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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As I recall those threads, they were mostly Murch families that were upset about being rezoned to Hearst.[/quote]

Actually at the community meetings, the Janney parents were about as insane as the Murch ones, if not more.  They just didn't vent on DCUM as much.[/quote]

There is definitely an academic and social pecking order.  Janney parents look down on Murch as not being at Janney's level (pointing out that JKLM means Mann).  Murch parents view Hearst as an EOTP school that happens to be located WOTP.[/quote]

From my experience that hasn't been true.  Rather, parents get invested in their kids school (or specifically buy in a neighborhood thinking they will go to a certain school) and don't want it changed.  Whether it is from going from Janney to Murch, Murch to Hearst or Murch to Lafayette.[/quote]

Perhaps because busy Wisconsin Ave. seems like such a barrier (at least from a kid's perspective), I think of Janney's neighborhood as being more the west side of Wisconsin, what most would call American University Park.  Current IB areas east of Wisconsin have a more natural geographical orientation to Murch or Hearst.[/quote]

[b]It is ridiculous to use a "busy street" as a cutoff. [/b]I'm pretty sure Janney families manage to cross Wisconsin on foot to go to Whole Foods or CVS, I think it can be managed. Perhaps a crossing guard would help you feel more comfortable?

And this from families that brag that they stay in DC for an urban lifestyle.[/quote]

Agreed.  Also there are house that are west of wisconsin that are much closer to Janney than houses closer to the Mass Ave side of AU park.   I think the fairest way to draw the boundaries is to pick a certain # of miles and using 4130 Albermarle as the center draw a big circle and anything within that circle is IB.  [/quote]

So the kids living in au park near western ave go to Westbrook? Count me in!!![/quote]

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