Most people here live in the suburbs and are not familiar with the school
situation in the city. You can post your inquiries at http://www.popville.com/ or neighborhood based bbs--DC has many. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DupontForum/. Another choice would be http://www.city-data.com/forum/washington-dc/.
Nowadays young professionals are storming into DC from the suburbs but I am
still surprised to see Chinese families with kids moving there. Are you
actually in Dupont or Adams Morgan?