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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved from DC to Arlington when my oldest was in 3rd grade because their charter school was not great for upper grades and DH and I could have shorter commutes from Arlington.

I think that if you move by 5th or 6th grade your kid will be fine. In Arlington at least most of the middle schools do not feed into just one high school so that means everyone is looking to make some new friends in high school.

But if you wait until 5th or 6th grade to move it will be harder for you to connect with other parents. It may be hard for you to imagine now, but in a few more years the birthday parties will be drop off (and then there won't be big parties at all) and the kids will start arranging to hang out on their own, without you involved. If you move after that point it will be hard for you to get to know parents at your kids new school. That is not the end of the world but it is nice to have some parents to ask questions to or compare notes with. I loved living in DC with younger kids and have kept up with my mom friends there but part of me does wish we moved earlier because I think that then I would have a bigger group of mom friends with kids the same age as my oldest kid. So I would consider how much that matters to you (and if you are super outgoing or have a lot of time to volunteer in the schools you will likely have an easier time meeting people than I did).

Also, I feel like people in DC think the suburbs are some kind of hellscape where no one walks anywhere. But actually we drive less now that we live in Arlington because there are school buses (and late buses for kids who stay after school for activities). And our kids constantly walk places or metro. In fact, tonight our kids took the metro home from DC. Also, because I am less worried about safety I let my kids do things like go see a move and walk home at 11pm, which I would not have done in DC.

Good luck with your decision - Eaton and Horace Mann are great schools so I can see why this would be a tricky decision![/quote]

Thanks! I care a lot about building parent and neighbor friendships, so I appreciate this advice. [/quote]

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