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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm disappointed with class sizes in MCPS also (also 26 in K..Bethesda...possibly same school?), but I value a more progressive system so I would prefer a school in Bethesda over Texas. That being said, is the cost of living such that you could send to a private school in Texas and still break even?[/quote]

I don't know what you mean by a "more progressive school system" but high performing urban and suburban (of big cities) are certainly "progressive"--at least as progressive as anywhere in the DC area.  When I lived in Austin, the local elementary school started an optional Mandarin program in kindergarden, the curriculum taught evolution and climate change, and it offered a lot of really great programs especially for the magnet students.  Being in Texas doesn't immediately mean backwater nonsense school.  Now if you were to go to bumfuck rural Texas (just as if you were to go to bumfuck rural Maryland) the picture would be totally different.  Also, if you were in inner city Houston (just as if you were in inner city DC or Baltimore) you would have all kinds of serious issues.  I have found in general, there are fewer really great college prep private schools in Texas outside of Houston than there are on the East coast, and a lot of the private schools are religiously affiliated.  The Episcopal schools are strong, but honestly, I would much rather send my kid to a high performing public school in Texas than some Evangelical Christian school that refuses to teach evolution and doesn't allow dancing at prom.

Also the cost of living is way lower, but not as much lower as you would imagine.  Housing is cheaper for sure, but you aren't talking about a 100K McMansion unless you are living somewhere where the schools are crappy or is really far away from the city.  Property taxes are higher to make up for the lack of a state income tax, so there's that too.  Also salaries tend to be a little lower because the cost of living is lower.  Like anywhere, good schools=more expensive to live there.[/quote]

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