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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved to DC from MA about 3-4 months ago and closed on semi-detached townhomeast August. We are a young professional couple (both 31) expecting our first child next February; which is the reason we purchased where we did because we needed a 3 bedroom.

Long story short we had a budget of 600k and needed 3 bedrooms. So we purchased a Federal tow home in North Michigan Park I believe for 550k, about 1 mile from Fort Totten. The concern : schools. The school ratings basically scares us and might be the main driver behind us living the city in the next 4 year or so (before she starts 1st grade).

The other option would be private school but the costs seems like 10k/year and I wonder if my daughter would not be better served by having this money invested in her college fund vs paying for elementary school.  My wife is adamant the only way she will stay here past 4-5 years is if she goes to private school.

Do you think 4 years is good enough for the school system to change for the better?  now we are zoneed for Brookland Education Campus at Bunker Hill?

We like our place while we would have wanted to be closer to downtown understood that for our price range (600k) and what we needed (3 bedrooms) was a non starter. We even declutter and sold/gifted most of our stuff (from 3,200 sqft in MA to 1,600 sqft here including basement).

The school system seems to be the other big huddle for us (when I thought downsizing would be)? [/quote]

Private school is more like 30k/year unless you go to a catholic school. [/quote]

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