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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left for the suburbs for schools.  There are some good public elementary schools and a handful of good public high schools.  But I understand it's incredibly challenging to get into the best schools if they aren't your neighborhood school (high property costs) or your test scores aren't high enough.  Plus, you may get your kid into a school ten miles away and then it's up to you to get your kid there and back.  No thanks.

There are good privates in the city, but other than parochial schools, they're often pretty exclusive and costly.

There are tons of Chicago suburbs with good schools.

And property costs are much less than in D.C.  [/quote]

Typically, I disagree with most assessments of Chicago from people who moved to the suburbs but I pretty much agree with this. There are definitely *some* good schools, and some ok schools. Most people I know who went with CPS in my neighborhood are happy (none go to the neighborhood school but OOF the commutes can be a real crapshoot. Imagine needing to commute across town in terrible traffic to drop your kid off, and then back into downtown for work. No thank you.

I only have an elementary aged kid and a preschooler and I loathe "the suburban solution" in principal but I'm not sure what our plan is once we hit middle and high school. [/quote]

If you did look into suburbs, which would you considering and why? I’m looking and am a little surprised at how far away the closest suburbs are. [/quote]

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