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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All those people leaving have 4 or 5 year olds and recently toured their local elementary school.[/quote]

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You can roll your eyes, but that's how things go in our zip (20901).  We did it.  Our neighbors did it.  Our neighbor's neighbor did it.  And so on.  The people who owned the houses before us did it.  It's a great 4-5 year cycle for the realtors.  Young families move in and are typically buying a starter home.  They either just had their first or are about to.  They don't look closely at the schools, and just take on faith there will be a decent enough option available when the time comes.  So yes, you see lots of young bright-eyed families moving in.  There are cute houses, cute parks, and lots of moms with strollers out for a walk.  Once the time to enroll comes along, though, those same young families are paying attention and they realize why the previous owner left once the kids turned five.  They sell the house, move to Bethesda (or just about anywhere with a school that doesn't feel like inner-city poverty) and the cycle continues.   It's a great place, but the public schools can be a serious crap shoot.  There are some pockets where the school is beloved, but the opposite can easily be true just one block away.[/quote]

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