Schools cause PoP to leave Petworth

[Anonymous]

Yeah, he was rezoned from Powell to Bruce Monroe. (We were too, and there is honestly no way I'd send my kid there either.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There always have been people who couldn't deal with the the stark differences that they have to face in Petworth when their kids hit school age. This guy is just one more in a long stream. Really, nothing new.

+1 yawn.
Take note all you pre-kid hipsters. Life gets a lot more real when you start thinking about your own kids. And schools. And really, once your kids start hitting school age, you aren't hanging in coffee shops, jazz clubs or pop up restaurants like you did before kids, or when your kids were babies. Welcome to adulthood.

What about us non-pre-kid(s) couldn't-really-pass-as-hipsters supposed to do with our kids who are already in school here? Do I run west when my panties get in a bunch or when I clutch my pearls hard enough?

You do what's best for your family and don't judge others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There always have been people who couldn't deal with the the stark differences that they have to face in Petworth when their kids hit school age. This guy is just one more in a long stream. Really, nothing new.

+1 yawn.
Take note all you pre-kid hipsters. Life gets a lot more real when you start thinking about your own kids. And schools. And really, once your kids start hitting school age, you aren't hanging in coffee shops, jazz clubs or pop up restaurants like you did before kids, or when your kids were babies. Welcome to adulthood.

What about us non-pre-kid(s) couldn't-really-pass-as-hipsters supposed to do with our kids who are already in school here? Do I run west when my panties get in a bunch or when I clutch my pearls hard enough?

You do what's best for your family and don't judge others.

I wish people on both sides would take that to heart...

[Anonymous]

I agree. But when you link your name and hipster persona to an up and coming EOTP 'hood, then move WOTP when your kids get to school age....well, you get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree. But when you link your name and hipster persona to an up and coming EOTP 'hood, then move WOTP when your kids get to school age....well, you get the idea.

The blog has been more geographically broad than that for years. It even covers upper NW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, he was rezoned from Powell to Bruce Monroe. (We were too, and there is honestly no way I'd send my kid there either.)

Strange to imply that the schools are that different, they are very similar, with similar demographics. A few years ago Bruce Monroe had better test scores. Don't have a kid in either school but Powell is not that much better than Bruce Monroe. And Bruce Monroe now has a new, young, dynamic principal.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, he was rezoned from Powell to Bruce Monroe. (We were too, and there is honestly no way I'd send my kid there either.)

Strange to imply that the schools are that different, they are very similar, with similar demographics. A few years ago Bruce Monroe had better test scores. Don't have a kid in either school but Powell is not that much better than Bruce Monroe. And Bruce Monroe now has a new, young, dynamic principal.

Powell has higher test scores, a lower percentage of English Language learners, and its percentage of whites+asians+mixed race is three times that of bruce monroe. I do not know if those are related to DS's concerns, but that stood out for me comparing the profiles.

[Anonymous]

What neighborhood exactly is "North Cleveland Park" and which school serves it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What neighborhood exactly is "North Cleveland Park" and which school serves it?

Above Porter, between the park and Wisconsin. It's either Hearst or Murch.

[Anonymous]

I thought that was Forest Hills. North Cleveland Park could be Eaton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What neighborhood exactly is "North Cleveland Park" and which school serves it?

The Post, where that article about PoP appears, doesn't know its neighborhood boundaries very well. It gets sloppy with labeling in other words.

With that said, North Cleveland Park is an actual place, north of Rodman (<-- Rodman St. being the boundary of the CP historic district) and south of Albemarle St NW. East/West boundaries are ~ Wisconsin and Connecticut. They go to Hearst and Murch (but the DCPS-drawn line moved and then moved again). Maybe a little Janney on the west edge, depending how you define NCP.


The triangle neighborhood above that is Wakefield, and that's what the property deeds say. It's not "Van Ness" or north cleveland park or tenleytown or whatever the branding dorks say this year. They go to Murch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that was Forest Hills. North Cleveland Park could be Eaton.

It said Van Ness/North Cleveland Pk. Plus, I believe Eaton neighborhood is simply Cleveland Park which includes the zoo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our EOTP school in Petworth , we are loosing 3 families for WOTP schools--they are staying put though.

Until they understand the reality of commuting across town everyday.

At our WOTP school we've had several families start out and say they were staying put, and eventually they decided to move closer.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh. Who knows all the back story. Wish he would have at least tried the lottery before moving to the 'burbs.

The lottery is stupid, they should make it scores based like aap

Great, then we could have 3,000 threads about folks in Petworth and Hill getting expensive outside assessments when their snowflakes fail to make the cut. That sounds charming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that was Forest Hills. North Cleveland Park could be Eaton.

No, Eaton is the Cleveland Park neighborhood elem school.