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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back: I guess I meant in terms of school resources, not student population. And I'm not comparing to "my school 20 years ago," I'm comparing to what my hometown's public school is like now. I hope that clarifies. Right now we're zoned for brightwood, and you're right, I don't know much about the school, but from what I see online (in terms of resources), there is a huuuuge difference vs. where I grew up. [/quote]

EOTP poster here. That's the thing, OP. Living in Brightwood is a lot different than living where you lived 20 years ago. I grew up in small towns. There were no charter schools. There was one private school at that time in the school where I went to elementary and middle school. In the town where I went to high school, there were 4 high schools and a handful of private schools. Still no charter schools. The neighborhood schools were stronger because they were really the only option. Everyone went there. There was neighborhood unity. It's harder in DC because that doesn't really exist. There are options, even if you can't have everything you want. We had school buses. DC doesn't.

I don't know exactly where you grew up, obviously, but my experience growing up in non-urban Midwest is going to be totally different than my daughter's experience growing up in DC in pretty much every way imaginable. Work with the reality you have, not the reality you experienced.[/quote]

Actually, that's just what I'm trying to figure out. No need to work with the reality we have if there's an overall better option elsewhere. There are obviously big trade offs, but at what point does diversity make up for potential [insert brightwood school issue here]? That's part of  what I'm trying to figure out. [/quote]

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