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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alexandria or South Arlington.  Just bring your kid to school when you commute to work.[/quote]

OP obviously got a job at a decent school in DC but must live in boundary to let her child attend. No way is she going to drop her kid off at some shitty Alexandria City school on the way to her decent DC school. [/quote]

Please, South Arlington elementary schools compare easily to any charter school or DCPS public, and Gunston is a pretty solid middle school.

At high school, Wilson and DCI seem pretty comparable to Wakefield:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/arlington-county-public-schools/wakefield-high-20363

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/wilson-woodrow-high-school-4649

Honestly, kind of confusing b/c Wakefield has higher math and reading proficiency but lower college readiness than Wilson; and why was Wakefield nationally ranked but not Wilson -- I would argue they are comparable but surprised Wakefield trumps Wilson in these rankings.

Wakefield has average SAT of 1462 and non-minority SAT of 1639 -- anyone have Wilson scores?

I guess my confusion is why OP is resigning herself to probably huge compromises in housing when she can get a good school and housing that works for her at in So Arlington? Is she teaching at some magic school in DC; and is she guaranteed to work through through her child's career (are they guaranteed full-term admission even if she leaves, that would seem like a charter school or DCPS loophole that people would quickly exploit).[/quote]

Seriously?  Her job is in DC....get it?   She's not going to change jobs so she can live in Arlington.  Would you change jobs to live in DC?  Probably ly not.   Don't take it personally that not every single person on earth wants to live in Arlington.  [/quote]

Hey Arlington hater, cool your jets. There was no discussion of changing jobs; So Arlington commute to DC can be faster than many DC-DC commutes, so why would she change jobs.

She seems to have some special in with a DCPS or Charter school where she can not have to lottery in nor live in bounds (this is huge loophole and I'm splitting of a thread to talk about it b/c this is the backdoor into a great school, work for a few years teach for America style and guaranteed great schooling).  That is why she is aiming for DC residence. But So Arl schools seem at least comparable to DC options and she would get a much nicer neighborhood and good schools and keep her DC school job. 
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