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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a really good school district and then as an adult ended up living in an ok, urban district on the west coast. DH and I liked the neighborhood enough and thought maybe it would be fine and that people who loved to the suburbs for good schools were overreacting or exclusionary. After a couple of years we did put our child in private because her elementary school was not good at all.

Well, now DD is going into middle school and we realize that a large public school would be much better for her and have better opportunities suited to her interests. But our zoned district has made major cuts, will be closing 25% of schools, and eliminating things including advanced classes, music programs, many sports, transportation and other things. And the schools still may come under state control even after all of that. So we are ready to move to a suburb and a “good” district so she can stay on her current math track, continue with a foreign language, and have access to school teams for her sports.

So in my experience people seek out good public districts because in many areas it’s the only way to get a guarantee that you’ll have things- nevermind nice things- in the future. Living in a good district means you’ll be in a community where taxpayers have decided that public schools are a priority and where the community is invests in their schools and puts in the work of oversight and scrutiny to make sure they’re running well. I added that last piece because although my current community is invested in their schools, they haven’t put in the effort to scrutinize graft and shady contracts nor push back against a terrible school board.[/quote]

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