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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year, most students from those schools who wanted to get in eventually got in.  If not right away, at some point over the summer.  Although, that may have been the case for any student from any school.[/quote]

All got in where they wanted, with room to spare, everywhere in DC, PS and charters, including SH. The fear mongering is incredible. Why sacrifice your child's pivotal 5th grade experience?! And consider this: transferring your child into 5th at Watkins will not only lead to no ES graduation experience but to two years of lost opportunities and broken friendships, as by far not all Watkins students even go to Stuart-Hobson.

Not to mention that whatever you think the worst case scenario is (God forbid someone's child would actually have to attend Eliot-Hine!) is really actually quite acceptable. Here you have it, no boosterism, plain informed assessment: I'd pick Eliot-Hine over St. Peters anytime.[/quote]

Why are you attacking a parent who is trying to do right by her kid?  If you want to send your kid to Eliot Hine, please do so.  I may do the same, but I owe it to my kid to think through the options.  The three or four pro EH families really bug me with the guilting of other people.
 I'd be much more convinced by them if and when their kids attend EH.[/quote]

My point exactly! Mostly, however, the fear mongering is about how you really have to have the options figured out in 4th grade. My point: that's nonsense. You have (a) way more information about your child's learning habits and emerging pre-teen needs in 5th, and (b) you have many more options after 5th, charters, publics and privates. Those who tell you you won't get in at 6th are not telling you the truth. Sure, on March 15th you may not, but the truth is about who starts in late August. DCPS as well as charters are careful to never give you those numbers. Why I wonder. And I put that puzzle in context with the fact that although I have plenty of friends with kids that age, I don't know anybody who didn't eventually get in where they wanted to.
So, yes, absolutely, think your options through but consider the facts when doing so.[/quote]

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