Roosevelt High School in Petworth?

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Roosevelt was projected to be the most overcrowded DCPS school a couple of years ago. They relocated Roosevelt STAY and are now at a reasonable capacity level.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

Less than a quarter of the high school students in DC attend their zoned schools. Roosevelt is far from the worst. You can blame the over three quarters of parents in DC, or you can think about what's going on with DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

At the time my wife was pregnant. Three years later we got into a great charter and then moved after 5th grade with 400k in home equity. It worked out perfectly.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

Not OP, but yes, because it felt like half my team in college went to school in the area. Those who were from DC, NONE went to public school in DC (and it was pretty socioeconomically diverse group, as division 1 sports can be).

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

Less than a quarter of the high school students in DC attend their zoned schools. Roosevelt is far from the worst. You can blame the over three quarters of parents in DC, or you can think about what's going on with DCPS.

I do wonder where they’re coming from. Zoned for Baillou? Dunbar?

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

lol what a ridiculous, clueless question. Ward 3 residents really live in a bubble I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

lol what a ridiculous, clueless question. Ward 3 residents really live in a bubble I guess.

If it’s so bad why do so many EOTP parents send their kids to spend most of their waking hours in the Ward 3 bubble?

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

lol what a ridiculous, clueless question. Ward 3 residents really live in a bubble I guess.

If it’s so bad why do so many EOTP parents send their kids to spend most of their waking hours in the Ward 3 bubble?

Ward 3 isn’t bad. Your lack of capacity for critical thought and basic understanding of context and reality of the circumstances of your fellow city residents is what is ridiculous. I’m a DP but I would posit that there isn’t a bubble actually, it’s only you.

We bought our house a decade before having children and send our kids to WOTP schools that work well for our family. All of this is within the policies of our city and its public schools. Unclear why you think we should do anything differently. Our kids are doing well, our house is paid for and we are very happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

Less than a quarter of the high school students in DC attend their zoned schools. Roosevelt is far from the worst. You can blame the over three quarters of parents in DC, or you can think about what's going on with DCPS.

I do wonder where they’re coming from. Zoned for Baillou? Dunbar?

The OOB students who go to Roosevelt? Coolidge and Dunbar are the top ones. A lot of the the high school students in DC who don't go to their neighborhood high school instead go to a different neighborhood high school. And it's not mostly students going to JR. I don't know why there are ~200 students zoned for Roosevelt who go to Coolidge, and ~100 who are zoned for Coolidge who go to Roosevelt. Maybe sports teams? Maybe their parents went there?

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Anonymous wrote:Just so we’re clear, not a single poster yet (and we’re on page 4) has ever had a kid at Roosevelt.

OP you are on the wrong forum. DCUM is for rich and/or white folks who say they’re liberal and open-minded and in real life are great at talking the talk but never, ever walk the walk.

+1. This city is full of progressives who “love their neighborhood” and crave “diversity.” But when it really matters. When it’s about their most important skin in the game. They’re driving their Prius across the park every day and right past the neighbors that they “love.”

Where do you send your kids, PP?

How many of these PPs judging EOTP people were rich enough to buy WOTP and would never consider slumming it with us? It's really not a good look and makes me glad I live EOTP.

Are you sure you’re glad you live EOTP? Because it sure doesn’t seem that way.

DP, but I’m glad we live EOTP to balance out the influence of privileged jerks like you. My elementary kids have more social awareness and nuance in their thinking than you seem to. And in middle school we’ll finally be able to carpool with neighbors!

And there it is.
Elementary school parents who know best.
Be sure to let us know in a few years how things are going.

Sure, if you say so. Mine are second and fourth grade and we’ve been commuting to Ward 3 for years now. We’ve been in our house for 15 years and being able to catch a ride back across the park with a friend/friendly neighbor will make it easier, not harder, once we hit middle school. But I’m sure you know better since you surely live in our community and attend similar schools.

Thanks for all the traffic and pollution in Ward 3. Please consider transit in the future.

Thanks, I'll pass.

Car - 20-25 minutes each way, usually 45 minutes round trip unless I need to go inside for some reason. Twice a day, obviously.
Bus - two buses taking approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes assuming no delays or missed transfers, averaging 3 hours round trip once you factor in waiting for the next bus. Twice a day, obviously.

You don't like it, feel free to lobby for designated bus routes that are safe and accessible for kids across the city (or you know, school buses). But if you actually live in Ward 3 you know that 95% of the traffic comes from MD and VA commuters and other Ward 3 residents. People schlepping kids to school causes a negligible increase in the traffic volume. Or just go ahead and move. You sound silly whining about the very predictable effects of the lottery system of the school district you choose to live in.

Or you could go to your neighborhood school?

No

+1. Nobody is complaining here except the Ward 3 NIMBY.

And, your actual neighbors who you are leaving behind in under enrolled, so underfunded schools. You know, in the neighborhood you claim to “love.”

Lmao. I’ve said this before, but in my very first conversation with my new neighbors, families that had been there for years brought up on their own that they would share tips on how to play the lottery to avoid the neighborhood school.

Did you know before you bought your house that the school was a hot mess? Or, were you just winging it?

Less than a quarter of the high school students in DC attend their zoned schools. Roosevelt is far from the worst. You can blame the over three quarters of parents in DC, or you can think about what's going on with DCPS.

I do wonder where they’re coming from. Zoned for Baillou? Dunbar?

The OOB students who go to Roosevelt? Coolidge and Dunbar are the top ones. A lot of the the high school students in DC who don't go to their neighborhood high school instead go to a different neighborhood high school. And it's not mostly students going to JR. I don't know why there are ~200 students zoned for Roosevelt who go to Coolidge, and ~100 who are zoned for Coolidge who go to Roosevelt. Maybe sports teams? Maybe their parents went there?

I wonder if some kids live right on the border of one high school boundary and another. Like you live one block into the Coolidge HS boundary but all of the people around you go to Roosevelt so you lottery in.

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We live in the Roosevelt boundary and know kids who went both directions. Coolidge had some specific programs that drew kids (media, nursing, I think) and the early college program, and I think the area it's in has a more settled and chill vibe than that stretch between Roosevelt and the Ga Ave metro. I think the MacFarland music teacher went over to Coolidge. Kids friends with mine who were "nicer" kids seemed to want Coolidge. I know that's really subjective, obviously.

Roosevelt - there are some specific teams and teachers and maybe there's a continuity and keeping together with your friends thing. Perhaps a "my parents or grandparents went here" thing. I was interested in their diplomacy thing too. But otherwise - I have a tough time figuring out the draw to Roosevelt.