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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It does seem that a lot more people are ranking their IBs at the top of their lists for PK3. We visited many of the popular charters, but none seemed like they were leaps and bounds better than our IB to justify the commute. So we ended up ranking them, but after our IB option (which I recognize is silly because if our lottery number is bad enough to prevent us from getting into either of our IB options, it's almost entirely unlikely that we'd get into one of the charters. So it seemed like the top and bottom of our list is most relevant. [/quote]

This. I'm stunned how many people I know at Langley who aren't bothering with the lottery at all-- not just for PK but for K and 1st![/quote]

As the parent of a second grader now, I am really reassured to read this. It makes a lot of sense that families are less willing to commute past a neighborhood IB option for a charter when they’re working from home. I will also say that for many (not all) schools, the difference between your DCPS and that HRCS 15 minutes away gets less apparent as time goes on. You see that your friends kids are learning the same stuff at their charter, and there are pros and cons between any of the schools, but less so one clear winner. So if the commute is a breeze, you’ve made friends, and are otherwise happy, why try to trade up and sign on for a commute? Time will tell when middle school gets closer, but I could see some of these neighborhood schools turn more into the DCPS schools on the Hill. People don’t try too hard for elementary options, and a ton of shuffling happens in fourth and fifth grade. We shall see.[/quote]

Yes. In my experience if a school can get over the hump of K retention, and find a way to retain its higher-performing kids, while also delivering solid academics for the academic middle and steady functioning of its programs, then people will be okay with sticking around through 4th-- long enough for the 5th grade lottery anyway.[/quote]

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