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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Are Brent, SWS, and Maury considered by some to be the best schools in the greater Capital Hill area and the biggest difference is what middle school they feed to?[/b] Demographics seem to be the same. Isn’t the DC government working to strengthen Elliot-Hine and Jefferson? Aren’t most of the elementary schools steadily improving and have something appealing about their school? One of the bad things about the Ward 6 schools is the need for parking when visiting a school for more than the two hours allowed with the residential parking restrictions. Haven’t most of the schools been renovated or scheduled soon?[/quote]

Collectively only a smaller subset of families at these schools prioritizes neighborhood public schools beyond elementary (and of course SWS isn't a neighborhood school at all).  DCPS has already modernized SH and EH and Jefferson are currently being modernized.  Many families from Brent, SWS, and Maury bail by 5th grade even though a fair number live in bounds for SH.  EH has had its struggles retaining from Hill feeders but SH and Jefferson are showing progress and may start to draw more neighborhood families as alternative public MS options are less available.  Then again, Latin is planning to expand and CHDS is expanding as well, so who knows? Watching the Shaw/Banneker controversy play out is all too familiar to Hill families who've been pitted against each other by the mayor's office since Fenty took control over schools.

Parking is not a factor in any of this and is a pain throughout densely populated DC neighborhoods like CH.[/quote]

Maybe a few families are going the DCPS middle school route but the majority are not.  Until DCPS offers tracking with advance level/honors classes in middle school, it won’t be happening.  SH may be picking up with some more buy in with the new principal and better access to honors program.[/quote]

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