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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]best MS :. Deal? DCI ? any others? [/quote] DCI only if you live EOTP and have average kids and are willing to settle to avoid moving. Deal only for DC proper.[/quote] So EOTP is not DC Proper? Interesting..[/quote] Deal for DC as a whole, DCI if you’re not in a Wilson/JR feeder. That feels correct to me. Deal > Hardy/OA (if bilingual) > DCI/ITDS, etc.[/quote] OA is definitely better than Deal if you’re bilingual and value a true dual immersion education. People who don’t know any better are just writing nonsense on this thread. :roll: [/quote] But it’s small and offers fewer options; if a very strong immersion program. We’re an immersion family and would choose OA over Deal, but that’s because of our priorities, which aren’t solely “what’s the best school possible.”[/quote] It offers fewer options for what, exactly? Unlike you, I expect my children's school to provide things that I cannot. In this case, it's a small-ish dual immersion program with ALL native speaking teachers. It's a student body that's 54% Hispanic and represents every Spanish speaking country in the world (including Equatorial Guinea). It's a school that offers all 8th graders the opportunity to take an AP Spanish exam (which the majority of students have passed--many with 4s and 5s). I can provide outside math enrichment (AoPS, Kumon, CTY, summer classes at local privates, etc.) or other specialized classes, if necessary. My children can play on travel teams if OA doesn't offer their preferred sport. What more do your children need that you can't provide on your own? [/quote] DP you do you. Supplementing is costly and time consuming. Dealing with transportation and logistics for extracurriculars and sports outside of school is time consuming. Both things are also exhausting to juggle. I’ll take a school that provides most of the things my kid needs at the school so all I have to do is pick up after their extracurriculars or sports or they can easily take public transportation home.[/quote] Exactly. I don’t want to have to supplement things a school could/should offer. And some kids just do better in a bigger environment. A quirky kid may not find their tribe in a small school.[/quote] If you expect any school (public or private) to fully educate your child, without any outside work from you—the parent, your child will not be well educated. No one should care more about your children’s education than you. Perhaps I’m just an outlier in that I don’t consider CTY, a private tutor, and one outside travel team sport to be an undue burden. I guess I just have different standards than most parents posting here [shrug].[/quote] No, lots of schools adequately prepare kids and middle and high school sports, clubs, and extracurriculars are enough. You just don’t realize it and have not found it for your child. Try again.[/quote] Poster above is just a helicopter parent who will spend probably at least 150-200k in MS/HS for their kid with CTY (very expensive), private tutoring (even more expensive), and get sucked into travel sports (most expensive).[/quote] Nope, try again. My children currently attend/have graduated from OA. One currently attends one of the top 2 DCPS public magnet schools. Our children played sports at OA, and currently play a sport in high school. They are each limited to one outside (local) travel sports team…because they are working towards attending college based on academic achievement, not playing a sport. All in, we spend about $12-$15K per year total on both children (CTY, travel sports, Spanish tutor to stay ahead, etc). That’s a fraction of the cost for 2 independent school educations. We can and would spend more if necessary, and we’re grateful to be in a position to do so. P.S. Our children haven’t attended CTY camps (which are overpriced compared to similar programs at UVA, UMD, Vanderbilt). They have mostly attended the one-day CTY family programs, and the online classes. Tip: You get a discount on online CTY classes if your child is also a Mensa member.[/quote]
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