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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Bloomingdale resident about to enter the lottery, this has been one of the most helpful DCUM threads ever for me, so thank you!!

I have an update to the question: of the four schools we're discussing, would your ranking change for older grades? For example, I am well aware of how great Langley has been doing in the ECE area. It's my zoned school and probably my current first choice. But if your goal is to stay through 5th grade, would you opt elsewhere?

TIA! [/quote]

The tricky thing with this question (which we are asking ourselves too!) is there are so many unknowns!!  Seaton is better in the upper grades now, that we know.  But I suspect that in 5 years' time, Langley may be as good as Seaton.  I also hear that Seaton may undergo some renovation, which would make it less appealing, and McKinley may improve over the next 7 years, which would make Langley more appealing (as the PP said).  Sigh.  I think our plan is to try out Langley, and stick as long as it works for us, and hope that is through 5th grade.  And once we get there, if that hope was misplaced, count on the fact that at least for now, it looks like we can lottery to the charters or other DCPS around here.[/quote]

Yeah it's hard, it feels like predicting the future. I know we probably COULD lottery out easily in the upper grades but I hate putting DD in a school knowing there's a good chance that in 2nd grade we're going to randomly yank her out of it, you know? I wonder if we could avoid a lot of future heartache by prioritizing this now.

It's honestly impossible for me to imagine staying EOTP for middle school but that is 8+ years in the future so I guess anything could happen! At this point I'm just hoping we can stick around through 5th grade without schools pushing us out. I really like our house and neighborhood and want to do whatever we can to make it work for us as long as possible. [/quote]

Here is the thing, though.  Any school other than a very top choice is a school you might leave.  And your top choice may change over time. We are at ITS and find it good, but would still leave for certain schools.  And it is hard to know now, as the parent of a child who is 2 or 3, how things will go.  Schools can change for the better or for the worse, or a charter can move locations.  What you think fits your child and your child's interests now might turn out not to fit.  I know people who are unhappy with upper elementary or middle grades at just about every HRCS.  So I totally see why someone might have trepidations about Langley given the test scores, but the idea that you will never switch may be unrealistic.  The bar for schools in DC is overall pretty low, and a school can still have a long waitlist even with serious shortcomings.

Also, changing schools midyear was a little tough on my kids but I would not really describe it as "heartache".  If you stay in your house you can still maintain neighborhood friendships.  We went with our IB (Seaton) prior to ITS anf it was not a big deal to switch, after the first month or so.  [/quote]

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