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[quote=Anonymous]Hi I'm Mom with three kids - 3, 6 and 9. We're a multi-racial family (partner is Spanish (European), I'm Peruvian-Canadian, our first child is adopted African, boys white European). The kids have lived most of their lives here in the U.K. Anyway, my partner has just been offered a job at the World Bank and we will be moving to the D.C. area from the U.K. in July/ August and are trying to figure out where to live.

The determining factor will be the schools - our daughter is incredibly creative - a great performer (dancer, actor, singer) and a curious learner, but needs a caring setting that supports some concentration challenges she faces. Our middle boy is also very curious; highly academic, math whiz. Both are very active. Our little one is ready for a pre-school setting, but I don't want to push that given the adjustments the move will make, and am willing not to go back to work for a few months until he/ they are settled.

Our older kids go to a school that is not test/ results focused but does seem to get the "results" through more creative, curiousity inspired learning type approach - Montessori-ish, I guess. We would look for a similar ethos in a D.C. area school but would appreciate a strong arts and P.E. programmes as all our kids are super active. I don't think my man gets any tuition benefits and as we'll only have the one salary to start off with,  private schools are not an option. And ideally, we'd like to walk or bike our kids to school. Any thoughts about a good school/ area we should be focusing our attention on?

I guess I should say that his salary (although still being negotiated) is likely to be around $100K which, I get the impression is not a lot. A friend at the World Bank said that we could find a decent house to rent in a good area for around $3500; ideally we'd like to keep it a bit lower so that we could save-up to buy a place.

Please share your wisdom - it's feeling pretty overwhelming!

Thanks! :) 
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