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[quote=Anonymous]I think we can all agree that the boundaries on the Hill are somewhat arbitrary (especially the Cluster) and that any one of the Capitol Hill schools could be considered a "neighborhood" school for most people living on the Hill, using the dictionary definition of neighborhood.  The problem is, not all DCPS schools are good enough for most parents (myself included).  A significant number of DCPS schools on the Hill are not going to meet my standards or the standards of many other higher SES families.  The only way our family could afford to stay in the city was if we could buy a house where we knew we could go to a higher-performing school as a matter of right.  So we looked at the (somewhat arbitrary) boundary map and drew lines around areas in bounds for the better schools, and didn't consider anything else.  If, by our housing choice, there was an equal chance of our kids going to Brent or Payne, there is no way we would have taken that risk and bought our current house, because we are not going to send our kids to Payne.  We would have escaped to the burbs, and I imagine there are many families like us that would have done the same (some may criticize this attitude, but I think it is a reality, and the "we don't want your kind anyhow" attitude isn't helpful because the reality is that DCPS needs high SES families in them, and not just the ones who are very interested in getting their hands dirty improving the schools).  A good way to keep higher-SES families in DC is by giving them some certainty that their kids can get a good public school education, and you can't do that with controlled choice, at least with the schools in their current state.
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