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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Honestly I have never had a single (white) friend or colleague mention to me that they are considering a move to Shepherd Park. Maybe it's just who I know and I don't know why that is or what to make of it, but at least among the non-black people I know it is not considered. So that's the second half of the answer to your question, no, I don't think that Shepherd's IB population will become much less black anytime soon. [/quote]

It's just you. Really.  I know three families who've moved there in the last four years - all white.

You also have to take into consideration that WOTP housing stock is scarce and getting more so every year.  Add boundary changes to the equation and it's not too far off to believe that people who are looking for a yard and a path to Deal will be looking in Shepherd Park.

What's mysterious to me is why PP and others seem offended by the possibility that more white parents would send their kids to a school that's doing pretty well by almost every measure.  This aversion to people who drive from a different neighborhood is non-existent at HRCS.  But mention an OOB population greater than 25% at a DCPS and all these bad-mouthers - who've never spent any time at the school in question - get busy at the keyboard.

I mean, you're not going to attend the school, so why do you even care enough to post about it?[/quote]

I did not take from the PPs statement that she was offended.  My take away was that she was simply citing what she saw from her admittedly limited perspective.

On a separate note, as someone who is about to buy a home in Colonial Village just across from SP-- and who happens to be African American-- I think you will continue to see both blacks and whites moving to the area.  My husband grew up in this neighborhood (and attended Shepherd) and many of his friends are still in the neighborhood or looking to move back.   The African Americans in both Shepherd Pk and Colonial Village are well educated and have MUCH higher incomes than African Americans in other areas of the city that saw major (and quick) shifts from black to white.  African Americans in SP/CV are not eager to sell. As a matter of fact, many are holding or passing the property to children.

Shepherd Pk is already diverse-- at least by DC standards.  I believe it will continue to be.[/quote]

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