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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very good questions for all to consider![/quote]

A lot of one car families with small children only one in school buy a house walking distance from a school.  I am disabled and cannot drive, so this certainty was essential to us - otherwise we would have had to move to MoCo for school buses.

I also think it is crucial if possible to have a solid cohort of good kids in MS you are going to high school with.  I switched for high school because I needed to get away from a particular group going in a bad direction, but I can see that the group of friends my 7th grader has now are good kids and I want them around her during high school so that they all protect each other from temptations.

A lot of this is not about test scores and FARMS and paranoia of low income kids it is just certainty for the family and the kid.  How would you have felt if a lottery for MS separated you from your best friend.  And not knowing who was going where for HS until a lottery in 8th grade?  Doing this crap for college is bad enough.  Certainty and consistency are important to kids and parents.[/quote]

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