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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. We are a ward 4 family zoned for Truesdell. We are putting DCB, Haynes, Creative Minds, John Lewis at top of list but I don’t know what else/how to rank the rest of our spots. Spanish is a priority, but not excited about LAMB and it being Montessori for later elementary years. I guess we’ll put stokes on there, but not excited about commute. The tests scores look abysmal nearly across the board. Would love some thoughts. If you’re not inbound for dcps, do you not even bother putting them in the list? Some look like they take no oob kids if you don’t have any priority category, is that right? Feeling disheartened by this board and my kid is only 3![/quote]

Do Bethune for the Spanish for pre-K, then by kindergarten you’ll either have DCB/LAMB/Stokes, or you can choose between Lewis, Powell, Bruce Monroe, Takoma, etc. All have a very solid high SES population that is active and forms a peer group. I wouldn’t list CMI unless you are okay with those test scores. [/quote]

None of these schools feed into a good middle school.[/quote]

I know…so what do you suggest I do then?[/quote]

You don’t worry about middle school in pre-K. It’s really not as doom and gloom as DCUM makes it out to be. Many, many parents find that their middle school feed doesn’t work for their kids by the time they know what kind of kid and student they’ll be. You can lottery into a DCI feeder or Hardy/Deal feeder in mid to upper elementary pretty easily, particularly if you’re willing to commute across town for a year or two. Or your child may really need a smaller environment, gifted or special ed programming, or any number of other things. Any of those elementary schools will be good for elementary, while your enjoy the short commute, neighborhood school, and figure out what your kid(s) really need. And worst comes to worst, you can always start Chinese in sixth at DCI. [/quote]

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