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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP of this thread, disappointed but I suppose not surprised that it seems to be heading in the direction of "you hipster assholes are bad parents because you don't live in Chevy Chase or Rockville" incongruously combined with "you hipster assholes are stupid if you think you can find a small house you can afford to buy in Chevy Chase or Rockville.". If you are so happy with your home and school situation why the bitterness?[/quote]

Well, OP, look at some of the recent threads re: hipster parents.  A lot of folks I know (not saying you are necessarily one of them) who live in "urban hipster" areas like Mt. P/Hill/Bloomingdale look down on the rest of us who live in "boring" upper suburbia in the neighborhoods that feed to quality DCPS elementary schools (e.g. Tenleytown/AU Park/Chevy Chase).  Then the hipsters come on here and bemoan the difficulty of the lottery process, crapshoot of charters etc.  Well, that's the price you pay for living where you live.  Of course, I think all children in the District should be entitled to a high-quality education.  But folks who CHOOSE to live in Mt. P/Hill/Bloomingdale, and then complain about the bad public schools, made their own bed.  Everyone makes sacrifices.  I could be living in a bigger/detached/nicer house EoTP but I chose to live in low-risk upper-NW DC.  You won't see me wringing my hands about the DCPS / charter school lottery process.

Again, there is a clear crisis in DCPS for thousands of kids who have no real choice about where to live or go to school.  I agree that this system needs to be fixed for them (and for all kids).  But I won't be shedding a tear for hipsters' kids, many of whom could (with some sacrifice-- but yes, we all have to make them) move to a smaller home in a solid school district.[/quote]

NP here. You clearly have time on your hands, and an axe to grind.  Great.  Let's get back on topic.  OP, fellow hipster here living in Columbia Heights.  My opinion is that your best option is to wait and see what pans out with charters.  The charters seem to have some excellent options.  If you got into one that works for you, you would be kicking yourself if you had moved far across town for JKLMM options that you didn't necessarily need.  Also, the middle schools are not good options on those areas - would you then pay for a house in a JKLMM district and then pay for private middle school?  [/quote]

You may not have heard, but Alice Deal Middle School is quite good actually.  That is fed by a number of ward 3 and eotp elementaries, although its feeder pattern is under review right now.  In any event, I think the OP is being thoughtful about this and recognizing the choices she has.  Hopefully that will lower the charter stress as she already has her back up strategy.[/quote]

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