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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tuckahoe district is VERY safe nd the school is very good.  The school is overcrowded, but SO much less overcrowded than it used to be.  You can really feel the difference between 130 or 140% overcrowded to whatever it is now (115%???).  It is a nice and friendly community.  Great parks nearby. [b] Very white, but people are not racist here. [/b]There are some stay-at-home moms here or energetic working moms that work hard to make the PTA and school great. Most Tuckahoe folks go to Swanson Middle and it is excellent!! If not, you will attend Williamsburg with the rich folks.  Then W-L or Yorktown for High - both great.

I have heard great things about Henry.  It will undergo some sort of transformation.  I believe people are thinking about making it Montessori choice elementary school.  But I don't know that the final decision has been made, exactly.  It will be redeveloped tho.  The area around Henry is not as safe as Tuckahoe, but it certainly is not Anacostia.  I don't know about how tight-knit the community is, someone else can speak to that.  It is more diverse than Tuckahoe, if that matters.  If TJ is your middle school, it is very good and has an IB program.  Wakefield would be your high school, I would think.

Having lived in a small house verses a much larger house with closets - the larger house is easier to live in, especially if you don't subscribe to the Konmarie method of tidying up.  Factor in commute time to your equation.      [/quote]

They just pay more to live in smaller houses so their kids can go to schools that have a higher proportion of white kids. And feel "safer," although there aren't really any statistics that would support that. But not racist. [/quote]

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