Penn Quarter is DC's downtown arts district adjacent to the National Mall, home to Verizon Center (Capital One Arena), multiple Smithsonian museums, and one DCPS school serving the small residential population in this intensely urban district. Penn Quarter families typically access the broader Ward 2 school network via the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro (Red/Green/Yellow lines), DC's most transit-connected station. Ward 2 residents receive a priority point for Ward 2 schools in the DC lottery and have the full citywide charter network accessible via Metro.
Ward 2 families can apply to any DC public or charter school through the unified lottery. The application window opens in November at schoolchoice.dc.gov.
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