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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you should buy the house you love in the neighborhood you love and not worry too much about schools right now (you don't have kids yet, right?). There are just too many variables and too much time before you might need schools that I don't think it makes sense to make that your primary deciding factor.

You might not be able to have kids.

You might have kids with special needs and a regular public school would not be a good fit.

You or your spouse might be offered a dream job in another city and decide to move.

Your neighborhood school, even if it doesn't look good now, might make a transformation and you end up sending your kids there. (This is what happened to us when we bought in boundary for Maury in 2001.)

New charters schools are opening every year that you might be interested in.

There are several desirable charter schools already and your chance of getting in is as good as anyone else's.

You can start you own charter school!

I know plenty of parents (okay, almost every single parent on the Hill that I know) with school angst and everyone, I mean everyone, has found something that is at a bare minimum acceptable, and more likely something they are really happy with. It doesn't always shake out right after the lotteries and it sometimes takes a year or two or trying to get into the school you want, but I honestly can't think of anyone who has been totally shut out and without any acceptable options.

If you are considering two comparable houses, one in bounds for a "good" school and the other in bounds for "bad" school, then by all means, choose the one with the better school. I just don't think schools should be your primary factor if you don't have kids yet.

Good luck.[/quote]

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