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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the most depressing thread ever. For all the rah raving about diversity and picking on posters who want high performance and diversity, when it comes down to it everyone merely pushes the rich white wannabe suburbs known as WOTP?? Screw that.

This OP has been looking in Takoma and Brookland. Stop steering them toward the elites. OP, I’m in Brookland and it’s great. [b]You can try the lottery and have a pathway. If it’s a no go, move to Takoma Park. Skip the snooty NW and it’s oh so diverse World Bank employees and share the true diversity of DC[/b] with your children as much as you can. [/quote]

a) OP wants a guarantee, not the lottery. She can afford $1.25m for a house, so she can afford to live where the highest-performing schools are located.
b) "move to Takoma Park...and share the true diversity of DC" makes no sense since Takoma Park is in Maryland.[/quote]

And OP is smart to want a guarantee.  She already has school age kids.  It's not clear she would even be able to do the lottery for the first year.  Even if she could, she would have ONE shot.  It would be crazy to put yourself in a position where you would potentially have to move immediately.

This is very different from someone pregnant or with a newborn giving Brookland a go.  They would have at least 5 years and could probably do a few years of EEC inbound while having a few years to try their luck at the lottery.[/quote]

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