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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wait who believes that MacArthur apartments with vouchers are going to supply a substantial amount of students to any high school in DC?[/quote]

No.  In fact, very many students who attend Upper NW grade schools live in the numerous 2 and 2+ BR apartments that exist all around these neighborhoods.  Historically, these students attend deal through to Wilson, and more recently they are staying through Hardy to Wilson, too.  There's no reason to question whether this pattern would continue with a new ES/MS/HW track in Ward 2/3 D.C.

There certainly should be MORE affordable housing in these neighborhoods (and many units are rapidly being built as I type), but there is also no loss of inventory for anyone who wants to live there.  The root "issue" has always been, with respect to Upper NW schools, that some (by no means many or all) lower-income citizens would simply rather rent a house EOTP than an apartment WOTP.  But I have no doubt that "if you build it, they will (continue to) come."[/quote]

I mean these students form the core of the Stoddert population. In the townhouses, a good number go to GDS, WIS, etc; but all the apt families seem to attend stoddert (you can count the lawnsigns...). They are solid middle class families (by DC Standards) and are part of what makes Stoddert a decent place. [/quote]

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