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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks to all for the helpful replies.

My oldest is in pre-k and frankly, I have no idea how she'll do academically, which makes me risk averse.  I don't want to assume that she'll go magnet.  My husband and I were academically successful and we are involved parents.  Of course, I suspect she will do well in school, but don't all of us think our children are "above-average"?  Wherever we end up, I do worry that if she is in the middle of the pack, she'll be given short-shrift.[/quote]

I will point out here that I have seen many nearby families make housing purchases based on high school quality when their kids aren't even school age (or aren't even born yet), and these attempts to reduce all future educational risk have backfired. They have spent much more on homes because of the rumored quality of a high school their children won't attend for ten or more years into the future. That means ten years of big mortgage payments to finance a high school education that may theoretically be better sometime in the future. If you like a neighborhood and like the elementary school, make a decision based on a shorter time horizon and don't get trapped into a big mortgage. [/quote]

On the flip side, we bought before our kids were born, thinking this was a starter house.  For various reasons, we were unable to move.  Now kids are in MS and moving would be tantamount to going to a new town -- all of their friends are here in SS, their social and extracurriculars, etc.  It's much harder to move once that happens.

We are happy in Silver Spring and kids are getting a good education but I didn't expect to be here at this point.[/quote]

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