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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am feeling a bit disillusioned this week.  We love our school, and are happy to stay with an inbounds DCPS.  I know all families are different, and make different choices, but watching families leave year-after-year is just really disheartening.  I know my kid is getting a great education, and I am confident in that part of my choice.  But watching the rotating door of friends/family/community is just... depressing.

Is this just the way DC schools are?  Or only EOTP DCPS?[/quote]

It is a lot of schools.  DC is just a transient type place.  But yes way worse EOTP.

My plan when I was there was to focus on addressing the very real and serious shortcomings of our school and loving it with eyes open.[/quote]

As a parent of a student at a JKLM school I can say it's not the way our school is. There are occasional kids leaving for private or because their family moves, and a few kids coming in every year especially through diplomatic families. But the overall student population is very consistent. I can imagine the shifts are very hard - my kid already gets upset over the handful of friends that have left. [/quote]

The thing about lower Ward 5 is that it is normal to have friends who go to all different schools and people don't move house when they switch schools.  We are on our third school within walking distance from our house, and had friends already at each school.[/quote]

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