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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait till middle school.  The happiness starts to evaporate when you strike out on the Latins and BASIS in the lottery in the spring of 4th grade.[/quote]

This right here. Anyone thinking of moving to Petworth needs to keep in mind that, at some point, you're probably either going to need to take a chance on the lottery, pony up for private school, or move. This was a lot easier to swallow when people were getting a ton of equity after only a few years, because they could just move WOTP/Bethesda/NoVa if the schools didn't work out (just ask that Popville dimwit about that). It involves a lot more risk with the housing market the way it is now. And those elementary-school years go by *fast*.[/quote]

Petworth resident here and I agree. We bought 10 years ago and refinanced to a 2.5% interest rate. Our house has doubled in value and we could get double our mortgage if we rented it out. Staying is a no-brainer for us, even if staying actually means renting and renting for the middle and high school years. House prices have stabilized/decreased slightly since the pandemic insanity, but 7-8% mortgage rates mean new families just won't build equity like we did and have the options we have. There are plenty of good DCPS elementary school options, but most families in the neighborhood still lottery into DCI feeders (which is functionally a guarantee now since MV is clearing their waitlists and won't have enough matriculating students to need a DCI lottery) or move for middle school. We're at a MacFarland feeder and some higher SES do try it out, but aside from a few pioneers, most are there unhappily because they struck out in the lottery. It will take years and boundary changes (ahem, Bancroft) for MacFarland to become like Eliot-Hine or Stuart-Hobson and gain sufficient neighborhood buy-in for most families to consider it.[/quote]

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