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[quote=Anonymous]We moved to the WJ cluster and most of the parents seem very happy with the cluster.  We are giving up diversity, in fact are the diversity, living here but commute-wise it made more sense for DH.  As for being worth it, we were fortunate to sell a townhouse durung the market heyday that allowed for a decent downpayment.  If we didn't have that downpayment, I'm not sure I would have made the move.  Having lived thru my parents having financial difficulties when one parent was unemployed, and one parent feeling as though the strain of the bigger house payments limited what she could do careerwise and the other parent resenting that, and in general living paycheck to paycheck, and pretty much being on our own to pay for college (which for me worked out okay but for a sibling could have been the difference between finishing)  - did NOT want to relive any of that now that I have a choice.  What good is the bigger house or better school if the financial pressures put a strain on your marriage?

I would also caution if your child has any special needs you may end up wanting to send your child to private school if you feel the public school is not bringing out the best in your child. We are facing that problem right now.  We are in one of the top school districts and may end up sending one child atleast to private school.  It kills DH because we are paying all this money to live here and moved here for the schools but I'm at the point where I need to find a support group with other parents to see how they are making things work,  accept that the behavior may not improve and just hope it doesn't put our child behind in academics at some point and hope things will work out in the end, medicate, or find another environment that may work better.  You really don't want to stretch yourself thin financially for public school only to find it isn't working for your child and you need more free time (specifically not working full time) to give your child extra support or to find a private school.[/quote]

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