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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP, and I just want to give a huge thank you to all the PPs who have taken the time to explain the history of the situation -- so much of this is stuff I've heard referenced and discussed in the neighborhood and on these boards, but often the assumption is that everyone knows it all and I don't. I didn't really pay that much attention until we had a baby and even then, honestly, I don't think I really started thinking critically about it until she was 2 and this became imminent. Ridiculous, I know, but as a PP said -- I was naive and just had no experience with this kind of complexity around school choice because I grew up somewhere that everyone just went to their in-boundary schools and that was it. I had no idea.

One question that is still lingering for me (I mean, a lot of questions still but most things have been at least touched on):

We know that Trinidad is in Ward 5 and that the school there (Wheatley) is a K-8 and is not particularly well regarded. A teacher friend of ours who has been in DCPS for a long time actually specifically warned us against K-8s in general, which she thinks have a harder time turning around because so many resources go to support the MS age kids and in a struggling school, all the parents who have an option leave before MS.

However, I see Wheatley feeds to Dunbar in Ward 5 and I feel like I never hear anything about Dunbar as a high school option. I've driven by it and the facility looks nice, but I don't know anyone with a kid there or know anything about it. I'm still not sure how I feel about Wheatley (with housing prices going up up up in Trinidad, it seems like it will have to improve and retain more parents? maybe that's naive), but given the angst around Eastern, could buying in Trinidad and going to Dunbar be one option for families who want to stay Hill-adjacent but are worried about MS/HS.

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I just haven't seen it discussed, even though from a real estate perspective, Trinidad has become a really desirable option if you want to be close to H Street but can't quite afford the Capitol Hill prices.[/quote]

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