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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Consider commute.  Traffic is awful.  Winter park proper (32789 zip code) has great schools (public or private).

Windermere has two parts (town and unincorporated Orange County).  Windermere (town) has a great elementary school (Windermere elementary). The high school for the town of Windermere is Olympia.  Olympia high school has an APEX program that is amazing.  Windermere high school serves the unincorporated area and I don’t know how it does.  Windermere prep is the main non-denominational private school.   Plenty of parents use Lake Highland from Windermere also but it’s a bit of a drive. [/quote]

From looking at us news and greatschools I have concerns on the public schools in winter park and windemere. Maybe schools aren't tied to properties like the DC area? Is that why there are so many gated communities? Also I don't care about golf and we are in our early 40s and  can work remotely.[/quote]

If you want to live in an area that is uniformly wealthy, you should stay in McLean. Central Florida isn’t it. [/quote]

To be honest we are wealthy but the neighborhood is a mishmash of ramblers and large new builds so it's not visually uniformly wealthy. I am mostly concerned about schools and poverty and whether I need to budget for private schools which will change my housing budget.[/quote]

Yes, you should. $25k/yr per kid. [/quote]

ok so whats the point of paying more for the house in winter park and Windemere? Does anyone have input on Ovideo and Hagerty High?[/quote]

Because those are the nicest places to live in the area? If you’re really considering this, you need to go down there and explore the different areas you’re looking at in person. I’ve never heard of someone spending $2M+ in Oveido, but maybe things have changed. People in that bracket in Florida generally don’t send their kids to public school. They do private everything ($$$$) and I guess save some money by not paying state income tax every year. [/quote]

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