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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What about none of the above: a young family who couldn't afford it at top dollar, but can do so at a 20% discount caused by an increase in supply after the new rules go into effect and Janney Family decides to sell? I think practically speaking current paths and such would be grandfathered in, so I don't think things are as dire for the Janney Family as the picture you paint. Also, over time, wouldn't Dunbar be seen as less of a non-viable option? Dunbar is brand new school with facilities better than many suburban schools (maybe not in Arlington or Bethesda, but in lots of the US). [/quote]

Still not getting it.  Young Family with a $850,000 budget will not choose to buy the Janney Family's colonial (discounted from $1,000,000) and the very very real  possibility of their kids attending Savoy Elementary in SE DC, River Terrace EC in NE DC, and Ballou HS.

Young Family didn't amass that kind of $850K buying power by being idiots.   They have $850K to spend because they are smart and have made strong choices throughout their lives.  Thus, they will take their $850,000 and buy a colonial zoned for Kenwood ES -&gt; Walter Johnson.   Or someplace in Fairfax.

Is &quot;short commute&quot; important to Young Family?  yes it is.  But it's not more important than avoiding being assigned to Savoy, River Terrace and Ballou.

and before you say it ... the only reason that there are as many available seats as there are currently are in the charter lottery is that [b]thousands[/b] of DCPS kids stay close to their homes and attend their assigned DCPS schools.   If you were to suddenly add every DCPS student from Ward 3, much of Ward 4 and select Hill elementary kids into the charter lottery, the already-low odds of scoring a seat at a high performing PCS would sink to abysmal.  And people would move when the inevitable result is published.

Grandfather doesn't last forever.  It's only a stop-gap for the transition.  [/quote]

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