Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This. If there was a assault by a staff member in a DC school then the world is your oyster. Certainly as part of the settlement and probably well before then.

But somehow, I feel like that’s not what actually happened here or you wouldn’t be asking this question in this way

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Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This was going to be my response. You and your child have rights and the school district cannot just leave you to your own devices if your daughter feels unsafe at school, especially if it is due to physical aggression by a teacher.

This!!! OP, the LEAST they can do is find a way to get you in to DCI another feeder. I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this but you should absolutely make them find you an equivalent school. You should also file a police report if you have not already and send your request schools to whoever it is at the central office who can actually do something. Copy the superintendant and anyone else you find. Do not rely on the lottery in this situation. They are in the wrong, not your child who got assaulted by one of their adult emoployees.

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

This was going to be my response. You and your child have rights and the school district cannot just leave you to your own devices if your daughter feels unsafe at school, especially if it is due to physical aggression by a teacher.

Agree with cap city, Thomson, Whittier. Cleveland or marie reed or Chisholm if she's been in spanish immersion. I would be working with the osse ombudsman and the public charter school board to see if there's a way she can keep feeder preference for dci if she wants to go there. Also Washington school for girls is private but tuition free.

Anonymous wrote:This sounds really hard. I'm sorry.

Just looking at short waitlists (https://www.myschooldc.org/short-waitlists):

You could do Thomson, Cleveland, or Seaton and feed into John Francis for 6th. If your daughter was previously doing Spanish immersion, she could even continue that at Cleveland.

You could do Friendship Online for 5th and try again for the 6th grade lottery.

You could do Miner and feed into Eliot-Hine for 6th.

You could do Takoma or Whittier and feed into Wells for 6th.

I am so sorry you're dealing with this. I don't have personal experience with most of these schools, but I know Thomson and it is great. People do come in fifth grade (awesome teacher at that level) to get access to John Francis. Principal (Carmen Shepherd) and AP (Crystal Overstreet) are wonderful and warm and will answer all questions.

Other schools on this list could be equally good options, though I'd steer you away from Miner. Good principal and parent community but school has a lot of challenges, particularly in upper grades.

Cap City has had spaces in the past

Have you spoken with OSSE ombudsman? Maybe there is flexibility to place in another feeder assuming that the upper grades might have spots since they do not typically fill unless fluent?

Anonymous wrote:You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

Yes, you can also get move mid-year for a safety issue. But you have to wait for a school with a spot open.

ITDS won't happen post-lottery. Suggest you check out Burroughs and Lee.

You should contact the main office. If there was an assault, they have a responsibility to find your child a safe place and to consider an equivalent school. Students can get placed outside of the lottery, you should push for that. Did you report the assault to the police?

That’s terrible and scary. Sorry to hear it. I know there are spots for 5th grade girls available at Washington Episcopal in case you’re looking at private options. Best to you and your daughter.

I would look at Lee and ITS- they will likely have space with the Latin/BASIS pull . Cooper little siblings are hitting 5th grade next year.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this, and that you felt like your kid had to leave rather than the staff member. Sending solidarity and love your way

This sounds really hard. I'm sorry.

Just looking at short waitlists (https://www.myschooldc.org/short-waitlists):

You could do Thomson, Cleveland, or Seaton and feed into John Francis for 6th. If your daughter was previously doing Spanish immersion, she could even continue that at Cleveland.

You could do Friendship Online for 5th and try again for the 6th grade lottery.

You could do Miner and feed into Eliot-Hine for 6th.

You could do Takoma or Whittier and feed into Wells for 6th.

Ugh, sounds like a tough spot. What about middle schools that start in 5th? Capital city comes to mind and may have spaces.

The long and short of it is my daughter is at a DCI feeder, she was assaulted in school(by a staff member) and we have been educating her at home. Looking ahead for next year, we don't have a viable option for 5th. We did enter the lottery for Latin initially and our numbers are high. I also did the post school lottery and most numbers indicate that we won't get an offer.
Neighborhood school is Bunker Hill. Feeling upset about her experience and also having to move for 5th then again for 6th. Realistically also losing our feeder to DCI for MS and HS.

Any thoughts or feedback during this really unexpected situation.

Thanks