Watkins -- the "past K" part of Peabody -- is an embarrassment of a school. that's why the precious cluster does not rate when the actual question ask is, "What is a great EOTP school past K ?" |
^^^^^ this person doesn't have children and so should not be considered credible when discussing schools, the topic of this thread. (PoP migrants: you give yourselves away when you preen about how awesome!! it is to be close to H Street. Nobody with actual elementary-aged children gives a flying fuck about quick and easy proximity to bars) |
What makes Watkins an embarrassment of a school, exactly? |
+100. Best thing is to actually check out open houses of the particular schools you are interested in, and talk to current families. |
Also none of the opinions have a shred of evidence to support them. Bancroft and Powell over Maury? Really? Have you even looked at any test scores? And furthermore- ranking them makes NO SENSE! |
Um I have three kids and love to walk to H street. Great places to take the kids for lunch and lots of really great spots for date night. I love not wasting any time driving to a destination when I can quickly walk over. Lots of people feel this way. Can we please stop talking about stuff that we don't understand? |
| I went out of my way to go to Bullfrog Bagels in H today. Love Chupacabra as well, and the pie place. Hit Aldi before heading back home again, by Eastern Market. |
Good for you, sounds like a delightful day. But what does this have to do with EOTP schools that are great past K? |
Considering that nothing else in this thread has to do with the reality of EOTP schools past K, I'm not seeing a problem with PP's post. |
Same here. Which is why I get annoyed by the non DC people that overrun these boards. |
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SWS is an EOTP school that is excellent now all the way to 4th and next year I expect it will be excellent through 5th. It is a citywide school but it doesn't feel that way; most families bike or walk to school every day.
As to the comments about H St being useless for families: that's comically untrue. We would love to have more retail on H but the family friendly dining options are amazing. |
| The MS and high school options are expanding, for the language immersion DCPS. So this will affect the EOTP schools for the most part. |
You mean McFarland? That's funny. |
There are lots of family friendly dining options in Petworth and Columbia Heights now too. What's the point? |
Did you not read the thread? There's someone on here claiming no one with kids would want to live near H Street cin pointing out that my neighborhood is crawling with kids. |