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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just want to let readers know that military families from Bolling, of all colors,  send their kids to schools other than Leckie. People shouldn’t assume it’s a color issue.  I think it’s more the fact that the area in general is pretty bad and high crime.  Word of mouth travels fast too and since I have been here I have heard that Leckie is good for the younger kids but not the older kids. Also heard Their administration is not the greatest.  I personally scoured this forum to see where the best schools were to try to lottery my kids into before we moved here. I based all my choices on the threads I read and the data that you all provided as locals!   Every school my kids have gone to here (4 schools) we legitimately lotteries into. No shortcuts.  I always tell people I love the schools in DC.  We were in Fairfax schools before we moved here and I like the schools here better! I am so grateful my kids are Going to school in a place with so many opportunities and so much history.  I think that DC does a good job in taking care of their military community.  Please don’t make generalizations about what we do as military families as a whole because we all make choices that are best for our individual families.  Thankfully we have a lot Of choices here! [/quote]

I'm really glad you've had this good experience and shared this positive note. As per your note though, how does DC do a 'good job' taking care of military families? Can you give some specific examples? Your experience described above sounds like you taking care of your family, as many DC residents do (scouring boards, lottery etc) but not DC government doing anything specifically for your circumstances. We've had a heck of a time with the tax office. They cannot seem to comprehend our military tax status, or maybe they don't want to?  I'm just not sure what the extras you feel you are receiving from DC itself are? If you simply mean it can be a pleasant place to live where you (anybody) can give your children a good educational experience with a lot of shoe leather and luck, I would agree.[/quote]

Well I was referring to this (see website) https://dcps.dc.gov/page/enrollment-students-military-families. The placement office works directly with the base school liaison.  It’s pretty hard to understand the lottery system and they are very helpful to new families. Just having this process for us is really great imo. Some dcps school principals and teachers etc also make a huge effort to bring us into the community by coming to the base to meet all the parents at once on base.  Working with our community in ways like these examples are pretty darn great.  I haven’t lived on a base with my children before though so maybe it’s a standard type of deal with a big base in areas. 
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