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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]best MS :.  Deal?

DCI ?

any others?  [/quote]

DCI only if you live EOTP and have average kids and are willing to settle to avoid moving. Deal only for DC proper.[/quote]

So EOTP is not DC Proper? Interesting..[/quote]

Deal for DC as a whole, DCI if you’re not in a Wilson/JR feeder. That feels correct to me. Deal &gt; Hardy/OA (if bilingual) &gt; DCI/ITDS, etc.[/quote]

OA is definitely better than Deal if you’re bilingual and value a true dual immersion education.  People who don’t know any better are just writing nonsense on this thread.  :roll: [/quote]

But it’s small and offers fewer options; if a very strong immersion program. We’re an immersion family and would choose OA over Deal, but that’s because of our priorities, which aren’t solely “what’s the best school possible.”[/quote]

It offers fewer options for what, exactly?  Unlike you, I expect my children's school to provide things that I cannot.  In this case, it's a small-ish dual immersion program with ALL native speaking teachers.  It's a student body that's 54% Hispanic and represents every Spanish speaking country in the world (including Equatorial Guinea).  It's a school that offers all 8th graders the opportunity to take an AP Spanish exam (which the majority of students have passed--many with 4s and 5s).  I can provide outside math enrichment (AoPS, Kumon, CTY, summer classes at local privates, etc.) or other specialized classes, if necessary.  My children can play on travel teams if OA doesn't offer their preferred sport.  What more do your children need that you can't provide on your own? [/quote]

DP you do you.  Supplementing is costly and time consuming. Dealing with transportation and logistics for extracurriculars and sports outside of school is time consuming. Both things are also exhausting to juggle.

I’ll take a school that provides most of the things my kid needs at the school so all I have to do is pick up after their extracurriculars or sports or they can easily take public transportation home.[/quote]

Exactly. I don’t want to have to supplement things a school could/should offer. And some kids just do better in a bigger environment. A quirky kid may not find their tribe in a small school.[/quote]

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