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This is a big concern in our family. We have a three-year-old and live in Brookland (Ward 5). Paying for private school would challenge our budget and our philosophy. We entered 7 Pre-K 3 lotteries (public and charter) this spring and didn't get in any of them, but we'll try again next year. Our closest elementary school was closed a few years ago when enrollment dwindled to 88 souls of the "no-choice" group...it is now a lackluster charter school. We don't know a single family that sends children to the next two closest schools, including our current in-boundary school which is apparently being restructured for not making adequate yearly progress. The fourth closest school was at the heart of the test-erasure scandal. Any other school, public or charter, would not only require us to go through the lottery crapshoot but also force us to buy another car so we can get back and forth in two rush hours each day. I do think DC schools are improving, but I doubt they can improve fast enough for us...we start kindergarten in two years.

by stocktoe on Jul 17, 2012 1:40 pm • link • report

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