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[quote=Anonymous]I may have missed a few responses to this thread, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned needing a bigger place and/or middle school options as why they are not sticking with their title 1 school through 5th grade.  Here are the reasons we will probably leave out title 1 school after kindergarden if not after PK4:

1) We have two boys and live in a 900 square foot condo that we bought 10+ years ago with no outside space so even if you gave us a full scholarship to Sidwell that came with transportation we'd have to move eventually
2) Given lack of a viable middle school option, I don't want to buy another place in Shaw/Logan even though I love it. If we already had a big enough house we might try to stick it out and see if we got into Latin or if another viable middle school option developed, but I'm not spending a lot of money to move only to maybe have to move again to avoid sending an 11 year old to Cardozo.
3) While we could move to upper northwest now, then we'd likely miss out on two years of pre-school that we are paying for with tax dollars, not to mention leaving our walkable/short commute neighborhood before we absolutely have to. Also, this way we can play the lottery for a few more years and if we happen to luck into a HRCS that is viable through middle school, we can buy a bigger place in Shaw.
4) While in theory we could stay at out elementary school through 5th grade and then buy a bigger place, realistically we need/want more space and don't want to wait another 6 years to get it. So it really doesn't have much to do with the quality of 1-5th grades at our neighborhood school specifically.[/quote]

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