I like Capitol Hill but worry about High School.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Folks, the OP is literally free to love whatever they do without having their post hijacked by a wounded crew who wants them to know that something else is just as good.

I see many differences between CH and Bethesda. I live in one of them, and I could live happily in the other. But I could totally see someone prefer CH and ask a reasonable, if uninformed, question about high school prospects. (Though yes OP, if you're not trolling, just search the forum.)

I hate Bethesda but I’d live on the Hill. There’s a difference. Sorry people on here are so in love with “urban” Bethesda and the like you can’t tell.

The OP clearly has a 2 year old, ok? Let them do a search.

And McLean? They’re also clueless, or probably a Republican?

The PP explicitly stated there is a difference and allowed that people could like one over the other even though the PP could like either/both. It seems you are not as tolerant of others as PP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Folks, the OP is literally free to love whatever they do without having their post hijacked by a wounded crew who wants them to know that something else is just as good.

I see many differences between CH and Bethesda. I live in one of them, and I could live happily in the other. But I could totally see someone prefer CH and ask a reasonable, if uninformed, question about high school prospects. (Though yes OP, if you're not trolling, just search the forum.)

I hate Bethesda but I’d live on the Hill. There’s a difference. Sorry people on here are so in love with “urban” Bethesda and the like you can’t tell.

The OP clearly has a 2 year old, ok? Let them do a search.

And McLean? They’re also clueless, or probably a Republican?

I wrote the quote you are responding to. This has been already clarified to you by a previous post but I have to celebrate my first time being completely misunderstood by an angry rando on DCUM. What I wrote is that they are different and it's reasonable to prefer one over the other **depending on what you prefer**. For the record, I live in Capitol Hill. But keep raging.

[Anonymous]

The Wilson catchment may be the least urban of the areas OP mentioned. Especially with Friendship Heights empty these days.

[Anonymous]

We live on Capitol Hill and send our kid to Basis. Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, how long have you lived in DC? And specifically what do you like about Capitol Hill?

I ask because I'm mildly surprised that you seem so lost on this issue. Your options are not Sidwell (ha, how are you even certain you could get in there -- it's extremely competitive), Wilson, or McLean, obviously. There are close in suburbs with good high schools that are metro accessible, a lot of people do that. There are privates that are less competitive than Sidwell and less expensive (including privates in the burbs!). There are high schools other than Wilson, not just charters but also the application high schools (which, if you're so certain you'd get into Sidwell shouldn't scare you). Heck, there's even Eastern and a really involved parent and a determined kid, which could be a perfectly good option if you are really committed to staying in the city.

If you are just looking for good neighborhoods inbound for Wilson, try the Real Estate forum. But if you are really asking "Hey, I love Cap Hill but where will my kid go to high school?" it really does seem almost like a troll post because it's such a perpetual issue for everyone in the area and everyone has to figure out a way to navigate it in a way that matches with their values and preferences. But I don't know anyone on the Hill with kids in elementary or middle who doesn't have some sense of what the options are.

Don’t kid yourself honey. Sidwell is relatively easy to get into. Just have deep pockets. Also you just generally sound annoying so please be gone.

[Anonymous]

My kids attend Latin, but I think you should consider Templeton Academy. Located in the gorgeously renovated Hill Center.

[Anonymous]

No interest in reading this forum, but OP talk to your neighbors. I refuse to move to any other part of dc either, but there are lots of options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live on Capitol Hill and send our kid to Basis. Easy peasy.

Is there a bus, or is he able to metro on his own?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, how long have you lived in DC? And specifically what do you like about Capitol Hill?

I ask because I'm mildly surprised that you seem so lost on this issue. Your options are not Sidwell (ha, how are you even certain you could get in there -- it's extremely competitive), Wilson, or McLean, obviously. There are close in suburbs with good high schools that are metro accessible, a lot of people do that. There are privates that are less competitive than Sidwell and less expensive (including privates in the burbs!). There are high schools other than Wilson, not just charters but also the application high schools (which, if you're so certain you'd get into Sidwell shouldn't scare you). Heck, there's even Eastern and a really involved parent and a determined kid, which could be a perfectly good option if you are really committed to staying in the city.

