might buy a house in Barnaby Woods; are parents and children generally happy with Lafayette School?

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Anonymous wrote:What happens in Middle School? Do people tend to stay put in the neighborhood and go to the public MS or go to private or move to MD?

I'd be worried about getting zoned out of Deal in a few years.

This is silly. First, DC isn't going to take on another school zoning review for at least seven years--at the earliest. It took 40 years to get the last one; no way they do that again before they absolutely have to (no matter how crazy the overcrowding at some schools). And, second, unless they build another new ES in Ward 3/4 or another new middle school, there's no way Lafayette gets zoned out of Deal. It just won't happen.

To answer PP's question--yes, most kids at the Deal feeders go on to Deal. Something like 90% of the 5th grade classes at Murch, Lafayette, and Janney (the three largest feeders) continue at Deal.

They are building a Ward 4 middle school - North Middle School - starting next year. I don't think Lafayette will be rezoned there anytime soon, but the school is coming.

Exactly. And you know DCPS desperately wants to break down the artificial barrier presented by Rock Creek Park. One way would be to pull a WOTP elementary to the new MS. I'd say it is actually more probably, that not. Lafayette makes the most geographic sense in that regard.

Let's place bets on this. Because I'd like to make some extra cash.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens in Middle School? Do people tend to stay put in the neighborhood and go to the public MS or go to private or move to MD?

I'd be worried about getting zoned out of Deal in a few years.

This is silly. First, DC isn't going to take on another school zoning review for at least seven years--at the earliest. It took 40 years to get the last one; no way they do that again before they absolutely have to (no matter how crazy the overcrowding at some schools). And, second, unless they build another new ES in Ward 3/4 or another new middle school, there's no way Lafayette gets zoned out of Deal. It just won't happen.

To answer PP's question--yes, most kids at the Deal feeders go on to Deal. Something like 90% of the 5th grade classes at Murch, Lafayette, and Janney (the three largest feeders) continue at Deal.

They are building a Ward 4 middle school - North Middle School - starting next year. I don't think Lafayette will be rezoned there anytime soon, but the school is coming.

Exactly. And you know DCPS desperately wants to break down the artificial barrier presented by Rock Creek Park. One way would be to pull a WOTP elementary to the new MS. I'd say it is actually more probably, that not. Lafayette makes the most geographic sense in that regard.

It's quite funny to call Rock Creek Park an "artificial" barrier. The racial segregation is artificial, but RCP is a very natural barrier, and imposing a commute across the park on an elementary school is an unnecessary hardship. And I say this as someone who does this commute everyday for a charter, but that is my choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally would not live in DC and live in the whitest part of the city and then send my kid to one of the whitest school. But if that's what you are after- you will find lots of like-minded folks at Lafayette and you will be happy.

Chill. Lafayette is 30% minority.

In a city that is 35% white.

check your census-it's close to 50/50 now!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally would not live in DC and live in the whitest part of the city and then send my kid to one of the whitest school. But if that's what you are after- you will find lots of like-minded folks at Lafayette and you will be happy.

Chill. Lafayette is 30% minority.

In a city that is 35% white.

check your census-it's close to 50/50 now!

Nope it's 50%/38%/other

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens in Middle School? Do people tend to stay put in the neighborhood and go to the public MS or go to private or move to MD?

I'd be worried about getting zoned out of Deal in a few years.

This is silly. First, DC isn't going to take on another school zoning review for at least seven years--at the earliest. It took 40 years to get the last one; no way they do that again before they absolutely have to (no matter how crazy the overcrowding at some schools). And, second, unless they build another new ES in Ward 3/4 or another new middle school, there's no way Lafayette gets zoned out of Deal. It just won't happen.

To answer PP's question--yes, most kids at the Deal feeders go on to Deal. Something like 90% of the 5th grade classes at Murch, Lafayette, and Janney (the three largest feeders) continue at Deal.

They are building a Ward 4 middle school - North Middle School - starting next year. I don't think Lafayette will be rezoned there anytime soon, but the school is coming.

Exactly. And you know DCPS desperately wants to break down the artificial barrier presented by Rock Creek Park. One way would be to pull a WOTP elementary to the new MS. I'd say it is actually more probably, that not. Lafayette makes the most geographic sense in that regard.

Let's place bets on this. Because I'd like to make some extra cash.

+1. There is no way that any new schools are zoned to New North and Coolidge High.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally would not live in DC and live in the safest part of the city and then send my kid to one of the best schools. But if that's what you are after- you will find lots of like-minded folks at Lafayette and you will be happy.

Fixed it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens in Middle School? Do people tend to stay put in the neighborhood and go to the public MS or go to private or move to MD?

I'd be worried about getting zoned out of Deal in a few years.

This is silly. First, DC isn't going to take on another school zoning review for at least seven years--at the earliest. It took 40 years to get the last one; no way they do that again before they absolutely have to (no matter how crazy the overcrowding at some schools). And, second, unless they build another new ES in Ward 3/4 or another new middle school, there's no way Lafayette gets zoned out of Deal. It just won't happen.

To answer PP's question--yes, most kids at the Deal feeders go on to Deal. Something like 90% of the 5th grade classes at Murch, Lafayette, and Janney (the three largest feeders) continue at Deal.

They are building a Ward 4 middle school - North Middle School - starting next year. I don't think Lafayette will be rezoned there anytime soon, but the school is coming.

Exactly. And you know DCPS desperately wants to break down the artificial barrier presented by Rock Creek Park. One way would be to pull a WOTP elementary to the new MS. I'd say it is actually more probably, that not. Lafayette makes the most geographic sense in that regard.

Let's place bets on this. Because I'd like to make some extra cash.

You might want to talk to some Eaton parents first.

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Demographics of Washington, D.C.
Race and ethnicity (2014)
Black 46.0%
White (includes White Hispanics) 40.6%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 10.4%
Asian 3.0%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally would not live in DC and live in the whitest part of the city and then send my kid to one of the whitest school. But if that's what you are after- you will find lots of like-minded folks at Lafayette and you will be happy.

Chill. Lafayette is 30% minority.

In a city that is 35% white.

check your census-it's close to 50/50 now!

Nope it's 50%/38%/other

Adjust those numbers for kids in the public school system. Even less white. Lafayette is not representative of the city or the system, but is not quite as white as the surrounding neighborhood.

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Moved to BW 1.5 years ago, also from Petworth and our kids transitioned from a charter to Lafayette. While it's enormous, they do a really nice job of building community within the classes and grades. I do pinch myself because it feels a little bit like a movie set on weekday mornings, with kids pouring out of the houses walking/biking/scooting to the school on the bucolic tree-lined streets with stately houses. It's ridiculous! And lovely. I do miss the socio-economic diversity we had at the charter, but the students and staff are far from all white, and certainly value diversity. We've had some things happen at the school that we haven't loved, and the level of entitlement with some of the parents is off-putting, but... others are terrific and we've really enjoyed being part of the community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally would not live in DC and live in the whitest part of the city and then send my kid to one of the whitest school. But if that's what you are after- you will find lots of like-minded folks at Lafayette and you will be happy.

Chill. Lafayette is 30% minority.

In a city that is 35% white.

check your census-it's close to 50/50 now!

Nope it's 50%/38%/other

Adjust those numbers for kids in the public school system. Even less white. Lafayette is not representative of the city or the system, but is not quite as white as the surrounding neighborhood.

Why should a neighborhood school be representative of the demographics of either the city or the system as a whole? You either have a neighborhood school system, or you don't. We do, so citywide demographics are irrelevant to what the demographics of a school "should" be.