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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. But unfortunately, that meant we left DC.

We moved for 1st to a high performing school just over the boundary in MD. Rented a SFH, intending it to be just a few years until we bought in the same neighborhood. Ended up staying a long time because the house and financial and school situations were great.

Then we moved again the summer before high school to purchase a SFH in another part of the same county. Kid weighed in on high school choice heavily.

We have a resilient kid who did fine with these moves and they now know kids all over the county from school and from their sport. Part of what also eased the HS transition is that most of their middle school friends dispersed to various magnet programs, and lived all over the county in the first place.

Staying in DC forever was initially our plan but we are glad we didn't get caught up in the "must stay in DC to be cool/legit" thing that a lot of people do in their early parenting years. If you can afford a $2m house and your kid can get into Walls I'm sure it works great. We chose an easier route and it's been great. [/quote]

I would not call myself cool but we've stayed in DC because it's our best quality of life. We walk, we have incredible community, and because our commutes are shorter we see each other. It's weird to assume parents are just trying to look cool by staying in DC instead of trying to create the best situation all around (not just best US News ranked school) for the families. Frankly our biggest draw to the suburbs would be eventual cost of college.

OP if you don't like where you live it sounds like moving is best even regardless of lottery luck or schools. I would look around neighborhoods and see what you can afford and like. Or move to the suburbs if that fits. People move all the time for IB schools but I wouldn't do it if you love your neighborhood and community, but sounds like that's not the case here.[/quote]

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