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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in middle school now. Here in Brookland, everyone I know who wanted to stay in DC schools found a place that they like by first or second grade. Yes, there some horse trading in the early years for a few families, but we have so many options in the area. When my kids were little, people were using L-T as a placeholder until they lotteried for something better or their kids were old enough to start YY in PK4.  Ironically the families we know who left for the Virginia suburbs left SWS, ITS and YY, so they were hardly lottery losers.  One family we know lotteried into Stokes but opted to move WOTP. A few families left CMI for ITS, a bunch more left various DCI feeders for Latin and Basis. It helps to have multiple kids.

Good luck. It's not for the faint of heart, but there are many good options.[/quote]

These are the people that don't actually want a city life and all its diversity. They really want a quiet bedroom communities and neighborhoods.  They simply don't value city life enough to put up with the smaller homes, different crime rates from block to block and higher minority classrooms or the economic issues that come with a city and a family. 
It was fun while they were young, single or even had babies but the reality of city and raising a family is likely a foreign concept.  Of course there are folks that were raised here that few up to prefer the suburbs of MD or VA as well. [/quote]

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