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[quote=Anonymous]We did the opposite. We bought a TINY house near a 10/10 school. My kid had a high IQ. He was outcast from day 1. He's not perfect, but some families were so intense and competitive they sought out kids who were more "whole package" friends. The pressure to do thing perfectly (waste-free lunch, volunteer all the time, make travel soccer/lacrosse/badminton) was overwhelming. We wound up leaving. I was jealous of my friends with nicer houses who had their kids in title 1 schools. A lot of them were placed in the GT program (with lower scores) because it was another way to get class sizes down. Also, a lot of the after school programs and special events were free for all of the students enrolled. I felt like a made a dumb choice. We wound up going to parochial school where there was more a balance. Tuition + mortgage - square footage in the home. Just material for the argument in your head. [/quote]
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