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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't brent elementary shutting down for the next 2-3 years to renovate? I imagine that's going to impact those zoned listings. [/quote]

I think that kind of stuff has less impact than you think.[/quote]

+1, especially because people buying IB for schools mostly buy when their kids are toddlers or in preschool. Now is actually the perfect time to buy if you like Brent and have a 2 or 3 year old. You can send your kid to one of the other perfectly great preschools on the Hill or in Navy Yard and then they can go to the newly renovated Brent for Kindergarten. I think some Brent homes even get proximity preference for Peabody.

Even with an older kid, I might buy IB for Brent if I found the right house and just send my kid to the swing space. They'll have buses running and if my kid was in 2nd or above, I'd be fine with that. It even functions as extra childcare because the commute time on the bus means drop off and pick up can happen earlier/later.

Also while I don't know their renovation schedule, I sincerely doubt it's 3 years. Usually it's 18-24 months, even for a full scale renovation. For a family with multiple kids (which is most families) this might mean spending 1 or 2 years in the swing space with your oldest so that you can be IB for one of the best elementary schools on the East side of town (in a brand new building!). That would be worth it to me.[/quote]

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