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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know exactly how the PK lottery works now at Bancroft, but the biggest change is that in bounds, affluent families are pouring into K and 1st. So many that they are adding another class for those grades. What this means is that the school, with the new building as a major pull, is now gentrifying fast. It will be a completely different place a couple years from now, not Title 1, more like an Oyster that people are clamoring to get into. OP you need not worry about extracurriculars, those will only expand as the school becomes richer. As someone who has older kids, my feelings are mixed about all this. [/quote]

Do you honestly believe that DCPS will allow Bancroft to become a non-Title I school? Bancroft and Marie Reed are both schools that are Title I by design. Yes affluent families are arriving at both schools, but DCPS is assisting both school with the implementation of certain things  to ensure that  the share of disadvantaged children never drops below 45%.[/quote]

What are those “certain things”?  It’s not clear to me you can buy a home inbounds to Marie Reed under $900k, and similar for Bancroft.  And if a family can fit into a 2BR then you can probably rent a basement place for $3000 a month.  Those aren’t Title I numbers.  Seems like both schools are heading towards Oyster.

The real problem of course is land use rules in the US.  The single-family-only zoning in the close in suburbs and upper NW means there’s not enough new housing so prices in the whole area are ridiculous.  There’s a serious housing supply problem created by our zoning rules.[/quote]

Oh but what about the piles of luxury condos going up? They’re totally going to fix that right?[/quote]

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