Don't buy in MoCo until the school redistricting is setled?

[Anonymous]

It is like saying don't invest in the stock market till it bottoms out...no one knows when that is...so you just do what works for you with the knowledge you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is like saying don't invest in the stock market till it bottoms out...no one knows when that is...so you just do what works for you with the knowledge you have.

Not really. You can do dollar-cost averaging when investing in the stock market. With a house purchase, you're putting it all into that asset at once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is like saying don't invest in the stock market till it bottoms out...no one knows when that is...so you just do what works for you with the knowledge you have.

She can just homeschool. That way she can ensure her children learn her racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in MoCo. Moved to Falls Church after school. Never going back.

Falls Church City is the only great school district in the entire DMV that is immune to redistricting.

That place should see the real estate prices skyrocket if MCPS, APS and FCPS keep coming up with ideas to bus kids all over the place.

I have a friend who left MCPS for some school in Falls Church. She loves it. What's the draw? Why is it immune?

- VA "virgin"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not buy in MOCO. The schools have gone mad. Complete free fall...

Two-teacher HH

We moved out of Mo Co so that our own kids wouldn't haven't to suffer through that mess. Insider knowledge is powerful (and scary).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not buy in MOCO. The schools have gone mad. Complete free fall...

Two-teacher HH

We moved out of Mo Co so that our own kids wouldn't haven't to suffer through that mess. Insider knowledge is powerful (and scary).

That's ridiculous. You sound bitter. Montgomery County has the best public schools in the DMV. I know what I'm talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in MoCo. Moved to Falls Church after school. Never going back.

Falls Church City is the only great school district in the entire DMV that is immune to redistricting.

That place should see the real estate prices skyrocket if MCPS, APS and FCPS keep coming up with ideas to bus kids all over the place.

I have a friend who left MCPS for some school in Falls Church. She loves it. What's the draw? Why is it immune?

- VA "virgin"

It’s so tiny that only so many racists can congregate there at one time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not buy in MOCO. The schools have gone mad. Complete free fall...

Two-teacher HH

We moved out of Mo Co so that our own kids wouldn't haven't to suffer through that mess. Insider knowledge is powerful (and scary).

What’s wrong with MoCo schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah OP is wise.

Plus, after the boundary dispute is settled, more homes will be on the market as the boomers start to flood the scene with supplies. For many older folks, their homes ARE their nest egg. A tidal wave of retirees is coming over the next 10 years. The taxes in the state also make it very unfriendly to transfer a property to your children, which is often a popular retort to the idea that there will be an overabundance of homes soon due to retirees. Without question there will likely be more homes coming to market soon that will lower prices or keep them in check, even when you subtract out only the minor fraction of homes that will be passed on to kids by their boomer parents.

This sound probable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what have you decided?

Gonna wait it out and see what happens. It's too big an investment to go in blindly.

Gonna be a long wait....

you think?

[Anonymous]

My kid is a senior at Winston Churchill HS - kids are getting into Ivies and are brilliant. A pressure cooker of homework and little school spirit as kids too busy working, Volunteering and studying like crazy.

But to say academic wise not good is crazy. And not a magnet open to all and a true public.

MoCo has higher taxes and particular in IT a lot if jobs in NoVa but schools are really good particularly in the W range

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in MoCo. Moved to Falls Church after school. Never going back.

Falls Church City is the only great school district in the entire DMV that is immune to redistricting.

That place should see the real estate prices skyrocket if MCPS, APS and FCPS keep coming up with ideas to bus kids all over the place.

I have a friend who left MCPS for some school in Falls Church. She loves it. What's the draw? Why is it immune?

- VA "virgin"

City has own school system that is highly ranked. Highly educated city, schools are about 70% white 20% Asian. Wealthy city (like top 1 or 2 ranked in the country in terms of median income) with easy access to orange line Metro, wakability and a lot of new upscale development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in MoCo. Moved to Falls Church after school. Never going back.

Falls Church City is the only great school district in the entire DMV that is immune to redistricting.

That place should see the real estate prices skyrocket if MCPS, APS and FCPS keep coming up with ideas to bus kids all over the place.

I have a friend who left MCPS for some school in Falls Church. She loves it. What's the draw? Why is it immune?

- VA "virgin"

City has own school system that is highly ranked. Highly educated city, schools are about 70% white 20% Asian. Wealthy city (like top 1 or 2 ranked in the country in terms of median income) with easy access to orange line Metro, wakability and a lot of new upscale development.

Same poster as above. Listed the percentage of backgrounds so you fan make informed decisions. Its mostly rich (educated professional rich, not old wealth) white and Asian.

[Anonymous]

i’m going to be home shopping soon in the 800k range and have pretty much ruled out any home that is zoned for one of the Ws. you’d be silly to buy a house that comes with a school premium right now.

[Anonymous]

i’m going to be home shopping soon in the 800k range and have pretty much ruled out any home that is zoned for one of the Ws. you’d be silly to buy a house that comes with a school premium right now.

Every house in MOCO in the 600K -800K price range has a school premium too. Don't fool yourself. Homes in Blair may be way cheaper than BCC or Whitman but they have a premium over Wheaton or Einstein. Wheaton and Einstein have a premium over Kennedy. Homes in Quince Orchard may be way cheaper than ones in Churchill but QO has a premium over NW. NW has a premium over SV or GHS. These non W clusters that have 800K homes are actually more at risk for rezoning reducing their property values than many of the W areas.

Look at Cabin Branch, they went from being zoned to a mid level 8 MS and 7 high school to being rezoned to a 3 MS and a 4 HS. This neighborhood had houses in the 700s to high 700s and was not geographically adjacent to Neelsville or SV. Its cluster was adjacent though and it was a neighborhood with higher value homes so it ended up being the area picked for rezoning. The same scenario is likely to play out at the other schools that are considered good to OK but outside the W clusters - Quince Orchard, RM, Blair, Sherwood -because there are all adjacent to much lower performing school with much higher FARMS. The W schools like Churchill and Whitman are the most difficult to rezone because they are not adjacent to the low performing/high FARMS schools. It will take extreme bussing to balance the FARMS at those schools.