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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To respond to two PPs... my DC was at LT this year and we had the requisite documents but not exactly in the right format so LT did a home visit (so I'm not sure I would agree that LT condones a culture of address cheating - they enforce the rules but if people are presenting false info, it is difficult (and unfair to put admin into such a position) to challenge that info without evidence.

Also, my understanding is that the only busing that is done in DC is for SN.  So SWS, Logan, and any other school that attracts families from outside its proximity have no bus options available.  Parents are responsible.  Some charters have parents who have mobilized to help form carpools and/or provide a parent-organized/run van/bus service.  Also options although the key is to have a mass of families in one location to facilitate this.[/quote]

We left LT for Maury partly because of rampant address cheating - it didn't feel like a neighborhood program after PreS3.   The idiot principal and many teachers turned a blind eye to obvious, wide-scale PG Country enrollment - not sure if that constitutes "condoning" but we didn't appreciate it.   If SWS can compete with Maury for neighborhood families from their new location, great; the more appealing Hill ES options the merrier as the small fry population climbs.

The parent-organized bus services are not without controversy due both to cost and their exclusive feel.  A kid I used to tutor at Miner got into Latin but his family couldn't afford the $1,000/year van service, couldn't get him there, his bus/Metro pass didn't cover the whole cost of transportatin and he was too young to wait for buses alone safely.  He's at Eliot-Hine and no longer wants anything to do with me.

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