If you are just looking for good neighborhoods inbound for Wilson, try the Real Estate forum. But if you are really asking "Hey, I love Cap Hill but where will my kid go to high school?" it really does seem almost like a troll post because it's such a perpetual issue for everyone in the area and everyone has to figure out a way to navigate it in a way that matches with their values and preferences. But I don't know anyone on the Hill with kids in elementary or middle who doesn't have some sense of what the options are.

Don’t kid yourself honey. Sidwell is relatively easy to get into. Just have deep pockets. Also you just generally sound annoying so please be gone.

Actually, honey, unless you are VERY wealthy, Sidwell is incredibly hard to get into. I know plenty of law firm partners and the like whose kids were rejected or waitlisted despite their ability to be full pay. They get to be very selective about their students because they are selling a very popular private school brand in DC and demand is quite high. So unless OP is a US Senator or Jeff Bezos, which I doubt, just blithely saying "Oh, Eastern seems subpar, should we just go to Sidwell?" is an incredibly ignorant position. And if you are this triggered by posters you deem "generally annoying" maybe you are the one who should be gone because dealing with annoying posters is just a reality of being on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll post?

Does a real city person not know about ANY other options than Wilson HS vs moving to *McLean*?!?!?

Read up on charters or just move to your people in Virginia.

Yep, Bethesda and Rosslyn/Clarendon are probably almost as city as Capital Hill, maybe more so unless you consider ‘city’ == ‘crime’

Rosslyn/Clarendon and Bethesda are definitely more city than freaking Tenleytown!

Are you 25 OP? Most people outgrow their “city-mouse, country-mouse” obsession.

And OMG, Sidwell?? ROFL. literally.

So it sounds like $80k for private school is a stretch you need to avoid, don’t want to gamble on charters, and want... whatever ‘city’ means. Walkable to metro? Walkable to grocery store and library? Walkable to parks? Property crime? What are you looking for?

It’s not a city mouse country mouse issue, it’s that we like Capitol Hill and moving to a cookie-cutter neighborhood just sounds very unappealing. Our kids can go to the museums, or they could before Covid. I won’t get into the details but it comes down to Capitol Hill is a wonderful neighborhood. However if we had to say stay in DC, which we’d like to, Moving up to North West sounds pretty good. Yes metro accessibility and walk ability are huge primary considerations we don’t wanna have to commute 15 miles each way or staying an hour of traffic or anything like that. I think you’re right with the charter school ideas.

I live in and love Capitol Hill as well. It has a vibe, walkability and convenience that you can't really get in Bethesda or the Virginia near in suburbs.

If we stay for HS we're considering BASIS, Washington Latin, DCI, School Without Walls as possibilities that wouldn't require moving. Friends school in Silver Spring is another private option we'd consider as well. Depending on the age of your kids, Eastern might be an option by then as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll post?

Does a real city person not know about ANY other options than Wilson HS vs moving to *McLean*?!?!?

Read up on charters or just move to your people in Virginia.

Yep, Bethesda and Rosslyn/Clarendon are probably almost as city as Capital Hill, maybe more so unless you consider ‘city’ == ‘crime’

Rosslyn/Clarendon and Bethesda are definitely more city than freaking Tenleytown!

Are you 25 OP? Most people outgrow their “city-mouse, country-mouse” obsession.

And OMG, Sidwell?? ROFL. literally.

So it sounds like $80k for private school is a stretch you need to avoid, don’t want to gamble on charters, and want... whatever ‘city’ means. Walkable to metro? Walkable to grocery store and library? Walkable to parks? Property crime? What are you looking for?

It’s not a city mouse country mouse issue, it’s that we like Capitol Hill and moving to a cookie-cutter neighborhood just sounds very unappealing. Our kids can go to the museums, or they could before Covid. I won’t get into the details but it comes down to Capitol Hill is a wonderful neighborhood. However if we had to say stay in DC, which we’d like to, Moving up to North West sounds pretty good. Yes metro accessibility and walk ability are huge primary considerations we don’t wanna have to commute 15 miles each way or staying an hour of traffic or anything like that. I think you’re right with the charter school ideas.

I live in and love Capitol Hill as well. It has a vibe, walkability and convenience that you can't really get in Bethesda or the Virginia near in suburbs.

