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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many parents bail for Basis or Latin l/ll (if they can) not because SH is that bad but to have a guarantee HS option (and no application headaches) that is better than Eastern. [/quote]

In my experience this is true.  The flip side of this is that some parents have been planning for private/catholic HS all along, so will go to SH or even EH/Jefferson because it is more convenient than the charters.  But they keep this part quiet and then it is a real disappointment to the parents who take a chance on the DCPS schools figuring that the cohort will stick together for HS.  [/quote]

Who are the folks who are delusional enough to think that even a small number of parents are going to choose Eastern? [/quote]

Right. Even the most gung-ho boosters on Ward 6 elementary/middle schools never speak of Eastern.[/quote]

We started at a HRCS but are IB for SH. We are moved to another charter for 5th. SH is something we had considered and is still an option for us through 8th. There is zero chance, I mean not a snowball's chance in hell, that my kid would ever go to Eastern. Not even a consideration. Not for a moment. And I don't know any other parents in our area who would ever send their kids there. 
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We are IB for SH. We go to our IB ES. We will lottery for Basis and Latin and go if we get in; Latin II still a question mark. If we don't get in, we will go SH with little hesitation. For HS, we would move/mortgage our house to pay for private/any option before we'd consider Eastern. I don't know anyone personally who would consider it.[/quote]

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