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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not concerned about the warehouse. I'm concerned about the threat of the move across the river for high school, and not because I fear Anacostia. Across the river isn't on the way to anywhere most Ward 5 + 6 families with preteens and teens want to go on weekdays. That commute would be a big pain, not just to get kids to campus, but to attend school events, parent meetings and the like.

I need an OK middle school to stay in the District and my IB school is a mess. Arguably, I should have at least one halfway acceptable 5th-12th grade option for my tax dollars...[/quote]

This is so deeply ignorant.  There are areas with more highly concentrated poverty and greater needs, but there are also BEAUTIFUL and SAFE area of both Wards 7 and 8 east of river (Hillcrest, Historic Anacostia, Fort Dupont, Kenilworth  to name a few). My family bikes to some of these from Ward 6 and drives to others without any real safety concerns.

I have no idea there Latin II should or will end up, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people live in a total bubble.  There's been plenty of street crime around Cap Hill, Brookland, H St., Kingman Park, Trinidad. [/quote]

I have a relative that actually lives in Historical Anacostia and you just are clueless.  He had his house broken in twice, almost jumped on the street, drugs dealing and gangs all times of the day.  I could go on and on. The crime there is real.  The stats are real that ward 7 and 8 are the highest crime ward in the city.  It’s a different world there.

Just because you bike there, you think you know.  There is no way I would send my kid to any school in ward 7 and 8 let alone let him take public transportation there on his own.[/quote]

This. You do a disservice to the folks who are facing serious crime issues by pretending that everything is unicorns and rainbows in wards 7 and 8. [/quote]

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