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[quote=Anonymous]Your family would fit right in at Brent.  There are many families that look different from 1950's TV families.  I'm thinking of several gay families, some who adopted, also some single parents who adopted.  Plenty of biracial families.  I've never had the sense that anyone gives that kind of thing the slightest bit of thought.  There certainly wouldn't be any bullying based on being biracial.  That's just not an issue on the Hill.

I, along with others, am concerned about the lack of diversity in the youngest grades.  My kids are in older grades that are quite diverse so it doesn't impact our life specifically, but it would be sad to lose that diversity.

Brent is an excellent school and you would be hard-pressed to find a better school at this point (too late for charter lotteries) that would be significantly more crunchy.

The Hill is a great place to raise a family.  Ignoring the people on DCUM who jump on any street crime that occurs (it's the city, it happens, it's part of life in a city, very unfortunately), there is a great community here.  We watch out for each other, watch and help with each other's kids growing up, and are just generally there for each other.  People compare it to living in a small town and that is very true.  House guests and out-of-town friends are often astonished at how connected our parents group is.

We have worked very hard to improve the elementary schools and are working on middle schools. The improvements in many of the schools are due in large parts to the sweat and contributions of the Hill parents.

It's true the Hill is not super hippy dippy as a whole, but there are plenty of people who are themselves and so you would easily find like-minded people and also others who think differently!  There are tons of people who walk/bike everywhere or nearly everywhere.  We have some great farmer's markets.  My in-laws are from the midwest and the diversity of families and lifestyles here on the Hill is just so dramatically much broader that it's not even a comparison.

I like Tak Park, but the schools are marginal.  Dupont Circle (Ross) could be a great choice, but might be hard to find the right rental.  Agree that some of the more up-and-coming neighborhoods would be more earthy, but the schools arent' nearly as good as Brent.  They also don't tend to be particularly diverse, unless you consider 95%+ something other than White to be diverse.  Honestly, in my experience, AA kids are rougher on biracial kids than are White kids.  That's just a generalization, of course, but I've seen the 1st and never seen the other.  I work with kids.

Whatever you decide, welcome to Washington and good luck on your move and house search![/quote]

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