Brent vs JKLM

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Meant to say that Capitol Hill is considered isolated because....

Agree 100%

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Anonymous wrote:If PP had any objective basis for her preference I would be happy to hear it. Unfortunately, she is parroting information which is demonstrably false. Moreover, the tenor of her "is that better" comment is snarky and condescending. I get it, she thinks we are fools for sending our kids to a school she considers to be mediocre in comparison to JKLM, and that apparent error in judgment is compounded by the possibility of not being able to attend Latin or Basis. And yet she seems entirely unaware that families attending Key and Mann spend millions for their homes and yet choose not to attend Hardy. If you're going to be boneheaded and contentious then you deserve to be called out for it.

Personally, I would not buy into a Hardy feeder. However, if I had to choose, I would attend Hardy over CH middle schools. Also, Mann and Key families at least have Wilson. Brent index scores are 79% with only 11% farm, Shepherd is 76% with 33% FARM. Lafayette is 92 with 7% FARMs. Sorry, Brent is not all MOTH parents are cracking it up to be. Add to that families don't finish there and have no middle and high school options, it becomes a no brainer to most. Not even mentioning the other issues like isolation from other neighborhoods and crime in CH. Sorry, not my cup of tea, but please drink away.

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

Not PP you're responding to but we live in Columbia Heights and echo PP's sentiments. I think you're assuming all NW posters are the same person.

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Anonymous wrote:If PP had any objective basis for her preference I would be happy to hear it. Unfortunately, she is parroting information which is demonstrably false. Moreover, the tenor of her "is that better" comment is snarky and condescending. I get it, she thinks we are fools for sending our kids to a school she considers to be mediocre in comparison to JKLM, and that apparent error in judgment is compounded by the possibility of not being able to attend Latin or Basis. And yet she seems entirely unaware that families attending Key and Mann spend millions for their homes and yet choose not to attend Hardy. If you're going to be boneheaded and contentious then you deserve to be called out for it.

Personally, I would not buy into a Hardy feeder. However, if I had to choose, I would attend Hardy over CH middle schools. Also, Mann and Key families at least have Wilson. Brent index scores are 79% with only 11% farm, Shepherd is 76% with 33% FARM. Lafayette is 92 with 7% FARMs. Sorry, Brent is not all MOTH parents are cracking it up to be. Add to that families don't finish there and have no middle and high school options, it becomes a no brainer to most. Not even mentioning the other issues like isolation from other neighborhoods and crime in CH. Sorry, not my cup of tea, but please drink away.

I'm guessing the reason you would not buy into a Hardy feeder is because you couldn't afford to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

Not PP you're responding to but we live in Columbia Heights and echo PP's sentiments. I think you're assuming all NW posters are the same person.

Not ingesting challenging the merits of my post? I'll concede that Columbia Heights is not readily accessible from the Hill. But why would I need to go there unless I wanted to attend MV? I'm also having a good laugh over someone living in Columnia Heights wringing their hands about crime in the Brent district. Good one! Ha!

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Anonymous wrote:We lived on the Hill and have friends who remain and many more who have left. Whether it's safe or not is subjective. Objectively, there is a ton more crime on the Hill than in any of the JKLM areas. We moved from a great house near Eastern Market 5 years ago to Upper NW because I didn't feel safe having kids on the Hill. We were lucky in that while we were there, we only experienced a steady stream of petty crime (cars being broken into, things stolen from front porch and garage, etc.). I have several friends who have been victims or more serious crime, including robbed at gun and knife-point, house robbed while they were home and a car jacking, among many home burglaries and auto thefts. At one point, there was a person or group targeting women with strollers. In the 5 years I've lived in NW, I haven't heard of one of these types of serious crimes and and the petty crime is so rare, it's virtually unheard of.

Aside from the crime, there is a non-criminal element to the Hill. The parks will be full of families and people with dogs at certain times, but other times, you can still find homeless people sleeping on benches and the odd needle or used condom (I've seen any of these in any of the NW parks). Walk around and you can smell the urine of said homeless people who don't discriminate where they relieve themselves (including your garden). At least monthly, you'll get someone knocking on your door begging for money at odd times of the day or night. I worked from home and never felt safe during the day b/c everyone around me was gone and that's when these characters seemed to come out. I also never felt safe going out and getting home later than 9.

I can easily think of a dozen friends we had who lived on the Hill who moved to the JKLM area before they had children or when their kids were babies. The schools may have been an issue, but they were more concerned with the safety. We just found out that one close family friends we have who still live on the Hill are desperately trying to buy a house in NW because there was an incident with their middle-schooler while he was riding his bike and he keeps telling his parents he doesn't feel safe in their neighborhood.