If we stay for HS we're considering BASIS, Washington Latin, DCI, School Without Walls as possibilities that wouldn't require moving. Friends school in Silver Spring is another private option we'd consider as well. Depending on the age of your kids, Eastern might be an option by then as well.

Eastern might be an option if your kids exist as eggs in your ovaries. We heard the same talk about Eastern being a viable option by now almost twenty years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll post?

Does a real city person not know about ANY other options than Wilson HS vs moving to *McLean*?!?!?

Read up on charters or just move to your people in Virginia.

Yep, Bethesda and Rosslyn/Clarendon are probably almost as city as Capital Hill, maybe more so unless you consider ‘city’ == ‘crime’

Rosslyn/Clarendon and Bethesda are definitely more city than freaking Tenleytown!

Are you 25 OP? Most people outgrow their “city-mouse, country-mouse” obsession.

And OMG, Sidwell?? ROFL. literally.

So it sounds like $80k for private school is a stretch you need to avoid, don’t want to gamble on charters, and want... whatever ‘city’ means. Walkable to metro? Walkable to grocery store and library? Walkable to parks? Property crime? What are you looking for?

It’s not a city mouse country mouse issue, it’s that we like Capitol Hill and moving to a cookie-cutter neighborhood just sounds very unappealing. Our kids can go to the museums, or they could before Covid. I won’t get into the details but it comes down to Capitol Hill is a wonderful neighborhood. However if we had to say stay in DC, which we’d like to, Moving up to North West sounds pretty good. Yes metro accessibility and walk ability are huge primary considerations we don’t wanna have to commute 15 miles each way or staying an hour of traffic or anything like that. I think you’re right with the charter school ideas.

I live in and love Capitol Hill as well. It has a vibe, walkability and convenience that you can't really get in Bethesda or the Virginia near in suburbs.

If we stay for HS we're considering BASIS, Washington Latin, DCI, School Without Walls as possibilities that wouldn't require moving. Friends school in Silver Spring is another private option we'd consider as well. Depending on the age of your kids, Eastern might be an option by then as well.

Eastern might be an option if your kids exist as eggs in your ovaries. We heard the same talk about Eastern being a viable option by now almost twenty years ago.

Valedictorian at Eastern a year ago got a full ride to Duke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll post?

Does a real city person not know about ANY other options than Wilson HS vs moving to *McLean*?!?!?

Read up on charters or just move to your people in Virginia.

Yep, Bethesda and Rosslyn/Clarendon are probably almost as city as Capital Hill, maybe more so unless you consider ‘city’ == ‘crime’

Rosslyn/Clarendon and Bethesda are definitely more city than freaking Tenleytown!

Are you 25 OP? Most people outgrow their “city-mouse, country-mouse” obsession.

And OMG, Sidwell?? ROFL. literally.

So it sounds like $80k for private school is a stretch you need to avoid, don’t want to gamble on charters, and want... whatever ‘city’ means. Walkable to metro? Walkable to grocery store and library? Walkable to parks? Property crime? What are you looking for?

It’s not a city mouse country mouse issue, it’s that we like Capitol Hill and moving to a cookie-cutter neighborhood just sounds very unappealing. Our kids can go to the museums, or they could before Covid. I won’t get into the details but it comes down to Capitol Hill is a wonderful neighborhood. However if we had to say stay in DC, which we’d like to, Moving up to North West sounds pretty good. Yes metro accessibility and walk ability are huge primary considerations we don’t wanna have to commute 15 miles each way or staying an hour of traffic or anything like that. I think you’re right with the charter school ideas.

I live in and love Capitol Hill as well. It has a vibe, walkability and convenience that you can't really get in Bethesda or the Virginia near in suburbs.

If we stay for HS we're considering BASIS, Washington Latin, DCI, School Without Walls as possibilities that wouldn't require moving. Friends school in Silver Spring is another private option we'd consider as well. Depending on the age of your kids, Eastern might be an option by then as well.

Eastern might be an option if your kids exist as eggs in your ovaries. We heard the same talk about Eastern being a viable option by now almost twenty years ago.

Valedictorian at Eastern a year ago got a full ride to Duke.

She's also a very talented URM. And it was in 2017, not last year.