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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These impromptu playdates must really be magical to influence school selection like they seem to.[/quote]

I am no the PP to whom you are responding, and personally I would prefer to commute cross-town to MV than to go to my failing IB school. But why do you need to judge the decisions of others? There are some benefits of neighborhood schools that a city-wide charter cannot replicate, one of which is that you go to school with people on your street. This is especially true at a school like Bancroft, where more and more in-boundary families are going. To have an ease of commute and friends who live nearby is a really great thing. If OP and PP want that, then that's great--let them make the decision and be happy that there is more room for people like you and me at MV. (Actually, no room for me at MV, given my waitlist number, unless they go through hundreds and hundreds of people on the waitlist.)[/quote]

Many people (not all !) who drive across town for a charter have a failing IB school. But this definitely doesn't describe Bancroft. Bancroft is an up and coming school with increasing interest from IB families. This interest is intensifying now with the departure of Mundo Verde, an excellent dual language charter that is now a lot less convenient to Mt Pleasant.

It used to be, "hey, may as well try the lottery for MV, it's walking distance, there's a lot of buzz and we can always go to Bancroft later if we want." Now it's more "hey, Bancroft is looking good these days, do we really want to drive to North Capitol and New York Ave twice every weekday for the next 8 years?"

The departure of Creative Minds next year will add to this. CM is English-only but is also well-respected and about to become a lot less convenient for Mt Pleasant parents.

If you live in Mt Pleasant you're fortunate to have Bancroft as an option. To answer part of OP's original question, ignoring demographics for a moment and just looking at what Mt Pleasant parents are likely to do, I think Mt Pleasant parents are increasingly likely to rank Bancroft over MV in the common lottery for PK3. Given the choice between a daily commute to Truxton Circle (for a good school, don't get me wrong) versus walking to an increasingly attractive neighborhood dual language school, with kids on your block attending, many will choose the latter, with no disrespect to those who choose the former.

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