Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 13:10     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:This is OP, we did talk to CHEC and they admitted it’s very difficult and challenging to come in with zero Spanish as there are entire subjects just taught in Spanish (social studies for example).


That is the high school. CHEC middle school is a boundary school that has to take everyone IB.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 12:39     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
This is OP, we did talk to CHEC and they admitted it’s very difficult and challenging to come in with zero Spanish as there are entire subjects just taught in Spanish (social studies for example).
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 12:26     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im assuming if your child is in Adams morgan they are in 4th at hd cooke or marie reed. Do they have a temporary right to francis already? Those two schools were allowed to go to cardozo for middle instead of CHEC. Students from the other feeders for cardozo like garrison are allowed temporarily to attend francis. Worth looking into.


I don't think this is right. I believe only the future geographic feeders to Euclid (Cleveland, Garrison, and Seaton) have temporary feeder rights to John-Francis, and NOT the future programmatic feeders to Euclid (Cooke, Reed, Tubman).

https://dcpsplanning.com/2024/10/02/changes-to-the-cardozo-feeder-pattern/


Good to know. Thanks for looking up the documentation. I think that policy choice was a little unfair.


Purely from a capacity standpoint John-Francis can only take on so many additional students.

But I am curious how CHEC intends to handle incoming students from Cooke, Reed, and Tubman who have no prior experience in Spanish.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 12:16     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Im assuming if your child is in Adams morgan they are in 4th at hd cooke or marie reed. Do they have a temporary right to francis already? Those two schools were allowed to go to cardozo for middle instead of CHEC. Students from the other feeders for cardozo like garrison are allowed temporarily to attend francis. Worth looking into.


I don't think this is right. I believe only the future geographic feeders to Euclid (Cleveland, Garrison, and Seaton) have temporary feeder rights to John-Francis, and NOT the future programmatic feeders to Euclid (Cooke, Reed, Tubman).

https://dcpsplanning.com/2024/10/02/changes-to-the-cardozo-feeder-pattern/


Good to know. Thanks for looking up the documentation. I think that policy choice was a little unfair.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 11:35     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:Im assuming if your child is in Adams morgan they are in 4th at hd cooke or marie reed. Do they have a temporary right to francis already? Those two schools were allowed to go to cardozo for middle instead of CHEC. Students from the other feeders for cardozo like garrison are allowed temporarily to attend francis. Worth looking into.


I don't think this is right. I believe only the future geographic feeders to Euclid (Cleveland, Garrison, and Seaton) have temporary feeder rights to John-Francis, and NOT the future programmatic feeders to Euclid (Cooke, Reed, Tubman).

https://dcpsplanning.com/2024/10/02/changes-to-the-cardozo-feeder-pattern/
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 11:30     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW Latin’s accelerated math track is the same as St Anselm’s accelerated math track. Now if you had your kid do an algebra or geometry over the summer to accelerate further, they might handle it differently, but both would be very unhappy with you for doing it. And as far as I can tell, “only” doing geometry in 8th grade isn’t going to mean your kid can’t do STEM in college or for a career.


We looked at St. Anselms and passed, did not apply. We were not impressed and did not think it was worth the 40k plus for 7 years when that money could go towards college.

Our kid is at DCI and so far it’s been a good experience. We did get into a well known private talked more about on this board that we liked and applied to but no financial aid so passed.

We will see how middle school goes to assess staying for high school at DCI. Private for high school is on the table if needed.

No interest in Hardy, Deal, or high schools WOTP.


OK? It seems like this path isn't attractive or available to OP (she doesn't want Spanish). not seeing how this is at all helpful to the OP. Plently of people do like St. Anselms, Hardy, Deal and application high schools.


You don’t need to want spanish to go to DCI. Kids come in with no language background and you just take language 101 of whatever language you want.

Also helpful to hear about St Anselms. Privates are an available option to OP as in her post and she should know there are other better options with private.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 10:19     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW Latin’s accelerated math track is the same as St Anselm’s accelerated math track. Now if you had your kid do an algebra or geometry over the summer to accelerate further, they might handle it differently, but both would be very unhappy with you for doing it. And as far as I can tell, “only” doing geometry in 8th grade isn’t going to mean your kid can’t do STEM in college or for a career.


