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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think so much depends on your risk tolerance. When we were house hunting on the Hill, everyone we knew told us to buy wherever we wanted because the OOB lottery was still a viable way to get into a decent school. At that time, you could still lottery into Maury, Brent and SWS/Peabody.

Fast forward to when we actually tried the lottery and we were shut out everywhere! It's nearly impossible to know what the school scenario will look like in the next few years. Fortunately we were able to get into a great charter the next lottery year, so it did work out for us. But it was very, very stressful.

I think you need to weigh how many years you think you want to stay in the area, how far you might be willing to travel for school, and what neighborhoods you really like. Are you willing to try one of those neighborhood schools? JKLM and a few of the other WOTP schools are a sure bet, but some of the charters are really great as well. [/quote]

On the other hand, if you buy in-boundary you are at the whim of redistricting. Every plan for redistricting I have seen has said that current OOB students -- and not IB students -- would be grandfathered.

Think about this: fifteen years ago the landscape of public education was completely different. There were no charters. They were closing and consolidating schools west of the Park. For kids who are in high school now, that was the time when their parents were making decisions about where to settle and raise their families. Who knows what the next 15 years will bring.[/quote]

That doesn't seem fair that OOB students are grandfathered in but IB students aren't. Why would they do that?[/quote]

It wouldn't be fair, but don't worry because it's not true.  I participated in a parent boundary committee in a very popular WotP school, and it was made abundantly clear that ALL IB families would be grandfathered in when/if boundaries change in the near future.   Can you even imagine the bloodbath that would ensue in Ward 3 if that wasn't the case?  No DC politicians have the stomach for that scenario.[/quote]

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