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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in petworth!
Both attorneys with kids at the local public. We're in our 30s and 40s. We love it here. I've been here since my 20s, so I've lived in Petworth for 15 years in all life stages. [/quote]

Same here! Plenty of government attorneys/other feds with kids in the local elementary schools. Middle and high school not so much, but people figure it out.

To answer PP our house has doubled in value over the last 12 years, and the market is slowing like everywhere, but we don't plan on selling (if we moved, we'd rent it out). That said, buying a decade ago then refinancing and buying today at today's rates are apples and oranges. If my mortgage was $6-7k a month, I wouldn't want to be somewhere I'd have to "figure out" middle school.[/quote]

Most people do not send their kids to the local school in Petworth. I live in Petworth and only know one neighbor that send their kids to the local elementary school. Everyone else send it to charters or private. data of where kids go to school showed a participation rate of around 35% in Petworth schools.[/quote]

My kids are in a Petworth DCPS, but not our IB. There are many OOB high SES families like us that are in the neighborhood (within a 10 min drive or so), but not the "local school." Still plenty of kids at DCI feeders, but many more families sticking with DCPS through elementary than 7-10 years ago. Despite middle school concerns, we turned down DCB and MV for second grade because the academics at our DCPS are stronger.[/quote]

Not really according to these data: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1110151.page[/quote]

You’re making my point. The IB participation rate is lower than the neighborhood participation rate. Kids that are a 10 minute walk from school but OOB aren’t showing in that data (unless you want to show me where). It doesn’t mean that kids aren’t staying local and using neighborhood schools. They’re just not the zoned neighborhood school. Out of my third grader’s closest friends, 3 are IB and 3 (her included) within 1-2 miles away and OOB. I’m telling you how my kids’ classrooms are.[/quote]

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