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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=hahmad][quote=Anonymous]I would 100 percent do McLean Gardens. Use the free Communikids or St Alban’s this next year, then you can try to lottery for Eaton for prek 4 with inboundary preference, and be at a great spot for K if you’re still here.

So many little kid amenities are concentrated in upper NW, and that complex is right next to the new Wegmans and close to the Cathedral Commons strip of restaurants and shops. Columbia Heights is just tougher with littles, and Petworth / Brightwood has seen a troubling crime surge.

To be clear — the free early education that DC offers isn’t just through the lottery. It is also extended to commercial programs that function like a combo of preschool and daycare. That’s Communikids and St Albans and others. You can find the list here

https://www.myschooldc.org/find-schools/school-options-outside-my-school-dc/

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There are lots of other great options too, depending on where you settle.  I'd also check out the La Petite center that's on the Veteran's Hospital campus, right next to WHC.  I don't know if it's good, but the location can't be beat.

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Definitely value time with my daughter, especially outdoor. La Petite Academy at the VA was actually the one that told me as an FYI about the free preK options. What do you think about the recommendations of St Albans and Communikids (I think that's what it was called) since they're apparently functionally like daycares?[/quote]

I think that SAEC and Communikids and other similar sites probably have the same benefits as far as scheduling.  But they are much further away than La Petite, or a school in a close by neighborhood.

If you decide that getting the right community is worth the extra commute and choose McLean Gardens, then I think SAEC and Communikids are great choices.

If you're thinking of a full time nanny and not doing before/aftercare, then my concerns about not doing a public or charter school are much less.  You could also do a part time preschool.[/quote]

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