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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at these numbers - forget about an elementary school, BASIS needs to open a second middle school only campus that feeds into their main campus for high school. [/quote]

We definitely need more acceptable middle school seats.

My biggest takeaway from this year is that it’s impossible to get into DCI and big increase in waitlist numbers at Basis and Latin.

It’s only going to get more competitive in subsequent years, not less[/quote]

If most people move to the burbs because of the crime, it won’t.[/quote]

+1. I have a feeling this might be the peak, and it will start becoming less competitive as people start living to the burbs early on, because of work from home, better life for younger families, etc. DC is on the downswing.[/quote]

This is not my read at all. I think last year's crime numbers will be the peak of this crime wave, and as things settle back down, we'll see the lottery only getting more competitive, especially for MS and HS. I expect the next two elections to be heavily focused on crime issues, and the result to be a much more tough in crime approach.

Btw, I say that as someone who is planning to move out of DC soon, but not for crime. It's because it's too hard to secure your kids adequate (I mean just adequate) education at the MS or HS. Level. We'll lottery for Latin but I have zero expectation of getting a spot, and BASIS just is not for us. We have a bit of a buffer because we are zoned for SH for middle, but I just have no desire to put my kids through HS application process when our backup is moving because we can't afford private-- I don't want my kid to feel like we have to move because they didn't get into any of the application HSs.[/quote]

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