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Dear PoP – Schools in PoPville?


Photo of ‘Gage-Eckington Elementary School (1976), 2025 Third Street, NW. Demolished September 2009’ by PoPville flickr user rockcreek

“Dear PoP,

PoP, being childless (that we know of), you might not be aware that school application deadlines are approaching. The out-of-boundary applications are due in just a few weeks.

Can we have a conversation about where the little PoPers go? Who’s happy with their in-boundary school? How about the charters in the area?

The DCPS OOB lottery application is here: https://lottery.dcps.dc.gov/

This is a terrific resource to read about all the options– public, charter and private: http://www.focusdc.org/images/schdir2.pdf

For those who have kids – where do you send them? How hard was it to get them into your chosen school?

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