Wilson is 50% over enrolled.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

What happened in SF is that middle class and rich folks pulled their kids from public schools. So yes, values of private schools in the city will rise--and/or families that can will move out.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

Well - the PP brought out the “brown people” card, right? What PP dials to realize is DC is integrated by race - by economics - no/. So - nobody in CC cares what race the next door folks are but darn it if you don’t mow the lawn.
The race card is over played in DMV real estate - many URM own in lovely neighborhoods- fact.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

So says a non upper DC home owner.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

This is a lazy characterization. They are trying to avoid low income folk, not brown people. And AU Park attracts people who like the city/suburban blend of the neighborhood

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

It’s based in racism. If people could get over the racist beliefs perpetuated by the segregationists that fought school integration, our country would improve considerably!

Tell us more about your kid’s successful academic experience in a high needs high school!

Will let you know. Kid is only a freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

This is a lazy characterization. They are trying to avoid low income folk, not brown people. And AU Park attracts people who like the city/suburban blend of the neighborhood

Plus they like be alerted to minorities walking through the neighborhood on the listserv.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s get back to the original point which is Wilson is way, way over-enrolled. What steps is the school taking to address this problem?

Spending $100 million to open a new high school on Macarthur?

That’s not going to help next year or the following year. What specifically is the school going to do about it during this time?

Also, if you actually think the new school is going to come into existence to have its 1st class start in the next 1-2 years, you must not have much experience with DCPS and central office. Their deliverable rate is not the best to say the least.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s get back to the original point which is Wilson is way, way over-enrolled. What steps is the school taking to address this problem?

Spending $100 million to open a new high school on Macarthur?

That’s not going to help next year or the following year. What specifically is the school going to do about it during this time?

Also, if you actually think the new school is going to come into existence to have its 1st class start in the next 1-2 years, you must not have much experience with DCPS and central office. Their deliverable rate is not the best to say the least.

No, current parents deserve to know how the school is going to handle this unprecedented overcapacity.

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SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

Well - the PP brought out the “brown people” card, right? What PP dials to realize is DC is integrated by race - by economics - no/. So - nobody in CC cares what race the next door folks are but darn it if you don’t mow the lawn.
The race card is over played in DMV real estate - many URM own in lovely neighborhoods- fact.

You must not know about the overt and hidden racial issues in CC. There are many. My black friend that lives IB is always mistaken for a nanny at pick up. There are dozens of recent racial issues in CC my dear.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

Well - the PP brought out the “brown people” card, right? What PP dials to realize is DC is integrated by race - by economics - no/. So - nobody in CC cares what race the next door folks are but darn it if you don’t mow the lawn.
The race card is over played in DMV real estate - many URM own in lovely neighborhoods- fact.

You must not know about the overt and hidden racial issues in CC. There are many. My black friend that lives IB is always mistaken for a nanny at pick up. There are dozens of recent racial issues in CC my dear.

That has to be an exaggeration. Pick up doesn’t involve identifying roles.

If her kids appear white, then mis-assumptions are going to arise on occasion. At times, kids — and more infrequently adults — assume I’m a grandmother rather than the actual mom because I’m older than typical. Oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

Well - the PP brought out the “brown people” card, right? What PP dials to realize is DC is integrated by race - by economics - no/. So - nobody in CC cares what race the next door folks are but darn it if you don’t mow the lawn.
The race card is over played in DMV real estate - many URM own in lovely neighborhoods- fact.

You must not know about the overt and hidden racial issues in CC. There are many. My black friend that lives IB is always mistaken for a nanny at pick up. There are dozens of recent racial issues in CC my dear.

Could you be more specific about these dozens of incidents?

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just do what San Francisco does, where being inbounds is a preference, not a right? DCI does that. DCPS does it for pre K. That would end IB and OOB overcrowding city wide. In fact every reason touted for ending OOB feeder rights is also a reason for making IB a preference, rather than a right.

SF school system is notorioualy one of the worst in the nation due to this disastrous policy

This. Home values would plummet if buying IB doesn't guarantee that your kids can go to the schools.

Values wouldn’t plummet, they equalize throughout the city and lead to desegregation.

Nope, those with options will just move out of the city and go to the suburbs

Yes and then their AU Park home would sell for a little lower, more in line with Shepherd Park. Then people would revert back to paying only like $100k premium to live away from brown folks.

Let’s look again at San Francisco.

Care to state your point/prediction?

Ending IB rights in San Francisco has driven middle class families out of the city, but it has not harmed housing prices, which are through the roof.

Right so the original poster saying values would plummet is likely wrong and the next poster (myself) is likely right in that values will continue to grow strong areas outside upper NW. When removing the control for school feeders, people will get more bang for buck in places like Shepherd Park, Takoma, Brookland, etc. Why pay $1.8 for a colonial where you can get it for 1.4 in Shepherd Park. Or why live in Chevy Chase DC when I can live in Logan Circle. Sure you have people that will still pay a tad higher to live away from the brown folks in the name of “crime stats” but it won’t be cause for a $400k premium. So end result is, values will remain flat in upper NW and if there is slight decrease in that area only, that will only be absorbed by the first seller (the white families fleeing for Bethesda).

On what Earth have "values remained flat in Upper NW"?

On no earth. And why live in Chevy Chase vs Logan Circle...trees, crime, etc come to mind. FWIW I've lived in both.

Well - the PP brought out the “brown people” card, right? What PP dials to realize is DC is integrated by race - by economics - no/. So - nobody in CC cares what race the next door folks are but darn it if you don’t mow the lawn.
The race card is over played in DMV real estate - many URM own in lovely neighborhoods- fact.

You must not know about the overt and hidden racial issues in CC. There are many. My black friend that lives IB is always mistaken for a nanny at pick up. There are dozens of recent racial issues in CC my dear.

My kids look nothing like me. I get asked if I’m the nanny all the time (until people get to know me) and I’m white. It bothered me when my kids were super young, now I could care less. Who cares what other people think? Your “friend” needs thicker skin.