AnonyJustAName t1_j61u8q8 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:45 AM

Live in Ward 3 in an apartment near Murch (elem), Deal (middle) and JR (HS) and commute to SW via subway. The kids will all be able to walk to school and there are many nearby apartment buildings. I think this will logistically be the easiest as all 3 schools are w/in blocks of one another. Look for apartments on Connecticut Ave NW.

9throwaway2 t1_j63ps4o wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Honestly, Op needs to tell us their budget. Also deal is massive, they could live in Glover Park instead and use Hardy/Stoddert. And parts of arlington work well too. But everything we are suggesting are 5-6k/mo for a 4 bedroom. .

AnonyJustAName t1_j63y0mc wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:26 PM

There are a lot of options, but the one I suggested has the benefit of proximity (good schools w/in a few blocks of each other, easily walkable, w/lots of rentals nearby) and would not require a car for drop offs. JR for the 10th grader is not walkable from GP. For 4 months they could fit in a smaller than 4br, this area has few of those. Hope work is compensating for lodging and per diem, pretty disruptive to move kids to a new school system for 4 months. OP, can you have extended family stay with the kids for such a short time so as not to disrupt their schooling and lives?

9throwaway2 t1_j63zg5b wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:35 PM

oh yeah, but the 30-series busses are very popular with JR students and pretty frequent; i'm hoping the 10th grader can take care of themselves a bit. commute would require a car though; but Glover Park is a bit cheaper.

AnonyJustAName t1_j640nuy wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:43 PM

It would depend if OP would want any of the older kids to walk over and pick up younger kids, very easy in the cluster I mentioned w/o a need for a non-city kid to start taking public transit for school.

Hopefully OP can work out something to keep kids where they are. To move them for only part of a semester would be very disruptive.