I live in MtP and my kid goes to Bancroft. Here is what is attractive about living here. The neigborhood is very welcoming and friendly. Many of the streets have their own block parties at different times of the year. I've been to ones on Kilbourne, Hobart, Ingleside, Monroe and the big Halloween one on Lamont. The strip on MtP is quite convenient for running errands. Dry cleaner, Streets, Each Peach, a couple of liquor stores. Target is easy to get to for bigger stuff.

We go to Elle, Bar Del Monte, Purple Patch, the Taqueria, Martha Dear and Joia Burger all the time. (the last one WAY to often thanks to my kid)

My kid has a great friend group and I can send him up to Bancroft on weekends to play. He is mid-elementary and he and his friends all meet up there. They go to each other's houses when they get hungry and we take turns feeding them. My kid is also involved in 2 organized sports.

We are right on RCP and close to Adams Morgan for more places to run errands like the hardware store and CVS.

We love living here. I used to think I wanted to live over in Cleveland Park or AU park but now if we were to move it would be out of state.

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We live in bounds for Deal & JR. If you’re going to move anyway, and schools are a priority, I would absolutely look at VA and MD (more VA than MD, due to all the redistricting chaos in MCPS). Recognizing that some kids do fine and have good experiences at Deal and JR, we were unhappy with our academic experiences in DCPS and tired of the usual DCPS chaos. Kids are in private now. Hopefully DC schools get their act together, but they were a mess during the pandemic and have not yet fully recovered.

What was it about the academic experiences that made you unhappy? And has the private school experience helped? We are weighing everything but want to understand what people have been unhappy with at Deal and J-R (other than proximity to chaos or disruptions caused by other students). What about the education was lacking in your view?

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

I actually didn’t know that Adams Morgan is zoned for Deal and JR. You mean the Kalorama part? The strip along 18th isn’t, right?

NP. We are right on the Adams Morgan/Kalorama border. They may be changing our IB to MacArthur soon. Definitely research this if that’s something you wouldn’t want.

Soon? They just did a boundary study in 2023. The one before that was all the way back in 2013.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

I actually didn’t know that Adams Morgan is zoned for Deal and JR. You mean the Kalorama part? The strip along 18th isn’t, right?

NP. We are right on the Adams Morgan/Kalorama border. They may be changing our IB to MacArthur soon. Definitely research this if that’s something you wouldn’t want.

Ignoring the mean spirited posts…

We live in bounds for Deal & JR. If you’re going to move anyway, and schools are a priority, I would absolutely look at VA and MD (more VA than MD, due to all the redistricting chaos in MCPS). Recognizing that some kids do fine and have good experiences at Deal and JR, we were unhappy with our academic experiences in DCPS and tired of the usual DCPS chaos. Kids are in private now. Hopefully DC schools get their act together, but they were a mess during the pandemic and have not yet fully recovered.

Intend to move to Arlington and rent and rent out my ward 5 rowhouse if it comes to that; in-state tuition is a big plus if I already have the inconvenience of a move.

Love Mt. P, lived there around 2005!

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Kalorama Triangle is part of Adams Morgan - between Columbia Rd and Connecticut Ave. I’m not talking about Kalorama, which is across CT ave and is mansions.

Interesting. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

The “tiny main drag” offers plenty along with real city charm and isn’t the strip mall atmosphere of CT or Wisconsin Avenue. It also has far less traffic and isn’t a commuter route. And, again, it actually has racial and economic diversity.

Finally, it’s a quick walk to Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

You couldn’t pay me to live in Upper Caucasia. I don’t care if those neighborhoods have DC addresses. They’re the suburbs.

This is really mean spirited. I have lots of friends who have made the move to upper NW. They are still the same people who lived near me in Shaw, and now they have less anxiety about schools than the rest of us. It's not a huge deal.

It’s night and day. You moved to the suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

The “tiny main drag” offers plenty along with real city charm and isn’t the strip mall atmosphere of CT or Wisconsin Avenue. It also has far less traffic and isn’t a commuter route. And, again, it actually has racial and economic diversity.

Finally, it’s a quick walk to Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

You couldn’t pay me to live in Upper Caucasia. I don’t care if those neighborhoods have DC addresses. They’re the suburbs.

Won't live there, but want to send your kids to school there so they can be around they type of people that do live there. Funny.

Wrong. I’m not the OP and in fact my kids aren’t zoned for and won’t be attending either Deal or JR. I’m the one who said I’d only live in Mt Pleasant if I had to be in the Deal/JR zone.

So no you couldn’t be more wrong. Nice try though.

The OP's question wasn't directed at all at you then, since you can't speak to the experience at those schools, yet you decided to respond with snide remarks about "Upper Caucasia." Find a hobby.

