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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for the comments. 
We did hear about Takoma park but also heard the schools were not nearly as good as Brent public school. Plus I really like a short commute. I haven't heard too much about Ross. Perhaps it's worth posting on the school forum. I thought Ross was downtown so wasn't sure how many other kids would be living in the neighborhood and if there wouldn't be a community feel. 
Is there a place in Capitol Hill to meet like minded parents... And kids? We had a family food gardening group that was great. There were also nice workshops for kids.[/quote]

I live across the street from Ross. R Street between 17th and New Hampshire. It's an awesome neighborhood. Tons of kids, Stroller-city in the last few years. Not when I first moved here though, but the neighborhood is totally different now. It's not downtown at all. Dupont is just north of downtown. When I see tourists up here with a map, I know they're totally lost and looking for monuments. Ha.[/quote]

Ok thanks for this info!
Are there older kids too? I am worried that once the kids get older there won't be that many kids their age. When you have a baby it is easy to live anywhere :)
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Well, you are right. By middle school the kids tended to disappear - a combination of poor middle schools and maybe younger siblings coming along and needing more space.

However, my son is in high school at School Without Walls which is a public high school on GW's campus. We were zoned here for Wilson High School, maybe Cardozo. I can't recall. But he applied and got into Walls as they call it. It's a very highly sought after high school - one of the top high schools in the country. The principal there is now also the principal of Francis Stevens Middle School as of last year. I have zero doubt that man will make that middle school an amazing educational institution. He's very highly regarded in DC.  That means, you are going to see a lot more people staying in the city. They would leave before because middle school options weren't good. But now, I think they are. I have to say - there are tons of high school kids in the city. My son has a lot of friends who live all around us - Dupont, Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, Petworth.[/quote]

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