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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people who live in good school districts feel like your children are entitled to a better education than others, and tell people to just move? All kids deserve a good education, not just those you live in pricey neighborhoods.[/quote]

How does this post solve OP's problem? Her kid needs a good school now.[/quote]

Because she is venting that she is resentful and annoyed, which are valid feelings, and people are beating her up for not living in a pricier neighborhood.[/quote]

No, people are beating her up because she is refusing any and all suggestions about how to improve her situation, without offering any reasons why, other than to say that her marriage wouldn't survive a one bedroom apartment and that she doesn't want to pay more than $1200 a month to house a family of 4.

$1200 a month in DC is not going to get you a stellar school. I'm surprised it gets you a house that is safe and large enough for 4 people. I understand venting, but her venting comes off as hostile, elitist and mean-spirited.[/quote]

We don't see eye to eye. You're not getting my point. See, I think every kid deserves to go to a stellar school, no matter how big his parents' mortgage is. So, yeah, it is acceptable to me to want to vent about not having better school options. Her neighborhood school should be better.[/quote]

I agree that her neighborhood school should be better. Believe me. My neighborhood school isn't great either, but I understand that there actually ARE other options. I like my neighborhood, but if my child's school was SO BAD and I didn't get her into another school and I couldn't afford to send her to private school, I would absolutely look at moving to another neighborhood.

I am sending my child to a less than stellar neighborhood school, and put as much energy as I have into helping to make it better, despite working full time myself. I didn't whine about not getting into schools that have 700+ people on the waitlist, though, because it was always a long shot to get into those schools. The OP is absolutely prioritizing housing costs and commute length over living in a school district that is of higher quality. I don't know why that's so hard to accept/understand. I'm not saying it's not the right choice for her family. I'm making the exact same choice. I'm just totally cognizant that it IS a choice I'm making. I'm not pretending that I don't have ANY other options.[/quote]

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