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[quote=Anonymous]Hi Moms and Dads,

So we are new parents looking into moving to a bigger house and stay there for a while.
The thing is that we keep getting the recommendation that our house hunting should have the school as the biggest factor to be considered. And we know almost nothing about the school systems in Virginia.

Our Search was focused on Arlington and Falls Church, but it seems that all we can afford take us to elementary schools that are badly rated in GreatSchools.com, under 5 points.

We are certain we don’t want to play around with our kid’s education but how important are these ratings for elementary schools?

Have any of you started out in a lower rated school to then move out into a better rated middle school district? Or are there ways to send our kid to a different district without spending private school like tuitions?

I know there is also big developments going on in Arlington that are pushing house prices higher and higher, is this expected to affect schools ratings in any way?

We both work in the downtown DC and the long commute is not an option for us at the moment with the type of jobs we have.

Hope you can give us some advices as we are having a hard time.

A million thanks in advance for your help.
RC
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