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Except, if you don't open a school that is acceptable to CQ families, you won't have any CQ families DC in DCPS elementary schools.  Which will change the nature of the city.  The residents of the new condos and apartments will be defined by what schooling is available to them.  And the people paying big bucks for housing aren't going to send their children to A-B.  Just ain't gonna happen.  Creating a 35% FARM school for these families is a net positive for DC's finances.  The extra real-estate taxes accruing on the extra priciness of these condos and the extra income taxes more than pays for the cost of a not yet full elementary school.

You can look at this as 'entitled' (yep, it is!) or as a trade-off (pay taxes, get services you value).  It is still a better deal for the city than not providing a school that high-SES city residents will use. [/quote]

This is exactly right.   There will be a lot more housing in the Capitol Riverfront than just Capitol Quarter.   "The Lofts at Capitol Quarter" apartments (195 units), Park Chelsea (432 units), River Parc (287 Units), "Gallery At Capitol Riverfront" (324 units), "Ballpark Square" (326), Riverfront on Anacostia (305), Twelve12 (218 units), Yards Parcel N (327 Units), Foundry Lofts (200 units), Velocity Condos (200 Units), Capitol Hill Tower (300 Units).  Not to mention that EYA is planning a condo in the area with about (150 units).

This is a LOT of housing in the Capitol Riverfront that's outside of Capitol Quarter, and this housing becomes a lot more attractive to middle-upper income families if they know they are zoned for a successful elementary school like Van Ness Elementary will be.[/quote]

How many of those units are 2 bedrooms or greater?  Isn't Capitol Riverfront, outside of Capitol Quarter, currently dominated by twentysomethings and childless couples?  No doubt there are some families in condos and apartments, but they seem to be more the exception than the rule.[/quote]

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