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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We bought our home in Alexandria when we just finished graduate school. We cleaned out our savings to purchase our single family home in Alexandria. At the time, we had massive student loans and I worried about paying our mortgage, childcare and student loans. Fast forward to now, our income has gone up significantly, we have no debt besides the mortgage, have two kids in elementary and have enough savings to pay off our mortgage if we wanted. Older child is in AAP and younger child should also get into AAP in the future. Kids are thriving, play sports and have lots of friends. Neighbors are great. Life is good. We have seen many people move to better school districts. We like our house. Never thought it would be our forever home. It isn’t perfect but good enough. Kitchen, bathrooms and deck could use a renovation.

We work in DC so commute time could decrease if we move to McLean or Arlington. Places like Bethesda would also decrease commute time. These areas are also more expensive. Instead of being debt free, we would have to start over and get a new bigger mortgage. We would want a better home, not a worse home for the same price.

Would you move or stay put?[/quote]

I'd try to do this while your kids are still in elementary school.  It's easy for them to make new friends in middle school when the kids are arriving from different elementary schools.  After that, it gets harder.

Since you mentioned AAP, I assume you're in Fairfax.  If you're zoned for Hayfield, I'd probably stay put.  If you're zoned for Mount Vernon, I'd get out.  West Potomac is a tougher call.  As some have noted, Sandburg MS is rough.  In addition, because Mount Vernon has such a bad reputation, FCPS has basically punted and decided to expand West Potomac, which means it could easily have over 2700 kids by the time your kids are in high school.  [/quote]

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