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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the topic at hand, I see a bright future for Van Ness, with some of the in boundary Brent families staying on indefinitely.

There are parents living in the lower blocks of the Brent District who've discovered that they like the commute despite the CSX tunnel messiness. Also, the K teaching team at Van Ness is stronger. The new school has so much to recommend it.

Good luck to the VN families this fall. [/quote]

Nobody would leave Brent for Van Ness (unless you're talking about PK and they didn't get in to Brent IB).  And after 4th grade, everybody leaves Brent - but it sure isn't for Van Ness.

You're PK parents though, so you apparently don't yet understand the middle school crisis that's been going on in DC for at least 50 years.   Don't worry, you'll catch by K, when whatever Brent students you have, go back to Brent.  [/quote]

This is an unnecessary comment that you cannot come close to backing up with the facts. This is not a zero sum game, Brent and VN can both be good schools. And I know several PK4 families that are thinking about staying for a variety of reasons.

Would people leave Brent for VN, what does that prove? If the IB Brent families come back, it is a personal choice I'm sure based on a lot of decisions including it can be difficult to get a 5 year old to walk, bus, bike, etc a mile in the cold, rain, heat.

Post like this are why most other places in the city hate Brent, Brent parents etc. It is a good school and I'm glad I can send my kids there. However there are other good schools in the city where I would be just as happy. I just don't live there.[/quote]

People won't leave Brent for Van Ness, and more than they will leave Deal for MacFarland, or Wilson for Roosevelt.

It's too bad that facts are painful for you and logic is too hard to master.  That doesn't make all the evidence of history wrong.   :roll: [/quote]

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