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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
So again, not seeing the many policies the city pursued to court "affluent people". Seems to me the policies the city did pursue were "not interfering when changing consumer preferences led to a return of the middle-class (and the affluent) to the city." [/quote]

Really, you are asking an involved question that could take many pages to answer properly and doesn't deal with DC schools in any case. But, while this article doesn't answer your question perfectly, it is a good resource. Also, the article deals with a number of issues beyond this immediate one that may be of interest to DCUM readers.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-05-25/opinions/35456628_1_playground-urban-areas-newcomers

"He [Anthony Williams] was working off of a Brookings Institution report that said by attracting 50,000 [b]well-off[/b] single people and couples without school-age children, the District could increase its revenue by $300 million. Williams and his planners laid the groundwork for nearly all the current major real estate projects and for the new condominiums and apartments that continue to rise — faster than anywhere else in the country since the recession began. If you look up and see a crane today, it is probably at work on a project that Williams’s team set in motion."

The bolding of "well-off" is mine. We can argue whether that is affluent or middle class or whatever. But, clearly Williams was planning for people better off than those already there.

Here is the impact of that growth:

"Many longtime District residents and families surely have been pushed out by the incredible rise in housing costs the city has experienced. A recent report found that the number of low-cost rental units fell from 70,600 to 34,500 over the past decade. It’s difficult to buy a house in many D.C. neighborhoods for less than $400,000."

Just to be clear, I am not against growth. To the contrary, I'm very happy with most of the development. But, just as the government is capable of making policies to attract "well-off" new residents, it can surely make plans to address the needs of the existing not-so-well-off residents. I'm not even sure why that idea is controversial. 
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