DC High Schools

[Anonymous]

^^by stick it out I meant move EOTP then lottery for Wilson or charter (which wasn't around back then)

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I would stay put. Why risk it? There truly is a huge gap between Wilson and the other comprehensives. These high schools average in the 700s composite on the sat-that is terrible.

I dunno, I'm a lot more sanguine about EOTP school improvement over the next decade. For better or worse, Washington DC is currently one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the country. If OP chooses a NW EOTP neighborhood that is rapidly turning over to young, educated professionals with kids, but with the space she wants, like say 16th St. Heights--that might be a decent risk to take. You could also look at EOTP neighborhoods that are currently IB for Wilson, Mt. Pleasant and Shepherd Park. All of these neighborhoods will appreciate more than their WOTP counterparts. In 10 years, if things are still uncertain for high school, you could move, try for application schools, or go private, like many have done in these neighborhoods for decades.

I'm one of the people you just described- educated, young and two kids, one about to enter PRE-K3. The issue is, ALL of the parents I know within my sons daycare cohort are all gearing up to leave EOTP. We live in upper CH/lower Petworth, the only people happy with their in bound options are those who are in at Bruce Monroe and are there for the Spanish and not because it's a school they would choose. They all applied to various charters and out of bound schools, didn't get in to any and are planning to leave. I think what people fail to discuss on these threads is that it's way more than just schools and test scores- it's the crime. We witness so much violence, prostitution, drug dealing, gun wars, package and car theft. The area is beautiful, long standing neighbors are wonderful, but the schools are shit and the crime is the tipping point. WOTP is more mellow, feels safer and calmer, in addition to better schools.

Crime in the neighborhood or in the schools? I think CH/lower Petworth is particularly bad for the street crime you're describing, but the neighborhoods mentioned in the PP before you, 16th St Heights, Mt Pleasant (I think?), Shepherd Park, even north Petworth, are much quieter and safer neighborhoods. I think those neighborhoods with the better community feel have a better shot at folks sticking it out through elementary since the neighborhood isn't adding to the school uncertainty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I would stay put. Why risk it? There truly is a huge gap between Wilson and the other comprehensives. These high schools average in the 700s composite on the sat-that is terrible.

I dunno, I'm a lot more sanguine about EOTP school improvement over the next decade. For better or worse, Washington DC is currently one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the country. If OP chooses a NW EOTP neighborhood that is rapidly turning over to young, educated professionals with kids, but with the space she wants, like say 16th St. Heights--that might be a decent risk to take. You could also look at EOTP neighborhoods that are currently IB for Wilson, Mt. Pleasant and Shepherd Park. All of these neighborhoods will appreciate more than their WOTP counterparts. In 10 years, if things are still uncertain for high school, you could move, try for application schools, or go private, like many have done in these neighborhoods for decades.

I'm one of the people you just described- educated, young and two kids, one about to enter PRE-K3. The issue is, ALL of the parents I know within my sons daycare cohort are all gearing up to leave EOTP. We live in upper CH/lower Petworth, the only people happy with their in bound options are those who are in at Bruce Monroe and are there for the Spanish and not because it's a school they would choose. They all applied to various charters and out of bound schools, didn't get in to any and are planning to leave. I think what people fail to discuss on these threads is that it's way more than just schools and test scores- it's the crime. We witness so much violence, prostitution, drug dealing, gun wars, package and car theft. The area is beautiful, long standing neighbors are wonderful, but the schools are shit and the crime is the tipping point. WOTP is more mellow, feels safer and calmer, in addition to better schools.

Crime in the neighborhood or in the schools? I think CH/lower Petworth is particularly bad for the street crime you're describing, but the neighborhoods mentioned in the PP before you, 16th St Heights, Mt Pleasant (I think?), Shepherd Park, even north Petworth, are much quieter and safer neighborhoods. I think those neighborhoods with the better community feel have a better shot at folks sticking it out through elementary since the neighborhood isn't adding to the school uncertainty.

Shepherd Park is more quiet and safer than some areas WOTP. I know because I lived in both neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

You aren’t just paying a $200k premium for a school, to me it’s the “safe” neighborhood!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a whole lot will change unless they start yanking feeders out of the Deal/Wilson path, and not just Shepherd Park: all of Lafayette and probably others WOTP would have to go. That would right-size Deal and Wilson while giving a sizable UMC cohort to whatever schools are chosen. This certainly would be unpopular to some -- and the transportation changes needed would be expensive to pull off -- but it probably would be doable if the right carrot was involved.

The other option is a citywide lottery, which is both practically impossible (the overall size of the UMC cohort in dcps isn't big enough to scatter across the city and affect any sort of widespread change) and politically impossible.

The better option is not to have feeder rights for OOB kids. If you're in at lets say 2nd grade at Murch, you have to lottery for Deal and then Wilson.

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Anonymous wrote:What about DCI for high school?

We have LOVED DCI for both middle and high school!