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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous].  No way would I do this for Hyde and the middle and high school feeder.  Move to the inner burbs and your kids will go to much better schools the whole way and your commute to work in the city would be less than 45-50 minutes.

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Just curious, PP, since it will help me (not OP) understand the decision-making, would you do it for a JKLM or still recommend inner burbs? thx![/quote]

No I would not if you are planning on moving for middle anyway.  You realize that it’s not just the daily commute 2 times a day right?  Everything and all the activities and events will be at or near the school.  All the families live in upper NW while you live far away as the OOB family.  The kids will not be going to play at your place.  You will be doing ALOT of driving if you want your child and your family to be part of the community.

Deal and Wilson are not great schools.  Sure they are the best DCPS middle and high school in the city.  But the bar in DC is low.  Much better middle and high schools in the inner burbs.  Plus, there is tracking at the elementary level too with with AAP, G & T, etc..

+1. If my DC seemed like they would be well served at Deal/Wilson (i.e., not more than a year or two above grade level in anything), then I’d do maybe 2 years of that commute to secure the feeder rights. But the Wilson feeders are not better enough academically from the good EOTP DCPS schools to spend 1.5-2 hours in the car for your entire elementary years. What those schools are is whiter, so families that can’t afford to move to Ward 3 can at least feel secure that their kids are getting “that” kind of education. That my friends, is what we call gentrification.

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