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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the area west of the Fort Totten Metro then? It's interesting how once a neighborhood becomes hot, its boundaries expand, at least in real estate ads--see Capitol Hill, Brookland, and Petworth.

Immediately West of Fort Totten metro is the tiny NE neighborhood of Fort Totten. Once you cross over N. Capitol street into NW you are in Petworth. A good chunk of Petworth is definitely walking distance to the Fort Totten metro.

So the Eastern boundaries of the map upthread are correct - where does anybody see them as incorrect?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live on Illinois Ave near Sherman Circle and in the last 3 months I can count at least 6 houses within one square block of us that have gone on the market for $600K+ and all have sold in a matter of days. Another renovation will go on the market soon that is a few houses down from ours...I see young couples walking by and stopping by to check it out every single day..I have no doubt that it will go under contract the same week it hits the market. I agree that there is just too much new money going into the neighborhood for the DCPS schools to remain undesirable. The critical mass of young, educated families is just about there.

If you're on the West side of Illinois, then you and your neighbor may have been rezoned from Barnard or Truesdell to West as your IB school.

Our children are older and already attend a DCPS WOTP and will go to Deal and Wilson. Yes, our address was rezoned from Barnard to Truesdell but it doesn't matter to us personally. The Truesdell principal won a leadership award this year and from all I hear Principal Stinson is fantastic. Plus, there was an Assistant Principal who was at Hardy last year who also won one of those same leadership awards this year who is now also at Truesdell (I think). My point being, there is a lot of proven leadership there. Plus, in the next two or three years I am confident that the Education Campus model will go away in many areas of the city (thankfully) and Truesdell will become an elementary rather than an EC which will be great. I think Truesdell will be a very desirable school in short order. And Barnard is great too...principal Grace Reid is a force of nature.

The house going on the market...hmm...not sure the address...4800 block, east side of the street, it has a "coming soon" sign posted.

Of course it matters to you. The quality ( & reputation) of your IB schools affects your property value regardless of whether or not your own children attend those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

Why are you assuming the PP doesn't have children? There are, believe it or not, some parents who walk places. Some parents don't even own cars!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

At this point everyone is overreacting. I made the statement to point out typically, if someone has a car, the outer limits of using the metro daily for many (not all) is a 15-20 walk. Some of those people who use a car probably go to the gym, so it's not a big deal. But sugar is apparently the devil now, so I learn a lot from dcum.

[Anonymous]

Sela PCS is a great option just outside of Petworth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sela PCS is a great option just outside of Petworth

I'm not a SELA parent and am new to this thread, but I would easily choose a charter language immersion school over DCPS.

[Anonymous]

On walkability:

We live in Petworth, a mile from both the Fort Totten and Petworth metro stations. Walking to the metro is no problem, takes about 15-20min; I do it every day, carrying my infant son to daycare near the Petworth station, and then ride the train to work.

When we don't feel like walking, there are plenty of bus lines nearby that can take us to the metro in about 10 minutes, or further downtown if we wish.

In our experience, Petworth has been a great neighborhood commute-wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

Growing up does not have to mean driving everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

I didn't realize walking 15-20 minutes to a metro stop was a sign of immaturity. The things you learn on DCUM...

[Anonymous]

Hey, could either of you explain how your posts in any way relate to the original question? Or are you both just supremely in the land of stupid? I'm really interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:but do people that live there rely on the metro for daily travel? 15 -20 min walk usually means people rely on their cars.

Yikes.

No wonder this country has issues with both air pollution & obesity!

Oh, yikes yourself. Consider yourself most fortunate that you have 40 minutes a day to walk to/from a 25 minute train ride, for a grand total of a 65 minute commute. Some of us need to get multiple kids to two different places -- let's say, Preschool A and elementary school B -- and then be at our desks within 15 minutes of that drop off moment.

When I was single and then childless in DC, I too had endless amounts of time to wander around on foot in search of just the perfect hand-crafted salume plate or Barre class. Or I'd walk home from Farragut West to Woodley if I felt like it and the cherry blossoms were out. When your panicky kid is waiting at the door with the aftercare lady, who's furiously texting you while you do your part to cut back on "air pollution and obesity," you grow the hell up and prioritize.

Hee, you are getting a TON of s**t for writing this, but I have to give you "+1" because you described my own lifestyle transition very well. I am looking to put my kids in the same DCPS next door ASAP, so we can all go back to walking more and take the frantic and the panicky out of our routines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, could either of you explain how your posts in any way relate to the original question? Or are you both just supremely in the land of stupid? I'm really interested.

You need someone to explain to you that threads often veer off topic & you're calling the PPs stupid?