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[quote=Anonymous]Where did the student go to high school?  I don't think it was Coolidge.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't anyone read about the recent claw hammer killings?  OP only you know how safe you would feel in a more urban environment.  Living in Shepherd Park may be nice but it won't help with schools or a commute downtown.[/quote]

Shepherd ES: 30% FARMS, 9/10 on GS. Is it up there with the JKLMM elementaries? No.

But 27% for Brent, 32% for Oyster-Adams ... I've seen parents praising those schools to the skies, I don't see anything about Shepherd ES that should cause people to run and scream in panic.

Deal/Wilson are the only general enrollment MS/HS combo in DCPS I've ever seen anyone comfortable with attending. You could do far worse with the neighborhood schools, IMO.

And as for the commute downtown, it's a long haul down the Red Line or Georgia Avenue, but then again, how is that better than the other leg of the Red Line or Wisconsin Avenue? [/quote]

You are very wrong about Shepherd ES.  My kids attend a charter b/c we moved to the neighborhood after they were already settled.  The school seems to have tremendous support among neighbors.  I posted a link to a Shepherd Park listserv entry the other day.  The couple is moving out of state and wanted to thank their neighbors for being great.  They also thanked Shepherd ES because their kid is choosing b/t Harvard and Yale and believes that Shepherd made all the difference.

The school has had it's struggles, but it really is supported and people are happy there.  Shepherd Park is a different neighborhood than West of the Park and Capitol Hill.  You have a more quiet activism, but activism just the same.[/quote][/quote]

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