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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still see lots of little kids on the Hill, and have met a bunch of people with babies/toddlers who moved here recently. They are definitely wealthier, on average, than people who moved here with kids, or just before having kids, 10-15 years ago. Which makes sense.

I think the main reason that the private PK programs have more availability now is that people have actually finally gotten sold on the idea of the public PKs being really good, plus there are more charters than there used to be. If you want a spot in a public PK on the Hill, you'll get one, and odds are pretty good it will be a high quality program. Even if you don't mind spending 20-30k on preschool, if you can get a high quality preschool experience for free, why wouldn't you?

What that means for upper elementary and MS/HS remains to be seen. I think if the neighborhood continues to get wealthier (and all signs point to yes) that poses some interesting challenges for the current trend of increased buy-in at the MS level, as well as the prospect of that ever extending to Eastern. I honestly don't know what will happen. But CH is definitely getting wealthier, and there are still many families buying in the area. That's clear.[/quote]

This is not correct. Ms Frances starts at 2.5 and the large majority of her class has always been age ineligible for DCPS. HPS & Gan Shalom split about half and half, but even their younger programs still have slots now in September. The missing kids in the 2-3 year old bracket are not in DCPS schools, they’re not living on the Hill.

Yes, of course there are new young families moving in, but the average age of kids is definitely moving up because of pressure from both ends.

That said, it is true that [b]more Hill families are happy to use Miner or AppleTree or Payne for ECE[/b] (and in Payne’s case, increasing stay there) than there used to be and that is why River Park is likely to have open slots for the foreseeable future; it’s not Brent or bust anymore for families. It’s not that it’s easier to get into most individual Hill schools — is mostly not, Maury, LT & Payne are all much harder to get into than 10 years ago; it’s not even close — [b]it’s that there are more schools people will go to.[/b] And of course, there are a few schools that seem to be easier… Peabody & 2R4 chief among them. (Brent gentrified long enough ago that demographics trends may make it more of a wash in a 10 year span.)[/quote]

This, 100%. My kid is now 13, so I remember the situation 10 years ago quite well.

Peabody falling on hard times is sad.[/quote]

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