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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how long have you lived in DC? And specifically what do you like about Capitol Hill?

I ask because I'm mildly surprised that you seem so lost on this issue. Your options are not Sidwell (ha, how are you even certain you could get in there -- it's extremely competitive), Wilson, or McLean, obviously. There are close in suburbs with good high schools that are metro accessible, a lot of people do that. There are privates that are less competitive than Sidwell and less expensive (including privates in the burbs!). There are high schools other than Wilson, not just charters but also the application high schools (which, if you're so certain you'd get into Sidwell shouldn't scare you). Heck, there's even Eastern and a really involved parent and a determined kid, which could be a perfectly good option if you are really committed to staying in the city.

If you are just looking for good neighborhoods inbound for Wilson, try the Real Estate forum. But if you are really asking "Hey, I love Cap Hill but where will my kid go to high school?" it really does seem almost like a troll post because it's such a perpetual issue for everyone in the area and everyone has to figure out a way to navigate it in a way that matches with their values and preferences. But I don't know anyone on the Hill with kids in elementary or middle who doesn't have some sense of what the options are.[/quote]

Don’t kid yourself honey. Sidwell is relatively easy to get into. Just have deep pockets. Also you just generally sound annoying so please be gone.[/quote]

Actually, [i]honey[/i], unless you are VERY wealthy, Sidwell is incredibly hard to get into. I know plenty of law firm partners and the like whose kids were rejected or waitlisted despite their ability to be full pay. They get to be very selective about their students because they are selling a very popular private school brand in DC and demand is quite high. So unless OP is a US Senator or Jeff Bezos, which I doubt, just blithely saying "Oh, Eastern seems subpar, should we just go to Sidwell?" is an incredibly ignorant position. And if you are this triggered by posters you deem "generally annoying" maybe you are the one who should be gone because dealing with annoying posters is just a reality of being on DCUM.[/quote]

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