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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure this has been mentioned yet: Considering your family configuration, and to keep you sane, I recommend you prioritize finding housing that works for your family, considering such aspects as affordability, access to transportation, grocery shopping, and leisure. That is going to be the most critical piece to your sanity. Unless you somehow have an unusual amount of disposable income (I suspect not if you plan on putting 4 children through college and retire comfortably), then let the school(s) fall into place. There are so many different paths to success in DC public & charter schools that driving yourself nuts over this going into your relocation is bananas. So is paying a huge premium for it. Not to mention, you may find your four children actually do need different options and before long they may be at different schools anyway, probably taking themselves there on public transit.

Here is why I'm saying this: What good is it for you to have it all lined up school-wise from Janey, to Deal, to Wilson, if the six of you will drive each other to the brink of destruction in a crammed apartment for the next ten years? Might you not prefer living sanely and happily, with room and income to spare in, say, Brookland, Hyattsville, Takoma Park, or Hillcrest? From any of these places, you have good to excellent options. Not to mention, by the time your babies hit middle and high school, the world (and most certainly DCPS) will be a different place.[/quote]

OP here: Yes! Definitely I hear you :) We are living very very inner city in Melbourne at the moment in a crammed two bedroom terrace so figuring out the lifestyle that suits everyone (as they grow up, too) is going to be really important. Many friends have recommended Brookland and Takoma Park. How are the ES in those areas? Since my daughter will be going straight into either 1st or 2nd and my son will be going straight into kindergarten, we are looking for calm, friendly and dedicated teaching staffs. [/quote]

Takoma Park has decent schools, but in Brookland, upper middle class people will go charter or private because the neighborhood schools are low performing. Brookland, despite being a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, has slowly gentrifying schools because a lot of the popular charters are in the area. You'll need a lot of lottery luck to get into those, and then you still don't know what to do for middle and/or high school.[/quote]

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