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[quote=Anonymous]So going back to OP.  Let's look at what is happening in Petworth (and other parts of DC).  Renovated homes are selling for $700-$1 million.  Each year 50-75 (or more) of these homes sell within the city.  Certain areas such as Petworth, Eckington, H Street, Brookland, Columbia Heights have lots of these flips.

So at some point these areas will become mostly populated with middle to upper middle class  families.  The income needed for $700K to $1 million is $150-$300K a year for a household.

So the original question was- what do these families do with their children?

In the past they may have started their kids in DCPS or Charters and then fled to suburbia.  But now DC is more of an attractive place to be and people do not want the Suburban lifestyle as much.

What will it do to DCPS and Charters if they get alot more children from affluent homes?  Or will all the affluent families send their kids to Charters or private schools and the DCPS schools be left behind.

My bet is the worst performing DCPS schools will never improve as anyone who can go somewhere else (Students, Parents and Teachers) will do so.  So the worst will get worse and everyone else will move on.  Sadly this will impact the poorest students the most.[/quote]

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