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[quote=Anonymous]All depends on your perspective.  Our family has a connection (studies/travel) to China so we were overjoyed to know there was not only a public school option to learn Chinese, but one where it could be done in an immersion environment.  Also a big fan of IB curriculum so this was a huge plus.  We were lucky enough to enroll our DC and were impressed with the school and its teachers and administrators.  It isn't perfect but I don't think any school could be.  I was impressed by the involved parents, how close-knit both parents and students in my DC's class were, the continually improving facilities (garden and the nature center), etc.  I wasn't in class every day but I was very satisfied by what I saw when I did have the opportunity - the kids loved their teachers and they were learning a lot.  We love DC's teachers too - super engaged and super confident.  I really do feel like we won the lottery when we had the chance to enroll.

I have great things about other schools, both from friends and from DCUM.  YY and other more established schools have an advantage in that they have had a few years to grow.  When we were initially weighing options, a friend who is a teacher said to avoid first year charters. I have been impressed by what first year charters like MV, IT and others (know more about the former ones) have accomplished. There will always be growing pains with any new endeavor.

When I first learned I was moving to DC, my main source of info was DCUM as all my friends with kids lived in VA or MD.  They all said to move to the suburbs for the schools.  But I was very pleasantly surprised to learn about all the options in DC - some great neighborhood schools as well as charters.  With ps-3 and pk-4 available to boot.  Yes, there are definitely problems and areas to improve and there are too many kids who aren't learning what they need to to succeed.  But there are a lot more excellent options available than I anticipated.[/quote]

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