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The most expensive DC homes for sale in September 2017.

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16th Street Heights

The most expensive 16th Street Heights home located at 4907 14th St. NW is still on the market for $2,799,000. Check out last month’s Most Expensive Homes | August 2017 article to view it now. Below is the 2nd most expensive home in 16th Street Heights.

5937 16th St. NW in 16th St. Heights is a Colonial currently on sale for $1.2 million. This stylish home includes a beautiful open…

 Sidwell Friends School is a privately-run Quaker school in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Northwest DC. Founded in 1883 by Thomas Sidwell, it is one of the most highly-regarded schools in Washington, DC. The school has an enrollment of 1,097, which includes both of President Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha. The Middle and Upper Schools are located on Wisconsin Avenue NW, while Lower School is situated in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition to the Cleveland Park neighborhood, both the Cathedral Heights and Tenleytown neighborhoods are close to the Middle and Upper Schools. Cleveland Park is notable for its large number of Victorian-style single family homes, but there are also condominiums available along the commercial Connecticut Avenue NW corridor.…

Georgetown Day Lower/Middle School is a private prep school located in the Foxhall Village neighborhood of Washington, DC. The neighborhoods of Palisades and Berkley are also nearby, so if you’re looking for a home near the school, any of those three neighborhoods are a good bet. Georgetown Day was founded in 1945 as DC’s first integrated school. Foxhall Village is a mostly residential neighborhood filled with brick Tudor-style homes. Both Georgetown University and George Washington University’s Mount Vernon campuses border Foxhall Village. The Palisades is a long strip of a neighborhood that runs along the Potomac River and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It has a little more commercial flair than Foxhall Village, most of which is centered on MacArthur…

Cleveland Park is one of the largest and most popular residential neighborhoods in Washington, DC. While row homes take up an abundance of the area, there are a good amount of one-bedroom condominium options, especially along Connecticut Avenue NW close to the Cleveland Park Metro station. Some of these are older buildings, some newer, and some row homes converted into condos. Cleveland Park is one of DC’s most historic neighborhoods, having been named after President Grover Cleveland, who bought a farmhouse in the area in the 19th Century. The neighborhood gives off a small-town feel while still having very easy access to downtown DC. It is serviced by three stops on Metro’s red line, from south to north these are Cleveland Park, Van Ness-UDC, and…

Are there armed guards in DC schools? Yes and no. DC public schools do not have armed guards, but some private schools do.

Sidwell Friends School, a selective Quaker private school with a campus in the Tenleytown neighborhood and another campus in Bethesda, employs several armed guards. These guards do not include Secret Service protection for President Obama’s daughters. Rather, the guards exist for the protection of all students who attend the school since many of them have high profile parents.

Since the Sandy Hook shootings, there has been a great deal of discussion about armed teachers, administrators, and/or guards in public schools. However, DC Public School (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson is opposed to guns in her schools. She believes that…