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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We could indeed find something equally affordable at more than 2 hours total daily commuting time, compared to 40 minutes if we get a house steps from the Blue Line. Commuting would be ok for us, but would take away supervision/study/quality time with the kids, which would be much more detrimental to them than a school with 8% peers at grade level. And I have reasons to be confident they would be among those at grade level or beyond.

So, please tell me where to go, with a nursing assistant salary at a medical facility along the blue line, and a secretarial job in the federal government.

Sorry , I know I am getting out of topic, I was hoping to get some insights on these two schools. Instead what I am finding is a bunch of people telling me what do with my life with little/no awareness of the challenges lower income people are undergoing, especially if they plan to complete a college degree (like one of us).

I guess this board is not the place to find Nalle and KM's families. Good bye.

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I don't think (as the parent of a four year old) you have any idea how detrimental a school with 8% of the peers at grade level can be to a child. Your children won't just be at a school with peers who are not academically successful, they'll be surrounded by kids in the neighborhood who are not academically successful. You're not going to want your children playing with the neighbors if you're not there to supervise and you're not going to want to socialize with your neighbors.

I think you need to move to a city with a much lower cost of living. (Not the suburbs but out of the region entirely.) DC is no place to raise a family of you are struggling financially in this way.[/quote]

Thank you. I appreciate your considerate thoughts. Loretta (OP)[/quote]

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