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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again. Ha, we in fact have made the airy "we'll just go private" comment ourselves. Though we have the benefit of just one kid and can afford it, thought that's not to say we'd be smart to spend our money that way (versus moving).

The lack of DCI guarantee makes me MUCH less inclined to keep playing through the elementary school years. It's not anyone's first choice, but it would be much less disruptive to move to MoCo in early elementary rather than move multiple times in elementary then play the lottery for middle and potentially have to move then anyways.

Or hey, maybe next year we'll be lottery winners, who's to say. 
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Us too.  I mean, we *can* afford it.  It wouldn't be that easy but it's totally doable.  We'd just use the college 529 money and then up our savings rate to cover college.

The thing about private middle schools is if you live in our area (lower Ward 5), there isn't a whole lot that's appealing.  We're not into Catholic schools.  Lowell is kind of far away.  I'd consider Templeton but it's only for high school.  If I'm going to have to pay a ton of money and also take on a long commute, I'd rather just move to a good public.[/quote]

OP again. Same here. I've researched the private options and nothing stands out to me that's not $40k+ a year. And the more I look closely at DC schools, especially middle and high schools, the more I don't see anything that is really any better than close in Montgomery County. If we won the lottery and could avoid moving, then why not stick it out. But to play and play and disrupt our child multiple times versus moving 2 miles down the road to MD for an equal quality school? I just don't know....[/quote]

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