It’s a free country and I can post if I want. Sorry you’re afraid of brown people

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to say. Basically most of the JR and Deal neighborhoods are as suburban as the close in VA and MD suburbs and lack any real urban flavor anyway, and the suburban schools are generally better, so if it were me I'd just leave the city. The one exception I can think of is Mt Pleasant.

My impression is that most people who move to Ward 3 for schools, especially by elementary, don't really see city amenities, transit, or walkability as priorities.

But I'd love to hear from people who do care about those things and moved to Ward 3 for schools: what sold you on Ward 3 over any of the MD and VA suburbs?

We certainly saw all of those things as priorities and chose a neighborhood in upper NW that offered that and good schools (Conn Ave. corridor near Van Ness metro). We have bus and Metro, can walk to schools, stores, etc. We like living in DC; we never considered VA or MD.

We visited some friends in Van Ness this week and my early elementary schooler described it as "the town" because it's so much quieter and less dense than what he's used to.

It seems like there are several Metro-accessible neighborhoods in MD and VA with urbanism on par with Cleveland Park/Van Ness/Tenleytown, but maybe I'm missing something?

Yes, it is less dense than some neighborhoods, more dense than others. DC has lots of different neighborhoods and experiences. You seem to want me to explain why it’s “better” than MD or VA, but all I can say is that we didn’t want to live in MD or VA. We wanted to live in DC and found a neighborhood that meets all of our needs, including schools.

I'm not asking you to explain why it's better, I'm just curious why you didn't consider places in MD or VA with similar characteristics. I'm sure there was more thought to a $1M+ decision than just "We like living in DC," and I'm interested to hear it if you or anyone else is willing to share.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

The “tiny main drag” offers plenty along with real city charm and isn’t the strip mall atmosphere of CT or Wisconsin Avenue. It also has far less traffic and isn’t a commuter route. And, again, it actually has racial and economic diversity.

Finally, it’s a quick walk to Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

You couldn’t pay me to live in Upper Caucasia. I don’t care if those neighborhoods have DC addresses. They’re the suburbs.

This is really mean spirited. I have lots of friends who have made the move to upper NW. They are still the same people who lived near me in Shaw, and now they have less anxiety about schools than the rest of us. It's not a huge deal.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

The “tiny main drag” offers plenty along with real city charm and isn’t the strip mall atmosphere of CT or Wisconsin Avenue. It also has far less traffic and isn’t a commuter route. And, again, it actually has racial and economic diversity.

Finally, it’s a quick walk to Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

You couldn’t pay me to live in Upper Caucasia. I don’t care if those neighborhoods have DC addresses. They’re the suburbs.

Won't live there, but want to send your kids to school there so they can be around they type of people that do live there. Funny.

Wrong. I’m not the OP and in fact my kids aren’t zoned for and won’t be attending either Deal or JR. I’m the one who said I’d only live in Mt Pleasant if I had to be in the Deal/JR zone.

So no you couldn’t be more wrong. Nice try though.

The OP's question wasn't directed at all at you then, since you can't speak to the experience at those schools, yet you decided to respond with snide remarks about "Upper Caucasia." Find a hobby.

Yes, Kalorama Triangle is part of Adams Morgan - between Columbia Rd and Connecticut Ave. I’m not talking about Kalorama, which is across CT ave and is mansions.

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Anonymous wrote:I would take the Kalorama Triangle portion of Adams Morgan (OA) or neighborhoods along CT or Wisconsin Ave that feed to Deal over Mt Pleasant. I have never understood all the Mt Pleasant praise. Geographically it feels like an isolated little island with a tiny main drag penned in by chaotic Columbia Heights. Of course, it is nice to be right on the park but to me that seems to be the sole benefit. Parts of it are quite far from metro, etc.

The “tiny main drag” offers plenty along with real city charm and isn’t the strip mall atmosphere of CT or Wisconsin Avenue. It also has far less traffic and isn’t a commuter route. And, again, it actually has racial and economic diversity.

Finally, it’s a quick walk to Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.

You couldn’t pay me to live in Upper Caucasia. I don’t care if those neighborhoods have DC addresses. They’re the suburbs.

Won't live there, but want to send your kids to school there so they can be around they type of people that do live there. Funny.

Wrong. I’m not the OP and in fact my kids aren’t zoned for and won’t be attending either Deal or JR. I’m the one who said I’d only live in Mt Pleasant if I had to be in the Deal/JR zone.

So no you couldn’t be more wrong. Nice try though.

Anonymous wrote:Kalorama Triangle is zoned for Oyster-Adams, which has its own middle school but feeds into J-R for high school.

But that’s not Adams Morgan, right?