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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Powell gets neighborhood "buy in" kind of love.  "We're all in this together!"  [/b]Like a few dozen other DCPSs in neighborhoods which are considerably more gentrified, you'll find this starts to peter out very, very fast starting at Kindergarten.  [b][By winter break in 1st grade you are going to be very stressed because you've been left behind by your  more aspirational or upwardly mobile neighbors.

Bridges seems to get endless streams of love here, which is interesting for a school which doesn't seem to have a permanent home.  The school must be wonderful considering how shaky the facilities are.  Probably go visit each, and do so with a jaundiced eye.[/quote]

This is what we fear. If we are left behind, no biggie we will just go private for middle as planned.[/quote]

Do you have $45,000 a year x 3 (middle) or x 7 (ms+HS) ready to "go private" ?

Because that's what it will cost you in 5 years, based on  urgent private school tuition and the certain. 4% increase every single year.

I'm always amazed on these dcps threads how cavalier posters are about just "going private" if things aren't going swimmingly.   Especially considering that the posters almost always live in lower cost, emerging neighborhoods to begin with (hence the inquiries about "eh" local schools).   If you have so much money that $140,000 - $280,000 cash after taxes  is really truly no biggie  :thumbup:   :?:  ...  why the curious housing choice in the first place?  Why not spend a little more for the house in the better neighborhood in the first place?[/quote]

For us we love the diversity of our neighborhood and prefer it over WOTP. However, maybe we will opt to move there for middle and not go private.[/quote]

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