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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the time hill kids are in late ES or MS their families are venturing into ward 3 and the burbs a lot.  There is less of a need for ward 3 families to to the reverse.  Ward 6 has built up an infrastructure for young families but has less for older kids.  Schools, sports, the arts, etc. [/quote]

We are bound for DCI and no need to go anywhere.  Lots of clubs, extracurriculars, and sports.  Just pick up after the above or kid can take public transportation home.  Easy, just like the bigger schools in the burbs with similar offerings.[/quote]

How is your kid going to get from DCI to the Hill?  Will your 6th grader walk throught Brightwood, cross Georgia, then take the Redline to Union Station?  I might have sort of planned on this a few years ago, but not right now.

Guys the fact  is - beyond ES is a HUGE toss-up on the Hill.  Other than "be really rich," there's no guaranteed solution.  So you have to really like the neighborhood.  Or face moving right when RE prices are cratering, whee! [/quote]

I’m the PP and we are not on the Hill.  We are by H St.  Groups of middle school kids take metro to school all the time.

2 minute car ride to NOMA metro and straight red line.  Bus at metro to school.  Lots of kids do this.[/quote]

Except you still have to win the lottery to do it.  And then pick up your kid at the NOMA metro in the afternoon.  Last time I walked somewhere out the NOMA metro the sidewalk was literally covered in a trail of blood for like three blocks. [/quote]

Nope kid can easily walk home.  2 min drive, 8-10 minute walk.  No problem for few middle school kids.

So drama queen.  It’s obvious you don’t live in the area or have a clue.  
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I live in the area which is exactly why I know exactly what I’m talking about.

The idea that an 11 year old is going to walk home from the NOMA metro alone is pretty questionable. So people who are considering it when their kids are toddlers need to know that and factor it into their decisionmaking. Not only would you need to win the charter lottery, but you’d also have to be OK with your child at 11 walking alone through what is currently one of the more dangerous DC neighborhoods (and until recently, likely walk through a homeless encampment.)[/quote]

I live in the area and you do you. A group, no one said alone, of middle schoolers are fine getting out of the NOMA metro on the REI side and walking down M St.  The encampment has long been gone,

LOL! You sound like you would be better living in the burbs if you think NOMA and H st are dangerous areas.  You will be driving your kid everywhere if that’s your judgement. [/quote]

Again - it’s nice that you, personally, worked that out for your 11 year old. OP needs to understand what the actual facts are and assess whether she is comfortable with it and ALL the contingencies it entails. The encampment could come back; and moreover the issue is that it was allowed to stay in the first place. I’m far from a shrinking violet but that stretch by REI is still sketchy. [/quote]

OP can easily walk there and see for herself.  She can walk from the metro to wherever to H St or NOMA.  Hundreds of people walk these 2 routes twice a day everyday.

Why don’t you do that next week OP during rush hour and at 3pm or 6pm rush hour if your kid will be doing after school activities.  I highly recommend it so you can actually see for yourself.[/quote]

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