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[quote=Anonymous]Don't buy into the hype. Well educated people have raised well educated children in this town for decades, not only in private schools I can tell you because I know enough to see the pattern. Not to say no one ever moved away. Many did and, still do, for schools maybe, but just as much because of housing or lifestyle issues (cars, a two-door garage, yards, dogs etc.). If you like living in the city and your house isn't forever pinching you, there are really plenty of "acceptable" options, and that's considering options before you get to Eliot-Hine, Jefferson, Brookland, which enough parents are considering "acceptable" these days for others to take notice.

What you're looking at in this discussion is a lot of insecurity from parents who themselves may not have a solid college education or who may have grown up in a homogeneous suburb and never known anything else or who may not have the disposable income their parents did to buy their way into a private school pipeline. All of them are looking at something new here, finding a new lifestyle, new type of schools. They may just not know what to look for and how, coming to these boards every so often in exacerbation (or maybe with an agenda, sometimes I wonder). If you're truly new to this, most important of all, take a deep breath. Then, rather than looking at middle school (and high school) in panic and grasping at these pseudo-scenarios of "moving to suburban nirvana", which by the way no longer exists as your parents can probably tell you, you need to arm yourself with facts and speak to people who've successfully moved through our school system, 2 years ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years. Deliberately ask for them, look for them, speak to them, ask them questions. In all likelihood, you'll find that what made them successful and happy with their achievements is their particular path, the support they got from their parents, opportunities they seized, the right investment at the right time, a tight-night relationship with neighbors, friends, and teachers. DCUM cannot help you with that, but your neighbors can.[/quote]

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