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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Not the poster you're responding to, but I have to wonder if this owner vs. renter thing is at the crux of the issue. More than half of people rent in DC but they don't and shouldn't really be considered part of the "small, cohesive" neighborhoods where they live until they own there. [/quote]

Is this sarcasm?

I have to think it is, even if it's the exact attitude that kills me here. I am the OP. Again, I am IB for Deal. I could be like the rest of you, laugh, and say, "well, you get the school you afford, y'all! Don't come to mines!"

But I'm not an asshole. As I said, I'm not even sure Deal's the right fit for our kids. I would be more impressed with it if its parent body didn't seem to have so many death-match insane bitches in it.

DC has huge apartment buildings, and people who've lived there for a long time. I don't know the details of your version of rent control, but I know it exists. And, frankly, a bunch of Indiana transplants who came in and bought in Petworth and now think that families who have lived there for generations have less to do with the community than they do, are exactly the kind of people who shouldn't be in charge of a community. Or a school. These are the same people who whine about how "entitled" poor people are, while having conniption fits that someone might have moved to NE or SW and might still want to keep their kids and their community in the area where their parents grew up. Like that is a bad thing? Seriously? [/quote]

I'm the PP and, yes, it's sarcasm.

BUT, I sincerely believe that people who are cheering most for this IB-only policy are people who see only homeowners as true members of their community.  If you're renting, you're suspect.

We live in Petworth, spent one year at Powell and like it just fine, and then got zoned out in the re-drawn boundaries.  I think it's absolutely ridiculous that the only way we can stay at the school is to maintain our current address.   I do think it would be great if some families tried out other schools in the area like Bruce Monroe and Truesdale, and also felt it was worth a longer term investment.  But if your family has become a part of school family, thrown your support behind its rising status, given time and money, known its students, faculty and parents on a first-name basis, you should be allowed to enroll for as long as you're paying DC taxes.  [/quote]

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