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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we live in the BCC school district in CCMD (but not the posh part). We bought 10 years ago and houses like ours go for 600-700+, depending. We also both work downtown and wanted to minimize our commute with the best possible schools. I'm thrilled with the schools to date - they are hardly perfect, but nothing is, and the quality of the teachers and the deep involvement of the parent community means a lot. Is it worth the premium over neighborhoods with greater socioeconomic diversity that feed into less desirable high schools? I personally cannot say, since I haven't had kids in those schools and I don't discount the plaudits from people on this site about various SS elementaries etc. In your price range, you'll probably have to "settle" with respect to the house; we did, and the tradeoffs are absolutely worth it. But understand - even in the very "best" school district, you may wind up unhappy with things about the school or even figuring out that your child has needs that would be best served in private. Whatever you do, make sure you are happy enough with the total package that you don't feel like it was all/only about the school. I say this as someone who puts schools as the #1 priority, btw.[/quote]

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