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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're staying put in the city in an analogous situation.  We bought in 2011 and with basement rental income we pay off most of our mortgage.  We can comfortably afford two private school tuitions whereas in the neighborhoods mentioned by OP we would struggle.  Giving the DCPS/charter lottery one last chance next year!

Conceivable we may move as we get a couple more promotions and could then comfortably live in upper NW or Bethesda or Arlington but not until then.  Current HHI is $400k and potential to go up to $700k in next 4 or 5 years.

OP, most people make your choice to flee to the burbs as oldest approaches K.  The ratio is shrinking as (1) commuting from burbs only gets worse with suburban sprawl, poor infrastructure, (2) more people, especially dual earners with jobs in/near the city choose city vs. suburb tradeoff, and (3) suburban school systems decline.  [b]Take a look at PARCC scores for top MCPS and DCPS and same demographics often have better scores in DCPS[/b].[/quote]

This.  This gets lost in these discussions.  Apples to apples demographic comparisons reveal comparable scores.[/quote]

ah yes, the "upper class white kids will do well at any school" posters.  but not all the people who post on DCUM are white, and many parents prefer not to send their kids where half their classmates aren't meeting basic proficiency standards.[/quote]

PP here.  I'm not white, I'm AA.  There is not a large enough contingent of MC/UMC AAs in DC to make the comparison with their VA or DC counterparts.  Therefore, with white students being the largest group, they lend themselves to this comparison.

I do agree with you that low PARCC scores among lower SES students (majority of whom are minority) are problematic in either jurisdiction--most schools in DC/MD/VA do not seem to serve these students well.  However, the larger point is that since most posters here of any race/ethnicity tend to be well-educated, it's likely that their academic experiences will not be measurably worse in DC vs. crossing Western/Eastern Ave.[/quote]

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