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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if people would agree with me or want to discuss this point - I could break it onto a new thread - is whether the upper class/ish people who are new to Wards 1, 4, 5, and 6 (though it’s insulting, let’s call them gentrifiers for clarity) - are going to respond to the push/pull factors within DCPS in the same way Ward 3 would. Just for example, I read the above about people shying away from Hardy, even what some would call the “bad old Hardy,” whatever that was, and think people in Ward 1 with elementary kids wouldn’t shun a Hardy. They’d flock to it. And there are charters rather than privates as options here, though with their own limited access issues and weird locations eg up in Ward 4 above Military Road. And people over here are used to living and dying by lottery and figuring it out, not crying and moving to Potomac or whatever.  Just thinking - wondering if anyone shares that sentiment that basically the old UMC Ward 3 and new EOTP gentrifiers don’t think the same ways about schools. [/quote]

I agree with this, in particular the last sentence.  My friends in NW with young kids seem to think differently about moving to the suburbs (more palatable, perhaps because it’s more similar to where they already live) than my EOTP friends, who seem more committed to staying in the city, in a walkable neighborhood, even if it means lotterying every year and coming up with more variations around the schools they are looking at for middle and high. [/quote]

I do think that people who choose to move to Ward 3 (myself included) tend to be more risk averse with regard to schools. They bought there precisely to avoid the unpredictability of a school lottery. In addition, they tend to be people with options, so I see no way they would be letting themselves be forced to submit to said unpredictability and subpar choices for schools if they don't get what they hope for. I know we wouldn't, and we aren't even among the wealthier demographics over here (HHI 150K, own a small house). We played the lottery for Pre-K3 and 4, and that was enough excitement for us. We'd hate to leave for a non-walkable location and longer commute, but ultimately the school would take precedence.[/quote]

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