Many people have a different tolerance level for crime than we do and you may feel perfectly comfortable living on the Hill. However, I urge you to do your research, including looking at crime stats, reading M.O.T.H., before making a decision.

I had no idea there wasn't any serious crime or homeless people anywhere in NW, or at least what you are callig the JKLM area. Good to know. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

Not PP you're responding to but we live in Columbia Heights and echo PP's sentiments. I think you're assuming all NW posters are the same person.

Not ingesting challenging the merits of my post? I'll concede that Columbia Heights is not readily accessible from the Hill. But why would I need to go there unless I wanted to attend MV? I'm also having a good laugh over someone living in Columnia Heights wringing their hands about crime in the Brent district. Good one! Ha!

Ingesting = interested in. Darn you autocorrect!

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Anonymous wrote:If PP had any objective basis for her preference I would be happy to hear it. Unfortunately, she is parroting information which is demonstrably false. Moreover, the tenor of her "is that better" comment is snarky and condescending. I get it, she thinks we are fools for sending our kids to a school she considers to be mediocre in comparison to JKLM, and that apparent error in judgment is compounded by the possibility of not being able to attend Latin or Basis. And yet she seems entirely unaware that families attending Key and Mann spend millions for their homes and yet choose not to attend Hardy. If you're going to be boneheaded and contentious then you deserve to be called out for it.

Personally, I would not buy into a Hardy feeder. However, if I had to choose, I would attend Hardy over CH middle schools. Also, Mann and Key families at least have Wilson. Brent index scores are 79% with only 11% farm, Shepherd is 76% with 33% FARM. Lafayette is 92 with 7% FARMs. Sorry, Brent is not all MOTH parents are cracking it up to be. Add to that families don't finish there and have no middle and high school options, it becomes a no brainer to most. Not even mentioning the other issues like isolation from other neighborhoods and crime in CH. Sorry, not my cup of tea, but please drink away.

I'm guessing the reason you would not buy into a Hardy feeder is because you couldn't afford to do so.

Not sure who you think you're referring to. There are other posters on here. I believe the question is where would you buy (Brent vs JKLM), I said I would buy any JKLM (even if it feeds to Hardy) over Brent. So you've taking to laughing at people of they can't afford to buy in Hardy?! Capitol snobbery at its best. Fwiw, I live IB for Deal and could afford to buy just about anywhere in the city.

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Hardy is going to be fine. Frankly, Wilson is going to be one of the reasons for Hardy's continued ascension.

Just a few years ago, Wilson was not concerned a very desirable high school. Was it fine? Sure. Good enough? Maybe. But it was not a destination (the way Deal is now). That's changing. Wilson is on the verge of becoming a destination school that can compete with the MoCo HSs.

How does this relate to Hardy? Without Wilson being a destination, Mann and Key parents knew they were going to send their kids to private for HS. There was little point to go to Hardy just to pull the kids three years later. But once Wilson becomes an highly desirable destination school, the calculus becomes very different. Soon parents will figure Hardy is fine enough for three years given that they're going to keep their kids in Wilson. And shortly thereafter Hardy will be a destination school too.

I think Wilson is about two years from being truly desirable. It is fine already. Hardy is probably a year or two behind that. It is also good enough already, but soon it will become a destination school as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Hardy is going to be fine. Frankly, Wilson is going to be one of the reasons for Hardy's continued ascension.

Just a few years ago, Wilson was not concerned a very desirable high school. Was it fine? Sure. Good enough? Maybe. But it was not a destination (the way Deal is now). That's changing. Wilson is on the verge of becoming a destination school that can compete with the MoCo HSs.

How does this relate to Hardy? Without Wilson being a destination, Mann and Key parents knew they were going to send their kids to private for HS. There was little point to go to Hardy just to pull the kids three years later. But once Wilson becomes an highly desirable destination school, the calculus becomes very different. Soon parents will figure Hardy is fine enough for three years given that they're going to keep their kids in Wilson. And shortly thereafter Hardy will be a destination school too.

I think Wilson is about two years from being truly desirable. It is fine already. Hardy is probably a year or two behind that. It is also good enough already, but soon it will become a destination school as well.

Good point--a slow, bottom-up evolution.

-not a Hardy booster; Deal feeder parent

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

well, if you're talking about schools, Tenleytown and AU Park would be worth considering. Aside from the many other issues with Columbia Heights, Petworth, and Takoma Park on -- public safety for one -- Only Tenleytown/AU Park offer demonstrably better by-right school options than any number of options on Cap Hill.

