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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think 10 years after it opens, Euclid might be marginally acceptable.  Frances EC and several charters will still be substantially better.

Any thoughts on MacFarland?[/quote]

MacFarland is on a long-term trend toward gentrification because of its neighborhood. In ten years it will look like Bancroft, BMPV, or Powell. Right now, if you were in MacFarland, you would see the number of white (or white-appearing, e.g., including White Hispanic and mixed background) students is significant, and their parents are engaged in the school. Ten years from now, that will mean a full-on money-raising PTO and all of that. There will be much fewer English-language learners with very little English, and there will be less Black students.

Long-term, the neighborhoods of Petworth/16H/Upper Ward 1 that support MacFarland are becoming much more expensive. As it is I am surprised at how long Spanish speakers have persisted. Rents cannot be good compared to say just east of DC in Chillum or Hyattsville or wherever. Given its housing stock I think of this neighborhood long-term turning into another version of the WOTP rowhouse areas: expensive starter homes for families that later move out of DC.

In addition, Wells is becoming popular and unavailable for many. For those who can't get into DCI, Wells, etc., at least some will come to MacFarland.

A downside will probably be wariness of Roosevelt, which I think will persistently not be able to focus resources on students who don't need remedial assistance to get to minimal high school competence. Coolidge is further along in this regard, and I would be surprised if there isn't another citywide high school with advanced programming in 10 years (along with McKinley Tech growing into a third 'high income family choice.')[/quote]

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