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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here: so far based on these reviews, we are considering Glebe, HB, Oakridge, Ashlawn . Some of these are far away for pick up and drop off say to and from L'enfant.. I wish I could pare it down further.

Took off ASFS from our list (based on principal and the mess with teachers leaving)..
As someone pointed the new key site school will have growing pains and there are too many unknowns..Area is super convenient for commute though...

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I would just stay away from Randolph, Carlin Springs, Campbell, Barrett, Barcroft and HB. I’d be fine sending my kid to any of the others. Is this only for a year or permanent move? [/quote]

Campbell is a lottery school, very hard to win, and not close to where OP would live. [/quote]
Pp just said to steer clear of the title 1 schools.[/quote]

Well, in that case PP’s list isn’t exhaustive of all Title 1 schools and seems a little silly to mention HB and Campbell in the same way as the others, given test scores. Unless that’s not really the reason PP thinks OP should avoid those schools.[/quote]

I thought HB was Title 1[/quote]

It is. But this PP didn’t include all Title 1 schools and didn’t look at test scores. So really, it would seem to not be simply about poverty rates or test scores. OP, look for a school with a strong PTA, a well-regarded principal, and good test scores for your child’s demographic (a number of Title 1 schools have all of these). APS has its issues, as all systems do, but leaving behind the kids of DCUM posters is not (barring dyslexia, which is a failure across the system) one of them.[/quote]

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