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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One smart thing that DC did when they planned to redevelop that area was to ensure that it would develop mixed income housing at 75% market rate, 25% affordable housing split.  This does not take into account all of the 100% market rate apartments that are springing up everywhere too.  I think when the area is finished being built out, affordable housing will probably make up 15% of the housing in the area.  Those numbers make it likely that the neighborhood elementary school will most likely be representative of the demographics of the neighborhood.   If Van Ness Elementary can have a FARM rate of 15% of less, it will be one of the top performing elementary schools in Washington, DC.  [/quote]

I just don't think 15% or less is possible.   Yes there are a lot of new apts but probably 80% of them are one bedroom, there are a few two bedroom units.  By and large, these developments do not house a lot of kids.  The new townhomes are full of kids but they are proably 15% of the total new housing coming to the area. So when you look at housing type to family size, then its more likely that the public housing will be the biggest generator of future kids.  Unless they expand the boudnary to north of the freeway and start pulling in from the houses around Garfield park etc...but then you are encroaching on Brent territory. [/quote]

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