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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am ok with us moving to PG :)  But I would love to know where I should be looking
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It sounds crass to put it this way, but [b]the safest course educationally speaking is to follow the gentrification.  [/b]

The Post had a front page article last summer about the influx of white families to PG (according to recent Census data), and the authors pinpointed the Hyattsville area.  The white households are primarily upper-middle class and there are also highly educated AA and Asian families moving to places like Arts District Hyattsville.  This is having a very positive effect on Hyattsville Elementary.

University Park, just north of Hyattsville, has long had a stable and affluent population, which results in University Park Elementary being a stellar performer, even by MOCO standards.

And if for whatever reason you end up not happy in the local PS, there are excellent private options in St. Jerome Academy and Friends Community School, and DeMatha and Seton high schools are also close by.  St. Jerome in particular is a bargain among private schools and has a substantial non-Catholic enrollment.[/quote]

No.  You do not need to "follow the gentrification."  There are plenty of majority AA areas in PG that are very affluent and nice.  I'm not even black and I found this post a little bit offensive, like you need to follow the white people to find a livable place.  No wonder PG has such a stigma, if this is the way people think.[/quote]

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