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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh I’m in Ward 4, DC middle class, and everyone I know is pondering other options outside of public school in DC.  Either moving to the suburbs or figuring out whether they can swing private for the short term.[/quote]

Which burbs and is it really pandemic related or are they approaching middle school?  The burb schools are a mess. Even in fluent areas like Whitman people are constantly complaining, and with county schools you wind up with similar challenges to DC.  [/quote]

No, all young ES kids.  It’s a question of trying to but IB for the Wilson feeder schools or the near exurbs or suburbs.  DC (and charters) not having any firm plans means people are pushing up their moves out of DC (that they would have done later).  For those considering privates, that is largely Catholic, and it seems like a short term solution.  [b]Charters seem to be willing to allow you to enroll in a private school but keep your charter spot....so....[/quote]
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What? Absolutely no need to tell any charter, or DCPS, that you're enrolling in private school of course. You can tell admins before the start of the school year if you want, but no obligation.

You don't even need to tell them until a week or two into the school year (don't show, any longer than that, and they'll give your spot away).
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Upon re-reading I see I wasn't very clear.

What I mean is, these parents are paying for their kids to go to private school or private preschool right now (some even have their kids enrolled abroad), and are ALSO enrolled in public charters.  They don't want to lose their charter spots, but also think DL is garbage.  It's pretty easy to satisfy attendance (at least for these specific people and their charters).   I guess this means the DC school enrollment doesn't decline if they continue to do this next year, and they aren't technically "leaving" the DC system.  In a way I guess its good because they aren't using any school resources (and those school resources can be directed to kids with higher needs).

At any rate, because of their experiences this year, some are wondering whether they'll just stick to privates as they don't see the charters getting better in terms of IPL next year.[/quote]

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