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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My wife and I have a two year old and are considering buying in the District, where we have lived for the past 8 years. On our salaries, we are looking at areas like H St., Brookland, Takoma, Waterfront, etc. We are still getting our minds around public schools and charters, lotteries, etc. and it's proving very confusing.  :?  Luckily, we have a few years to get familiar with it all.

However I feel like we need a point of reference when it comes to discussions of 'bad schools'. In the District, by and large, when someone refers to a school as 'bad', are we talking about minority-prevalence, poor standardized test scores, or violence and drugs?

Before you answer, please consider we're not one of those couples who wants to shield our precious 'snowflake' from every evil in the world. [b]We're totally fine with minority-prevalence,[/b] and we can stand bad teaching. But we want to exercise good judgment before we make a decision that could put our daughter in physical harm. We just have no idea what's coded in the term 'bad school' in DC and would like some insights from those in the know.

Thanks![/quote]

So glad that you don't mind minorities -- we are quite relieved.
SMH[/quote]

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