Reply to Private school and living in Capitol Hill

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Private school and living in Capitol Hill"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp's experience has been the same as mine. We are in IB for one of the great Hill schools, but we have neighbors who send their kids to language charters, chml, inbound school, other charters, aiden, wis, maret, Capitol day, St. Peter's, and GDS. The charter kids all carpool, and most of the private ones either carpool, go with mom/dad to work, or have the au pair drive. I love the Hill and do not find NW DC appealing at all. [/quote]

My children attend one of the private schools in NW that interest the OP.  Seven years in, I have yet to meet one child who lives on the Hill.   The farthest student address is that I can think of is Logan Circle.  I love the vibe of Chevy Chase DC and I do not find Capitol Hill appealing in any way.  [/quote]

What is the vibe?  Seriously.[/quote]

White, wealthy, educated [/quote]

(different PP) I'd add to that pretty cosmopolitan and not obsessed with politics (in my circles).

I also find many areas in NW much more appealing than Capitol Hill. OP may not be aware of it, but it is a pain to drive down there, essentially it's like living in a different city.[/quote]

Since this comment doesn't contain a slur against the mentally ill or people of color I'll respond.

It is like living in another city with the Smithsonian and most of what makes DC special within walking distance. I came from NYC and hated NW DC because it felt like living in Maryland or Virginia- very suburban. [/quote]

I'm trying to figure out why it's a pain to drive around Capitol Hill, as opposed to say Wisconsin Avenue.  Of course, most choose not to drive because of the inherent walkability of a mature urban neighborhood.  Maybe the issue is an unrealistic expectation of plentiful street parking?  [/quote]

Living in Woodley Park now, (and super happy here), this is what I have observed: our friends in families where both spouses work in politics, they enjoy the Hill very much and make significant efforts to stay there. Essentially everyone else, especially when you have kids, moves up NW. And we rarely see our CH friends anymore -- it is a pain to cross the city. We have plenty of things to do here, they have plenty of things to do there. 
[/quote]

I think you're wildly overstating the case when you assert that essentially everyone with the exception of families where both spouses work in politics moves to NW.  We have not experienced anything of this sort in the decade that we've lived on the Hill.  Back in the day, kids travelled across town to Hardy or went private.  Latin and Basis are gamechangers and a number of families are applying to the Quaker school in Collrge Park.  It might be heresy but if you're going to make the tradeoff and move to a suburban environment there are much better options than Deal and Wilson. [/quote]

Well, we have observed different things :-)

And, please note that OP was inquiring about private school. [/quote]

Clearly we have, and not to be pedantic but this is why my posting reference the Friends(?) school.  The point is that we on the Hill have options and font have to make significant efforts to live here.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics