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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder how big of an exodus we would see from the DCC form all those parents who say they love those schools if the had a life line out they could honestly afford?  I bet all that Blair love would fly out the window if they could afford better or get out. It always comes off as sour grapes [/quote]
Points for the savvy attempt to drive a wedge there. [/quote]

We are down county  and we can comfortably afford to move today.  I went to one of the schools that are "good" schools and had several friends transfer out and I would have if my parents allowed it.  My parents were too selfish to care.  We deliberately bought a house to avoid those schools.  I'd do private over those schools.  And, I wouldn't  do Blair either.  Its a bit funny how W school parents move out of the  area to avoid the schools to drive their kids to Blair.

Smart kids will do well anywhere.  But, smart kids at a "lesser" school will have an easier time with college acceptances. [/quote]

Sure they will because the high SES school kids are known for struggling to keep up the outcomes of the low SES schools  :roll:  that is like the “real rich people are the ones with the cheap house on the poor side of town compared to those people struggling with their million dollar mortgages” argument.  Sure I am sure it happens but not 99.9% of the time. Rich schools produce rich outcomes and rich people live on the rich side of town. You’re just rationalizing your station like it was part of your plan.  Hopefully your kids will get that good outcome at that “lesser” school and do better than you…. If they are lucky [/quote]

I'd rather save the money for college and graduate school vs. pay more for a house.  You have high achievers at the lower SES schools.  Don't kid yourself.  We make more than many of the W families we know but they are house poor and we aren't.  They worry about paying for college and we've had ours funded fully for college and graduate school.  We can afford to supplement, pay for tutors and what ever we want because we aren't house poor.  Its just self segregation.  [/quote]

Yes, there are strong high-achieving cohorts at almost every school in the county. The big difference is whether you school offers 4 sections of AP English or 2. [/quote]

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