We looked at St. Anselms and passed, did not apply. We were not impressed and did not think it was worth the 40k plus for 7 years when that money could go towards college.

Our kid is at DCI and so far it’s been a good experience. We did get into a well known private talked more about on this board that we liked and applied to but no financial aid so passed.

We will see how middle school goes to assess staying for high school at DCI. Private for high school is on the table if needed.

No interest in Hardy, Deal, or high schools WOTP.


OK? It seems like this path isn't attractive or available to OP (she doesn't want Spanish). not seeing how this is at all helpful to the OP. Plently of people do like St. Anselms, Hardy, Deal and application high schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 10:06     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FWIW Latin’s accelerated math track is the same as St Anselm’s accelerated math track. Now if you had your kid do an algebra or geometry over the summer to accelerate further, they might handle it differently, but both would be very unhappy with you for doing it. And as far as I can tell, “only” doing geometry in 8th grade isn’t going to mean your kid can’t do STEM in college or for a career.


We looked at St. Anselms and passed, did not apply. We were not impressed and did not think it was worth the 40k plus for 7 years when that money could go towards college.

Our kid is at DCI and so far it’s been a good experience. We did get into a well known private talked more about on this board that we liked and applied to but no financial aid so passed.

We will see how middle school goes to assess staying for high school at DCI. Private for high school is on the table if needed.

No interest in Hardy, Deal, or high schools WOTP.


Also wanted to add no interest in the application high schools in DCPS either.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 09:58     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:FWIW Latin’s accelerated math track is the same as St Anselm’s accelerated math track. Now if you had your kid do an algebra or geometry over the summer to accelerate further, they might handle it differently, but both would be very unhappy with you for doing it. And as far as I can tell, “only” doing geometry in 8th grade isn’t going to mean your kid can’t do STEM in college or for a career.


We looked at St. Anselms and passed, did not apply. We were not impressed and did not think it was worth the 40k plus for 7 years when that money could go towards college.

Our kid is at DCI and so far it’s been a good experience. We did get into a well known private talked more about on this board that we liked and applied to but no financial aid so passed.

We will see how middle school goes to assess staying for high school at DCI. Private for high school is on the table if needed.

No interest in Hardy, Deal, or high schools WOTP.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 06:45     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Im assuming if your child is in Adams morgan they are in 4th at hd cooke or marie reed. Do they have a temporary right to francis already? Those two schools were allowed to go to cardozo for middle instead of CHEC. Students from the other feeders for cardozo like garrison are allowed temporarily to attend francis. Worth looking into.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 21:46     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
FWIW Latin’s accelerated math track is the same as St Anselm’s accelerated math track. Now if you had your kid do an algebra or geometry over the summer to accelerate further, they might handle it differently, but both would be very unhappy with you for doing it. And as far as I can tell, “only” doing geometry in 8th grade isn’t going to mean your kid can’t do STEM in college or for a career.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 21:07     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not sure - I may reorder. Francis commute would be easier than other two.


Francis and Ross are the only schools that don't give you a path through 12th (and thus are the two most likely spots).


Technically none of those schools give you a guarantee spot thru 12th, even middle school.

Yes families track to middle but who says DCPS can’t crack down on thus and stop it altogether.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 20:11     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Anonymous wrote:Not sure - I may reorder. Francis commute would be easier than other two.


Francis and Ross are the only schools that don't give you a path through 12th (and thus are the two most likely spots).
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 18:19     Subject: Re:Judge my lottery list for MS
Not sure where you live but make sure you are willing to do that horrible commute WOTP and back am and pm everyday for 6-7 years if you are putting Hardy and Deal feeders. Or that your kid will do that horrible commute on public transportation and the time it takes.

For our family, if we had not gotten into a good middle school, moving to burbs for better school and with bus service was the better option for our family.

Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 18:00     Subject: Judge my lottery list for MS
Not sure - I may reorder. Francis commute would be easier than other two.