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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my kids were at a CH school some years ago for pre k/K and I LOVED it. But even though the I loved their teachers and classmates, I didn't like the behavior, language, and activity I was seeing from some of the kids in the upper grades (4-5/6), so I applied out for private. I thought about waiting a few years, but I figured they had a better chance of getting accepted to the lower grades.

They both got in to great schools and I haven't regretted the decision at all, not even once. The commute isn't great, but its a sacrifice I chose to make and one that won't last forever. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.[/quote]

As a mom to a child starting ECE in CH, I'm just curious, what privates are CH families moving to for later elementary years? And then do you plan to stay private for MS and HS as well?  [/quote]

We looked at basically every school- including Capitol Hill Day and St. Peter’s on the Hill. We didn’t look at anything in Maryland. We looked at Potomac and Burgundy Farms in VA. If you begin to do research you’ll find a wide set of options. We are applying for K, first choice is Maret (and we find out Friday). We plan to do private through HS and will move closer to the school in a few years once we get the other 2 kids through daycare and prek (our eldest did get pre-K 3 lottery to our inbound). There were CH families at every school we looked at. Capitol Hill Day was fabulous, we didn’t end up applying because we decided we don’t like super progressive schools. I think it’s a great option if that’s your education philosophy. [/quote]  You couldn't find  tolerable public K on Capitol Hill? Come on, ridiculous. Capitol Hill Day just isn't fabulous. They're charging more than 30K for a campus without a gym or stage (they borrow stages from CH churches, including mine). No secret that CHD essentially admits any family that can pay where the kid isn't a discipline problem. If you want to raise a cocoon kid who may not be able to cope with the every day rough and tumble of life, keep at it, mom. We're Ivy league grads. Our kids went through a DCPS CH ES program from PreS-5th grade. They play in competitive orchestras at Strathmore, are bilingual (in a language not taught in any DC school), and compete in regional math Olympiads and pre-SCRIPPS spelling bees (and often win).  Why don't you take your private school K rhapsodies to the private school threads, where they belong?
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I’m very curious where your kids went. We are zoned for Watkins. We have played the lottery twice to get into other schools but so far no luck. Are you saying your kids went through Watkins? People with older kids don’t get it- it is so different now to try to get into schools OOBs on the Hill. It’s very very difficult. I am so sorry if you feel like my family’s personal choice is attacking your kids but it’s not. I don’t really care that your kids are bilingual math geniuses. Watkins isn’t an option for our family. We can’t get into any other schools on the Hill. Why do you care what we do? I answered PPs question. [/quote]

New poster who doesn't care what you think or do as long as you take your posts to a private school board.  This is not the appropriate forum for posts like yours.[/quote]

Someone asked specifically, in this thread, what private schools CH families look at. What is your problem? [/quote]

I'm not the PP you're slamming but agree that the above is a question is one for the private school board.  This is the DC PUBLIC and CHARTER school board.  Your problem is that you're on the wrong thread, along with one or two others here.  Migrate to that thread and ask away.[/quote]

NP. I disagree. This isn't binary. People consider both private and public schools at once. It is perfectly logical for people to blur the lines. The construct you have set up as the gatekeeper would preclude any discussion that considers both options at the same time. Plus, with all due respect, how bored or angry do you have to be to spend time policing this type of thing?[/quote]

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