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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of you saying Jefferson is a viable option for Brent families know where it actually is relative to where people live. It's on the opposite side of the interstate. In another quadrant of the city. Across South Capitol. With no direct bus. And a walk that will soon be across an open trench with freight trains running through it. Totally a neighborhood school.[/quote]

ˆˆˆ^Fair enough.  I had the same thought, yet......when we got a spot at Latin ( 5 miles away ) I tossed my kids on the awful Latin bus and/or scary Metro to get there.  Parents will do/go anywhere for quality schooling[/quote]

While it may feel far because it's not the usual direction those that live on the Hill may normally travel, Jefferson really isn't all that far. Sports on the Hill soccer teams practice there all the time (such as girls u-11 tonight). [/quote]

It actually IS that far if you're doing it every day, during rush hour. [/quote]

You have lost your perspective. Get on the Metro at Eastern Market (three colored lines, three stops, free both ways), hop off L'Enfant Plaza, walk one and a half blocks and voila. My son does this on a regular basis. Easy and fast.[/quote]

So true. By 6th grade you wouldn't be/shouldn't be driving your kids unless they're in a cast. They're city kids - teach them to use public transit. [/quote]

I'll make the parenting decisions for my daughter, who doesn't turn 11 until this summer.  Age does not always corrolate with maturity and there are too many incidents (reported and unreported) on Metro.  [/quote]

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