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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I would stay put. Why risk it? There truly is a huge gap between Wilson and the other comprehensives. These high schools average in the 700s composite on the sat-that is terrible. [/quote]

I dunno, I'm a lot more sanguine about EOTP school improvement over the next decade.  For better or worse, Washington DC is currently one of the most rapidly gentrifying cities in the country.  If OP chooses a NW EOTP neighborhood that is rapidly turning over to young, educated professionals with kids, but with the space she wants, like say 16th St. Heights--that might be a decent risk to take.  You could also look at EOTP neighborhoods that are currently IB for Wilson, Mt. Pleasant and Shepherd Park.  All of these neighborhoods will appreciate more than their WOTP counterparts.  In 10 years, if things are still uncertain for high school, you could move, try for application schools, or go private, like many have done in these neighborhoods for decades.[/quote]

I'm one of the people you just described- educated, young and two kids, one about to enter PRE-K3. The issue is, ALL of the parents I know within my sons daycare cohort are all gearing up to leave EOTP. We live in upper CH/lower Petworth, the only people happy with their in bound options are those who are in at Bruce Monroe and are there for the Spanish and not because it's a school they would choose. They all applied to various charters and out of bound schools, didn't get in to any and are planning to leave. I think what people fail to discuss on these threads is that it's way more than just schools and test scores- it's the crime. We witness so much violence, prostitution, drug dealing, gun wars, package and car theft. The area is beautiful, long standing neighbors are wonderful, but the schools are shit and the crime is the tipping point. WOTP is more mellow, feels safer and calmer, in addition to better schools. [/quote]

I mean, that Popville dimwit couldn't hack it in Petworth -- and no one was a bigger cheerleader for Petworth than him -- specifically because of the schools, so he moved WOTP. How does DCPS expect non-cheerleader families to stay in such neighborhoods if they have other options? The cycle will never end: higher-income families move in, stay at the local DCPS for ECE, get sick of all the crime and bad schools, cash in their equity and move across the park or to Bethesda. The schools, especially for older kids, will never truly get better.[/quote]

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