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so you think:

a) parents get to choose the curriculum in the future (even though DCPS decided not to do Reggio, Montessori, IB, or any of the other curricula/approaches some parents requested thus far)

b) the renovation will decrease parking available for teachers AND take over a DPR site

c) lots of families with school-aged kids want to move into apartment complexes that mostly offer 1 or 2 bedrooms, with low square footage, high rents, and few kid-friendly amenities (treadmills, dog parks, and rooftop grills are nice, but not the best things if you're 9 years old)

d) families that live in the two large public housing complexes and the subsidized housing built as part of the Capper-Carrollsburg redevelopment will not send their kids to their in-bounds school, while families living in market-rate units (who have more means to research, apply to, and transport their kids to charters, private, or Wilson-feeding DCPS) will enroll at Van Ness.

Good luck with that. I predict it is going to wind up a fairly split school, with a diverse and largely in-bounds population from grades PK3-2, and very small classes with a lot of OOB families seeking a Jefferson/Eastern feed in the testing grades. The PTA will mostly be families with kids aged 5 and under, including a sizable group of "prospective parents" with 2-year-old twins, who will rank Van Ness lower than Two Rivers or an immersion charter and bail for Arlington after a couple of unsuccessful years in the lottery.[/quote]

I think a lot of people are going to be surprised by the demographics at Van Ness for this upcoming school year.  I live in the Capitol Riverfront area, and have spoken with a lot of families that have enrolled their kids at Van Ness.  I've met both in bound families and out of bounds families (mostly at events at Yards Park), and the vast majority either live within the Capitol Riverfront bounds or somewhere in Capitol Hill.   I think this is why DCPS announced that the school would not be a Title I school for the 2015-2016 School Year.   My prediction is that if the school is not a Title I school for this upcoming school year, you will see a lot of interest in the school for the following year, especially if the renovation goes over well, and the school building looks great.[/quote]

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