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[quote=Anonymous][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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Why would you do that to another child waiting for a spot at that school?  If you know you aren’t enrolling, why wouldn’t you just tell the school?[/quote]

There are uber parents in this city who see it as their prerogative to hedge their bets on a variety of schools, to play the field aggressively. They try out a private in the fall and if the kid doesn't like it, stay where they are in the public system.  They even try a DC public and a suburban public coterminously.  I certainly wouldn't take that tact, but others do.[/quote]

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