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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your concern for our finances. We have one child, and it will be less expensive for us to send them through 5 years of private. We would have had to come up with an additional 250k, to get an equivalent home in north Arlington. We made the right choice for our family.

I agree that middle and high school are extremely important. That's why I don't want my child at Williamsburg or Yorktown.
If money had been no obstacle, we would choose Long Branch/Henry, TJ, W/L or Wakfield. We came as close as we could for our budget. 
As I said, we all make compromises. [/quote]

How on earth is 5 years of private a savings? You don't get that back, if you paid 250k more for a home you pay that down and can recoup that eventually and more.

You also have to test into TJ and fairfax county would be the best place to be for TJ admissions not South Arlington.

Provide your private school costs, home cost, size / age of your home and neighborhood.

Using the above metrics I can show you price appreciation on North Vs South I can guarantee you that I can show you that it would be better financially to invest in North Arlington using public schools.[/quote]

TJ middle school dear. It's a middle school in APS. Do you even live in Arlington? Do you even have kids?
Have you even ever bought a home? 
Yes, it would have been grand to have had an extra 250k laying around when we bought our home approx.10 years ago. 
You seem to be such a wizard at real estate! Perhaps you are on the wrong forum?
When we looked at homes, we had specific parameters. 
The home we chose fit all except one (elementary) so we compromised. 
I promise you, my home has appreciated very nicely. We will make plenty of money on our home when the time comes to sell, but that will be at least 20 years from now. 
When may not even need private, we will see if choice works out for us first. We are also willing to give our neighborhood school a try for K, if it seems the winds have changed.
We got 2 out of the 3 schools we were interested in. We are satisfied.

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