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Anonymous wrote:I would do WOTP for long term reasons. Also, Cap Hill is too isolated for me. If like to have access to Bethesda, SS, and Downtown.

I have never heard of anyone thinking of Capitol Hill as isolated. We have Barracks Row and nearby H Street. You can walk to Nationals Park, SE Waterfront/Navy Yard and National Mall/Smithsonian Museums. Holiday concerts and occasional sledding on the Capitol Grounds. Child-friendly programs at the Library of Congress. Arts programs at CHAW. Ballet at St. Marks. Skating at Canal Park. Yards Splash fountain. Marine Barracks or concerts at Yards Park on summer evenings. Sports on the Hill. Capitol Hill Little League. Bike to the Pirate Ship in Anacostis Park. Fort Dupont or Ballston for year-round indoor ice skating. Shopping at Eastern Market or nearby Union Market. Winter days at tbe Botanic Garden. Short drive to the National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.

Downtown in less than 15 minutes by Blue/Orange/Silver Line. Ten minutes by car to National Airport or Pentagon City Mall. Three Target stores within a 15 minute drive, if you don't take advantage of delivery services like Instacart. We seldom leave the Hill and couldn't think of a good reason to drive to Silver Spring or Bethesda. To each her own I guess.

Agree. Capitol Hill is closer to downtown, so that's silly, and thankfully we have no need to get to Bethesda or Silver Spring. Why would you? If you don't work there or live close by, those are not destinations. The Capitol Hill is isolated argument is oft-repeated on this site and it really shows a lack of knowledge about DC and the Hill in particular.

It's considered since most other neighborhoods with young families are across town. So if you have friends in Petworth, Tenleytown, Mt Pleasant, AU Park, Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, etc then Capitol Hill is completed isolated because it feels far away from all these neighborhoods, but all of these neighborhoods are relatively close to one another. If all your friends are on Capitol Hill then it's not isolated. I live in Petworth and most of my friends and colleagues are in the areas listed. Getting to Capitol Hill from any of these areas is a pain.

Please stop embarrassing yourself. Takoma Park is not relatively close to AU Park or Tenleytown. And I can drive from the Hill to Petworth via N. Capitol in non-rush hour traffic in less than 15 minutes, which is probably quicker than you can get from Petworth downtown or across town to AU Park. I'm glad Petworth works for you, but you seem to be geographically challenged. BTW, i can walk from Brent to the B/OzS line in less than five minutes . How long is your walk from Powell to the Green line?

Not PP you're responding to but we live in Columbia Heights and echo PP's sentiments. I think you're assuming all NW posters are the same person.

Not ingesting challenging the merits of my post? I'll concede that Columbia Heights is not readily accessible from the Hill. But why would I need to go there unless I wanted to attend MV? I'm also having a good laugh over someone living in Columnia Heights wringing their hands about crime in the Brent district. Good one! Ha!

PP here. I don't get it - you say that Columbia Heights is not readily accessible from the Hill but that you can get to Petworth easier? Columbia Heights is closer to Capitol Hill than Petworth is. Anyway, good for you that you think it's easy to get from Capitol Hill everywhere. Everyone else in NW finds Capitol Hill isolated.

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Anonymous wrote:Hardy is going to be fine. Frankly, Wilson is going to be one of the reasons for Hardy's continued ascension.

Just a few years ago, Wilson was not concerned a very desirable high school. Was it fine? Sure. Good enough? Maybe. But it was not a destination (the way Deal is now). That's changing. Wilson is on the verge of becoming a destination school that can compete with the MoCo HSs.

How does this relate to Hardy? Without Wilson being a destination, Mann and Key parents knew they were going to send their kids to private for HS. There was little point to go to Hardy just to pull the kids three years later. But once Wilson becomes an highly desirable destination school, the calculus becomes very different. Soon parents will figure Hardy is fine enough for three years given that they're going to keep their kids in Wilson. And shortly thereafter Hardy will be a destination school too.

I think Wilson is about two years from being truly desirable. It is fine already. Hardy is probably a year or two behind that. It is also good enough already, but soon it will become a destination school as well.

Good point--a slow, bottom-up evolution.

-not a Hardy booster; Deal feeder parent

Thank you. I realized it when thinking about what I'm going to do with my children soon. I was inclined towards Hardy already, but I was mistakenly viewing the Hardy and Wilson decisions in isolation. If you decide "yes" on Wilson, you will decide "yes" on Hardy too. That tipped the scales for me since I expect that I will decide "yes" on Wilson at the appropriate time. (For the record, we're IB for Mann. Until last year I was expecting to put both kids in Sidwell or similar for 7 years each.)