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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting people are only naming Ward 4 schools but I think Langdon ES and Burroughs gives the schools mentioned a run for their money too.

My oldest is in K Montessori at Langdon so I cannot say much for the upper grades being good but I see their scores always steadily rising. And Cap Hill Montessori for MS isn’t awful. I may just go private though. We are getting a beautiful new playground too.

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/scorecard/Langdon+Elementary+School

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/scorecard/Burroughs+Elementary+School[/quote]

You must not know the rules here?  Thou shall not use data unless it bolsters the collective opinion— otherwise “it’s old data prepandemic and useless or “it doesn’t really count because of the pandemic”.

I totally agree.  As a matter of fact, I’d rank Langdon and Freedom school right there close to Whittier with Takoma and Brightwood as a distance 4th/5th.  I’m a parent and an educator.  Someone said the waitlist are a good proxy for quality…. Actually seeing the applicants of teachers to a school is the more probative indicator.  (They know what you don’t). Trust…We give too much credence to wypiple or high social capital parents showing interest in a school.  That doesn’t mean jack if you don’t have great teachers and strong culture.  The schools are trending in the right direction, but the growth of some are largely exaggerated. That is difficult and takes years to build (transformation of schools).  I’m rooting for all, but have been thrown off guard of the recasting of Takoma.  It’s a solid school, but probably not in the middle of the pack district wide.  [/quote]

You sure bucked collective opinion by lotterying into a Ward 3 elementary, right?  It's pretty hypocritical to send your kids to Eaton and still demand to be acknowledged as this supreme unbiased booster of Ward 4 & 5 schools.  But thanks for rooting for us, I guess.[/quote]

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