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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another Key parent here.   Another thing to consider is that Key does send a good number of kids to Big 3/Big 5 schools, but those kids tend to leave after 3rd or 4th grade, so that they can apply to those schools in entry years.  In recent years, a bunch of kids have left Key early to attend St. Albans, NCS, Maret, GDS, and Sidwell.  (Also FWIW, a good number go to Landon, which I haven't seen reflected in the prior posts.) So you can't look at the middle school choices of any graduating 5th grade Key school class and get a full sense of where kids generally wind up after Key.

Overall, Key has been a fantastic experience for my kids.  Key academics are very strong.  [b](My kid joined her Big 3 class [/b]totally prepared and had no problem with the transition.)  We love the experience of having our kids in a neighborhood school.   We've walked our kids a few blocks to school, joining a wave of neighbors walking up their little ones.  You see your child's teacher every single morning at dropoff.  The Key principal and the teachers are supportive and responsive and accessible.   The few minutes of chatting with the other parents on the blacktop every day reinforces a strong sense of community.  It feels like we are all raising our kids together.  You run into the other families all the time - at Safeway, or the library, or the pool.

Now that one of my kids is in private school, we are amazed at the difference in the dropoff/pickup experience.  There's zero interaction with the teachers or other parents.  It's a lot more work to get to know the other parents.  We absolutely love the new school, but I wouldn't have traded the Key experience for anything.  [/quote]

Question: Do you mean to suggest that it is easy for a family at Key, who may be at Key as an out of bounds family to get into a Big 3 school ?

You have said that your child is now at a "Big 3" . Are you or is your DH or anyone in your family an alum of that school ? Is your HHI north of 500K a year ? Are you big law, a lobbyist, an Exec at WAPO, CNN, or ABC, or do you have a similar profile  ?

Since you prortray it as " so easy". Should we assume that you are an" East of the Park" family , who was offered B for K, but tunred it down 'cause you just knew you could get your 1st choice out of Key as a LMC family with no hook .[/quote]

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