Where do families in Petworth send their kids for Elementary School?

[Anonymous]

Creative Minds. Tons of Petworth families.

[Anonymous]

Many are in charters, some are in private, some are in neighborhood schools.

Most higher SES famlies I know that have older kids (3rd grade or older) either won an OOB lottery, charter, went private or moved. There were not enough commitment to these neighborhood schools 5 years ago. Now that there is a critical mass, it will be interesting to see how long families stay commited to their neighborhood school (will they continue to lottery each year?)

[Anonymous]

We live in Petworth and our child attends LAMB.

From meeting families at Upshur park I know of kids at Barnard, West OOB, Powell, IT and Bridges. Our child attended Appletree CH for a year before LAMB.

It's pretty conveniently located to get to a number of schools if you can afford to wait until you've lotteried in somewhere to move.

[Anonymous]

Not everyone wants to live in Ward 3 or Glover Park. Our family for one had absolutely zero interest. We preferred the diversity of the neighborhood schools and the charter options this side of the park.

[Anonymous]

We don't want you at Powell. Sorry

[Anonymous]

I just reread the OP, and yeah, wow.

Poorer kids?

Caucasians??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't want you at Powell. Sorry

Not with the poors.

[Anonymous]

Easy now - I don't read the OP as saying it's a bad thing to have poor or non-white peers. Just pointing out the difference between demographics in the neighborhood and at the schools.

OP - If I'm wrong, and those things do matter to you, then you probably won't be happy at any neighborhood school in the vicinity (or charters too for that matter).

For what its worth, my house cost "from $700K upwards or maybe a little less if they are renovated", and I'm very happy with the quality of the education at our neighborhood school near where you're looking.

[Anonymous]

Bridges, Cap City, Haynes, LAMB, Yu Ying, Creative Minds... the list goes on and on.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who says "poors" doesn't belong in an urban city such as DC. Move to Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Join the Perworth parents listserv/yahoo group. You'll get lots of better answers. We've lived in Petworth for 14 years. It's a great place to live. We have lots of new businesses coming in, we just got a new safeway, and it is very convenient for getting anywhere. Downtown is easy, hoping on rock creek parkway to get to Vir is easy, heading north to maryland is easy. Our kids go to a DCPS in upper NW and I'll acknowledge that we were probably part of the last wave of families who were able to get in. But since our children started school there are now so many other great charter options plus I believe the local schools in Petworth will only get better. My youngest attended barnard for a year and we had a fantastic experience there. Now if we could only get a stand alone middle school...

Instead of always bailing for OOB elementary schools in Wards 2 and 3, why don't Petworth's young professionals organize, roll up their sleeves and try to turn around their local elementary school? A number of the OOB schools to which those EOTP turn weren't always so good themselves, but rather reflect the investment of time and sweat equity of local and other parents. If EOTP parents keep doing the commute across Rock Creek Park, schools in their neighborhoods will not be rising wIth their real estate values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Join the Perworth parents listserv/yahoo group. You'll get lots of better answers. We've lived in Petworth for 14 years. It's a great place to live. We have lots of new businesses coming in, we just got a new safeway, and it is very convenient for getting anywhere. Downtown is easy, hoping on rock creek parkway to get to Vir is easy, heading north to maryland is easy. Our kids go to a DCPS in upper NW and I'll acknowledge that we were probably part of the last wave of families who were able to get in. But since our children started school there are now so many other great charter options plus I believe the local schools in Petworth will only get better. My youngest attended barnard for a year and we had a fantastic experience there. Now if we could only get a stand alone middle school...

Instead of always bailing for OOB elementary schools in Wards 2 and 3, why don't Petworth's young professionals organize, roll up their sleeves and try to turn around their local elementary school? A number of the OOB schools to which those EOTP turn weren't always so good themselves, but rather reflect the investment of time and sweat equity of local and other parents. If EOTP parents keep doing the commute across Rock Creek Park, schools in their neighborhoods will not be rising wIth their real estate values.

1. We don't always bail - some of us are at our neighborhood schools
2. As much as I'd like to think that my rolled up sleeves make a difference (and they do make a small difference), it's really the principal and teachers that I credit.
3. Many of the schools in the Petworth area are rising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're taking the high end of prices. There are homes in the 400s (that need to be renovated) and 500s that are already renovated. There are even a handful in the 300s. A house in the 700s would be on the high end in the area.

Not even close to true. Most of the 500s at this point are in need of complete renovation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says "poors" doesn't belong in an urban city such as DC. Move to Bethesda.

Sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Quite a lot IB at Powell (this is in the "Petworth nether region" between 13/14th and Georgia, north of Spring). The rapidly changing demographics of Powell, strong PTO, and the dual language program are getting a lot of attention from people who can't be bothered with the lottery / charter shuffle.