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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

None. Not that takoma isn’t a pretty neighborhood (it is) but I guarantee that no one has or will yet post with kids aged 10 to 18 in zoned DCPS schools

it hasn't been livable long enough for upper middle class kids to age into middle or high school. I would argue it still isn't the type of area that should attack 750k buyers and up but I guess DC/NW is running out of SFHs and buyers are doing so on pure speculation

Ha! Takoma has been a solidly middle class Black neighborhood for ages. What you mean is white kids. Every white family considering buying there should listen to the podcast "Nice White Parents" in its entirety first.

I visited TEC when we were living in the zone for it. At that time it was PK-8. I got there at the end of students' arrival time but early for the tour so I sat next to the front door and was able to observe that of the students who arrived while I was there, only Black students were wanded by security. Sample size was 15-20 or so. When I asked the principal about it, he said that DCPS's policy is that kids over 6th grade have to be wanded--younger kids do not. Because nearly all the white kids at TEC were at that time below 6th grade, the effect was that only black kids were wanded. I was not wild about those being the conditions I would send a kid to school in...also totally uninterested in the DC lottery scheme. We moved to downtown Silver Spring.

I grew up in Takoma Park, I don't think your "black middle class" is really middle class. It was an black working class area that is about to become middle class is how you should say that. It was very dumpy until, well it still kind of is.

History much?

Here's more on Takoma:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/dcs-takoma-a-neighborhood-that-fought-for-diversity-still-reaps-its-benefits/2019/08/28/917e046a-c8cd-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html

and more on Neighbors, Inc, the organization mentioned in that WaPo piece.

https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/neighbors-inc/

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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

None. Not that takoma isn’t a pretty neighborhood (it is) but I guarantee that no one has or will yet post with kids aged 10 to 18 in zoned DCPS schools

it hasn't been livable long enough for upper middle class kids to age into middle or high school. I would argue it still isn't the type of area that should attack 750k buyers and up but I guess DC/NW is running out of SFHs and buyers are doing so on pure speculation

Ha! Takoma has been a solidly middle class Black neighborhood for ages. What you mean is white kids. Every white family considering buying there should listen to the podcast "Nice White Parents" in its entirety first.

I visited TEC when we were living in the zone for it. At that time it was PK-8. I got there at the end of students' arrival time but early for the tour so I sat next to the front door and was able to observe that of the students who arrived while I was there, only Black students were wanded by security. Sample size was 15-20 or so. When I asked the principal about it, he said that DCPS's policy is that kids over 6th grade have to be wanded--younger kids do not. Because nearly all the white kids at TEC were at that time below 6th grade, the effect was that only black kids were wanded. I was not wild about those being the conditions I would send a kid to school in...also totally uninterested in the DC lottery scheme. We moved to downtown Silver Spring.

I grew up in Takoma Park, I don't think your "black middle class" is really middle class. It was an black working class area that is about to become middle class is how you should say that. It was very dumpy until, well it still kind of is.

Anonymous wrote:I think the school conversation is interesting. Most people are not buying these types of homes to live in the rest of their lives. If you can stay put 7-10 years, you are doing a pretty good job of building equity and are probably ready to move up. Of course, nothing is guaranteed. That being said, if you move into a house with no kids or young kids, you will likely move before Middle School is an issue. If the Middle school has proven successful by then or you lotto into something you prefer, great.. you can stay longer if you were only moving because of that. But chances are, you are moving because you want more space, or a bigger yard, or a job relocation, or a divorce, or to be closer to aging family, or whatever. My point is, if the elementary schools are good, why rule out a whole area? DC is so transient, you are likely to move again regardless of the Middle School.

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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

None. Not that takoma isn’t a pretty neighborhood (it is) but I guarantee that no one has or will yet post with kids aged 10 to 18 in zoned DCPS schools

it hasn't been livable long enough for upper middle class kids to age into middle or high school. I would argue it still isn't the type of area that should attack 750k buyers and up but I guess DC/NW is running out of SFHs and buyers are doing so on pure speculation

Ha! Takoma has been a solidly middle class Black neighborhood for ages. What you mean is white kids. Every white family considering buying there should listen to the podcast "Nice White Parents" in its entirety first.

I visited TEC when we were living in the zone for it. At that time it was PK-8. I got there at the end of students' arrival time but early for the tour so I sat next to the front door and was able to observe that of the students who arrived while I was there, only Black students were wanded by security. Sample size was 15-20 or so. When I asked the principal about it, he said that DCPS's policy is that kids over 6th grade have to be wanded--younger kids do not. Because nearly all the white kids at TEC were at that time below 6th grade, the effect was that only black kids were wanded. I was not wild about those being the conditions I would send a kid to school in...also totally uninterested in the DC lottery scheme. We moved to downtown Silver Spring.

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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

None. Not that takoma isn’t a pretty neighborhood (it is) but I guarantee that no one has or will yet post with kids aged 10 to 18 in zoned DCPS schools

it hasn't been livable long enough for upper middle class kids to age into middle or high school. I would argue it still isn't the type of area that should attack 750k buyers and up but I guess DC/NW is running out of SFHs and buyers are doing so on pure speculation

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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

None. Not that takoma isn’t a pretty neighborhood (it is) but I guarantee that no one has or will yet post with kids aged 10 to 18 in zoned DCPS schools

Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

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Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

This is my thinking, too. How many of these glowing comments are from parents in the upper grades of these schools?

Anonymous wrote:I find that K parents often have different perspectives and are more favorable of schools than 3rd grade and higher parents. Plus they are usually trying to lotto into a better option al the time, and then just say " we gor ucky, it was a whim" but in reality they want out.

Anonymous wrote:Whittier is a great option for elementary. Wells is still in early days, and with the pandemic it will harder to make a true judgment anytime soon. That being said, the community and culture they are creating seem great.

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Our street has a self-proclaimed "street president": an adorable retired woman who keeps bringing toys and presents to my child and commands the respect and love of the neighboring houses. "We watch out for each other here," was the first thing she told me when we moved.

That is so cute

Yes, she deserves to be profiled in a local newspaper. She carries the oral history of Brightwood, told me a lot about the neighborhood's history. Loves to care for her garden and has showed me how to take out pesky weeds. Always willing to help neighbors and has a great sense of humor.