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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are you coming from? If by Boston area you mean Roxbury I'll frame my advice one way and if you mean Natick another ;)

There are plenty of prek4 spots and you can move schools for Kinder. It will be fine. But, what are you looking for in a school? In a neighborhood? What about traditional public schools appeals to you over public charter schools?[/quote]

Ha.  We're in Medford, MA, now.  Not like amazing public schools but perfectly fine -- although Massachusetts public schools are great in general.

My impressions of charter schools have been that they tend to overwork and churn young teachers and drain resources out of the traditional public schools.  But I'm trying to be open minded about it since in DC it seems like the charter schools are very popular, and the whole public school system seems so different from what I'm used to (and I also don't have direct experience in an urban public school system.

I am generally a believer in public schools (I had a public school experience myself), and I guess I want to make sure my kids are in a school that is generally okay and with access to opportunities for enrichment and extracurriculars, etc.  I think a bilingual school would be interesting to us but it's not a must.  My husband is the one who is really committed to living in the city instead of the suburbs (I grew up in northern Virginia myself).  Access to public transit is important.  But we also have a young family and are hoping to find a neighborhood where we will feel safe.[/quote]

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