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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all have a choice: move out of DC if you want better schools as part of your "right" without having to lottery for a charter!! [/quote]

Not really.  The suburban schools suck, too...unless you want to pay exorbitant prices to live in Potomac proper, Bethesda, or McLean, among very few others.  The rule is that wealthy and/or highly educated families create the best local schools -- hasn't this always been the case?[/quote]

+1. The real question is why don't the complainers earn more money so that they can move to the better districts? Most people on DCUM claim to have HHIs over 500k+, so why are they playing the lottery in the first place?[/quote]

There is some truth to this.  While the schools in Rockville (for example, among other mid-priced 'burbs) aren't great, they ARE better by quite a large margin than 75% of the schools in D.C.  Anyone with a house worth from $450-500K in DC could find a livable home somewhere in most of Rockville, if they so chose.  But the D.C. complainers have historically refused to shop that way.  Just keep complaining, is all I see around here, rather than making a decision to get a better school with their feet. [/quote]

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