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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sending 3 kids (at some point) to private on a combined HHI of $225k is crazy.  [b]Are your middle  school  and high school any better than your elementary?[/b]  If not, that's a long time spending half of your after tax income on tuition.   If you are going to move, I would do it sooner rather than later because at some point your kids will be old enough that they will have established friends in your neighborhood and the move will be hard.  Another consideration is saving for college on your HHI and that much K-12 tuition.[/quote]

In ACPS, the middle school and (only) HS options are worse than elementary. Usually you see families tolerate the elementary schools (a couple are OK -- MacArthur, Lyles Crouch, Barrett) and flee in the later elementary grades.

To answer your question, OP, we conducted the same analysis and moved to North Arlington. Figured the investment in paying down the mortgage was better. I'm sure privates are better schools, but you can't convince me they are $35,000 a year better.

Besides, for better or for worse, our public school behaves like it is private. The PTA auction recently netted $60,000, for example.

We know lots of families who used to live in Alexandria and moved here because of the schools. It's very common.[/quote]

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