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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live on Illinois Ave near Sherman Circle and in the last  3 months I can count at least 6 houses within one square block of us that have gone on the market for $600K+ and all have sold in a matter of days. Another renovation will go on the market soon that is a few houses down from ours...I see young couples walking by and stopping by to check it out every single day..I have no doubt that it will go under contract the same week it hits the market. I agree that there is just too much new money going into the neighborhood for the DCPS schools to remain undesirable. The critical mass of young, educated families is just about there. [/quote]

If you're on the West side of Illinois, then you and your neighbor may have been rezoned from Barnard or Truesdell to West as your IB school.[/quote]

Our children are older and already attend a DCPS WOTP and will go to Deal and Wilson. [b]Yes, our address was rezoned from Barnard to Truesdell but it doesn't matter to us personally[/b]. The Truesdell principal won a leadership award this year and from all I hear Principal Stinson is fantastic. Plus, there was an Assistant Principal who was at Hardy last year who also won one of those same leadership awards this year who is now also at Truesdell (I think). My point being, there is a lot of proven leadership there.  Plus, in the next two or three years I am confident that the Education Campus model will go away in many areas of the city (thankfully) and Truesdell will become an elementary rather than an EC which will be great. I think Truesdell will be a very desirable school in short order. And Barnard is great too...principal Grace Reid is a force of nature.

The house going on the market...hmm...not sure the address...4800 block, east side of the street, it has a "coming soon" sign posted. [/quote]

Of course it matters to you. The quality ( & reputation) of your IB schools affects your property value regardless of whether or not your own children attend those schools.[/quote]

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