From what I see, Washington parents who care can be good at managing the charter/magnet school thing. On my block are two kids at each of two charter schools, one at a well-thought-of public middle school, one at a private school, and several I couldn't tell you about. Yes, I have seen people move across the park (to the more prosperous part of town) when the kid left Aidan Montessori or they got tired of the admissions stuff. But I suspect I know three families that stuck it out here for ever two that left.