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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The markets are only going up. Renting sounds nice, but given low inventory you might not get a chance to buy until there's significant appreciation in your intended school area. So that might affect decisions if you think you can buy at say $700K but not at $800K.[/quote] Good point. But if two years from now the "intended school" is not a great fit for the child (it happens),  OP may want to play the lottery for the many other Spanish-English bilingual programs and different middle/high school options. From personal experience, bilingual families lottery just as much as others after 1st and 2nd. Yes, even Oyster. It's funny how often you run into the same bilingual families at open houses. It's also not unusual to find families with kids in more than one bilingual school. Nobody wants to go through the yearly temptation of greener grass via lottery, but that's the reality of the DC public education market.

Schools aside, the Latino population in DC will likely continue to be focused in Wards 1 and 4. The best long-term investment in bilingualism, IMHO, is living somewhere your family can use Spanish on the weekends. Not just in the classroom.

OP, wherever you end up, I hope you'll love living in the District as much as the rest of us on this forum! [/quote]

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