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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np. Can someone explain what the negatives are to DCPS Brightwood elementary school? This thread comes across as it just doesn't have enough high SES kids, and that's the issue. Is that is, or is there something else?[/quote]

I'm a PP at Takoma OOB.  When were were lotterying for PK3, our then-2 year old had never been in a group care environment, and the idea of putting her into a PK3-8 seemed daunting in a way that PK3-5 (or just PK) did not.  Plus we are in-bound for Brightwood, but not actually any closer to it than to Takoma (and only like 0.2 miles closer to it than Shepherd), because we're exactly one house outside the Takoma/Brightwood boundary.  So the "neighborhood school" thing cut both ways - we'd have to drive to either in most instances, would see kids from both at our playgrounds, etc.  Lastly, there was nothing to set Brightwood apart from any other school.  Whittier has STEM, Shepherd has the Deal/J-R feed, Takoma has arts integration, and Brightwood has . . . ???

To be clear I don't know anyone who is going there and unhappy with the school, but when you're researching a dozen+ schools for the lottery the first time, schools fall off the list for any number of reasons.  Too big, not particularly close, lots of "big" kids, and no hook was enough for me.[/quote]

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