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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, 3 bed Townhomes (basic space for a 2-3 kid family) in Stuart Hobson area goes from $850K to $4.5 million so not cheap to buy or rent.[/quote]

Sure but the quality of the schools don’t match the housing prices.

That’s plenty to buy in the best school districts in VA and MD and you lose the stress of dealing with such low performing peer groups, behaviors issues, low resources, etc..

It’s a no brainer.  If you choose to prioritize your current housing over your kids education, that’s your choice but let’s not deny there are better educational choices out there. [/quote]

If you provide support and resources, kids can do well at most schools. Not everyone wants to go for stressful suburban schools buzzing with helicopter parents. Your child can standout and get mire opportunities leadership positions, which is crucial in personal growth. For academic strength, you can use parental involvement, tutoring and good summer programs. This crazy obsession of comparing school rankings often backfires. Some parents rather spend more time with their kids then in twice daily commute to large houses and stress enclave schools.[/quote]

You are naive if you think all schools in the burbs are pressure cookers.  Plenty are not and you get so much more space and yard for your money.

In addition, doing after school supplementing is not enough and does not replace a good quality middle school program.  Are you planning on supplementing all subjects?  When is you kid going to have time to do any extracurriculars and sports?

Lastly, is this a joke?  Your teenage kid is not going to want to spend time with you at home during the week.  No way in hell.  Feel free to work as late as you want. They want to be with friends, involved in school clubs, sports, etc… which is very lacking BTW in DCPS compared to the burbs.[/quote]

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