you: interesting that things haven’t changed. That said, we have friends who started at both and… none of them are still at Lee (and weren’t before this year, it wasn’t Latin/BASIS attrition). On the flip side, we still know multiple families happy enough at ITDS (though they did try for Latin/BASIS and one is planning on SH next year).[/quote]

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