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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:25, good points. However, of the four you mention, only Wilson is general-enrollment.

If your DC isn't artsy, then no Ellington. If your DC isn't top 10%, then no Banneker. I don't know what the standards are for Walls.

For DC to work for these parents, they want certainty -- and if you move to McLean, Vienna, Oakton, Bethesda, Rockville, or Potomac, you have the certainty of good public schools. Not so much for South Arlington, Alexandria City, Prince George's County, or DC itself. [/quote]

Yes, but that same certainty will be there 5 years from now when the kids approach middle school, or 9 years from now when they approach high school.  If you'd otherwise rather stay in the city, why not wait until then (leaving aside other incentives to moving immediately, such as 3% interest rates).  [/quote]

There are many reasons people may not want to uproot their families when the time comes. Here are a few: you'd be moving your child away from his friends; you'd be moving away from the friendships you've made in the last 10 years; you'd be perhaps moving any other children at an inconvenient point in their lives; you might lose out on some of the financial benefits of purchasing a home you plan to stay in for 20 or 30 years; moving sucks, especially when you have kids.[/quote]

Agree with this one.  On top of that, one can never overlook the quality and possibilities of such schools as TJ, Blair, Whitman, Langley, McLean and so on can offer.  I think people that choose to wait it out in the city really would like more people to agree with their choices because if more middle class people to stay in the city, the quality of the city schools may just really improve.[/quote]

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