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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if what you value is high test scores and a student body of mostly high SES families, then Mann is your best bet.

The three other schools are excellent with great afterschool offerings and an active PTAs, but have lower test scores and a more economically diverse population.

It really just depends what you are looking for.[/quote]
This is accurate. Our kids are OOB at Hearst. Mann is one of the [b]vaunted "JKLMM" schools[/b]. Any of the four you named would be good.  We have a high-performing student and one that has been needing more attention to get to proficient and have been getting elp from the teacher and feedback on what to try at home. We love the enrichment activities after school right there on campus, like Stoddert and rec sports, karate, dance, choir, robotics, fun classes like cooking for K-1st. 
I would make time to tour each school/facility and think about what you will be comfortable with, ask about extras and aftercare, do a "test run commute" and check them out during dropoff. Our old school was a highly effective DCPS in Ward 4 that is heavy with Title 1 kids. The facility was surprisingly nice, the teachers were great, the meals and aftercare were cheap/free, and there were a lot of smart kids there, but we couldn't resist the involved PTA, higher test score peer group, Deal feeder, and ancient-oak lined playing field. [/quote]

It's "JKLM" with just one 'M,' for Mann.  And while I've heard Murch described as decent, "vaunted" is a new one.  Bootstrapping Murch on to that group reminds me of the realtors who try to rebrand less-choice areas as "North Georgetown" or "North Potomac."  [/quote]

It is beyond me how Janney gets all the hate when you have asshat posters like this from Mann all the time on here.

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