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It's insane that you need to spend $800,000+ plus to buy an average sized home in DC that's zoned for a decent elementary/middle/high school.  That said, it's also not very productive to blame or be bitter towards the folks who were able to do this.

Just my thoughts on the matter,

An EOP Parent whose kid attends a charter school (and whose inbound school had a 21% proficiency rate)[/quote]

Exactly.[/quote]

Then move and rent west of the park.  Life choices.  [b]Government can't solve all your problems.  [/b]You are all growns up now. [/quote]

Except that we pay some of the highest "state" income taxes in the nation for the privilege of living in this non-state with its corrupt and incompetent government. Your statement would make sense in a small government state with no income tax, where families have more disposable income to pay for private schools. But this is DC. The per capita govt budget (and educational budget) is huge and the govt functions as an employment program.

Yes, it's another life choice, we could all move to Virginia or Texas. But in my view people have a right to be upset when they are paying high taxes and getting poor government services in return.

When DCUM posters say stuff like "what are you expecting, for the DC govt to open a bunch of great charter schools catering to affluent families?", my thinking is yes, for the amount we collectively pay in taxes, that sounds reasonable.

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