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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

I'm a Ward 6 parent and I think you can relax a bit regarding middle schools.

I agree that it would be great if we had a Deal in Ward 6, but we don't, but we have lots of other options.  Getting into Hardy isn't that difficult and lots of Hill kids go there and do well.

BASIS and Latin are possibilities.

Who knows where SH Jefferson and EH will be by the time your kid is ready for middle school?

Plus there are the charter middle schools that don't get a lot of love from dcurbanmom but that are in some ways even better than Deal.

Plus there are private schools that maybe you could swing paying for a few years that may be a perfect fit for your kid.  Maybe you could qualify for financial aid.

I feel you-- I really do!! But doing all this scrambling to go your kid into an elementary school on the other side of town (where, based on the attitude on dcurbanmom, it seems you will be looked up as an interloper) just so that you can get lined up into Deal (and that isn't really a guarantee-- maybe the JKLM you get into gets redirected into a different middle school).

And even if you get into a JKLM and manage the commute and the school does maintain its Deal feed-- what if after all that Deal loses its shine a bit?  What if the principal gets lured into Wilson-- or to Jefferson, even?

Nothing is guaranteed.  So why go to all the trouble of commuting as OOB, or actually move across town to establish IB, when things will likely work out ok if you just stay put for the time being?

Good luck!

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OP Here... I hear you.  We know that if we stay in the city, then we will most likely do private for high school... we think we like our in-bound elementary school option, we just want to make sure those middle school years are preparing our children for a good private high school.   It would be great the Ward 6 middle school problem is solved by then![/quote]

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