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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to think DCUM was very pro charter but this thread makes me think the DCPS contingent has won out. [/quote]

No, DCUM is stridently pro-DCPS.  I think this is because DCUM is largely WOTP, where the DCPS's are decent.  But then these posters act like they are doing god's work, etc etc etc by supporting unions, blah blah blah.[/quote]

Nah. There are lots of parents on here who gave DCPS schools like Payne and Garrison and shot and are happy. 
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This. In Bloomingdale and ended up "pleasantly surprised" (in quotes because every single other PK family said this over and over) with our DCPS school 7 years ago, whereas every family I know that lotteried into MV, CM, and TR has since left the school, sorely disappointed. ITS and Yu Ying seems to be places where families stuck around, though.[/quote]

What's the IB MS and HS in Bloomingdale and will you be sending your child there.[/quote]

I mean, right back atcha for charters. With the possible exception of DCI feeders,  there’s no charter elementary with a clear path to MS and HS feeders. [/quote]

To actually answer this question, the IB middle and high schools are McKinley Middle and Dunbar, which are a no go for many people. However, between Latin, Latin Cooper, BASIS, ITS, DCI if you're into that (for the time being), Sojourner Truth if you're into that, and Stuart-Hobson, it's reasonable to think middle school will work out. People with younger kids are hopeful about the new Euclid St middle school, even if living OOB for it. For high school, there are the application schools, Truth if you're into that, a slim shot at Latin and Latin Cooper, and the possibility of MacArthur if you don't mind a long bus ride. So while the situation is definitely not great, it's also not terrible-- I think for preschool and lower elementary age kids, it's very reasonable to stay in the neighborhood for a few years and see what shakes out.

Last year was the first year I've noticed people willing to run the clock at Langley through 4th.[/quote]

Yea, I wouldn't say the majority of DCUM is WOTP, if it is, it is a  slim majority. In addition to those communities mentioned above, lots of Cap Hill families at Maury, Payne, Tyler/Chism, Cluster, and JO Wilson especially since renovation is about to start. Lots of families going to SH and EH, and a cohort at Jefferson as well. High school is a combination of private, application, and a slow but steady increase of in boundary but in at Eastern.
Also, I echo what a previous poster said, most of the families I know who left for Two Rivers or Mundo have either come back to DCPS or gone private.[/quote]

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