moving to be in a better academic cluster?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering how many readers have moved to be in a "better" cluster (like a W school for example), and have had to sacrifice a nicer house or property and live in a smaller house/property to do so? Did you also have to adjust commuting to work time? Did you think it was ultimately worthwhile for your kids?

[Anonymous]

Of course. tons of people do this. We moved from a DCPS downtown with a short commute to our jobs to a BCC cluster school with good schools through high school but a longer commute. Life is about trade offs.

[Anonymous]

We moved from DCPS to MCPS for this reason, but to BCC rather than a W School because we value walkability and proximity to metro/restaurants/shops. Very happy with our decision.

[Anonymous]

Moved to a W neighborhood for a bigger house (rather than building an addition on our first home where schools were not as good + paying for private school).

[Anonymous]

We chose Rockville over Silver Spring partially for the schools..and our child is at Blair magnet. I guess we chose wrong!

[Anonymous]

Make sure that better academic clusters are not going to turn upside down with new boundaries before you make a costly move.

WJ is not going to look same. Wootton will look a lot different as well after new boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course. tons of people do this. We moved from a DCPS downtown with a short commute to our jobs to a BCC cluster school with good schools through high school but a longer commute. Life is about trade offs.

Same here. Wouldn't do it differently if I had to to do it again (including the choice of BCC.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course. tons of people do this. We moved from a DCPS downtown with a short commute to our jobs to a BCC cluster school with good schools through high school but a longer commute. Life is about trade offs.

Same here. Wouldn't do it differently if I had to to do it again (including the choice of BCC.)

Yes, wouldn’t change a thing. ~ WJ parent

[Anonymous]

We chose Takoma Park because it seemed to offer a nice balance of academic opportunity, diversity, community and affordability, but house prices seem to have skyrocketed.

[Anonymous]

We left DCPS for MCPS. We couldn’t be happier. We moved upcounty and DH commutes to Baltimore for work. I work in Downtown Silver Spring. Make the best move possible for you and your family.

[Anonymous]

Duh.
Most of my friends and acquaintances have done this. The ones who haven't are the odd ones.

[Anonymous]

Wait. You mean I’m not entitled to everything I think is the best available?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We chose Rockville over Silver Spring partially for the schools..and our child is at Blair magnet. I guess we chose wrong!

+1 - Chose WJ Cluster - and then child has been in magnets since elementary school...

[Anonymous]

Of course