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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Move. There's more to school than just the academics. It's continuing to foster the love of learning and being surrounded by kids who enjoy and are good in school as well. If you're not in a good ms then HS is such a shock to the system. [/quote]

I agree though I'm not sure my pre-teen would say any school fosters  a love of learning.  Between the age and her personality our bar is lower.
You want to have the foundation, a large peer group (other kids that enjoy and are good in school), and the community/connection to others.

Have you run the numbers to rent out your current place and rent a new place for a public middle school you want?  This may be less of a financial commitment than selling.  Also, you might be able to afford rent in places with a more favorable commute plus good middle school but not afford to buy a house in those same locations.

If you do move, there will be more work for you to make sure your child is transitioning well and that your family makes connections to the community.  This may mean researching how your daughter can stay involved in her current interests at the new location, volunteering and getting to know other families, being outgoing (but not needy) with neighbor's and new families.  In other words, if you aren't feeling like you are in middle school too, you aren't doing it right :). I will caveat that there are those children that absolutely can make new friends easily without knowing anyone and come home with social invitations and the parents keep to themselves and do their own thing and the child isn't involved in any activities but I don't think that is the norm ...especially with girls in middle school.

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