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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure this has been mentioned yet: Considering your family configuration, and to keep you sane, I recommend you prioritize finding housing that works for your family, considering such aspects as affordability, [b]access to transportation, grocery shopping, and leisure.[/b] That is going to be the most critical piece to your sanity. Unless you somehow have an unusual amount of disposable income (I suspect not if you plan on putting 4 children through college and retire comfortably), then let the school(s) fall into place. There are so many different paths to success in DC public & charter schools that driving yourself nuts over this going into your relocation is bananas. So is paying a huge premium for it. Not to mention, you may find your four children actually do need different options and before long they may be at different schools anyway, probably taking themselves there on public transit.

Here is why I'm saying this: What good is it for you to have it all lined up school-wise from Janey, to Deal, to Wilson, if the six of you will drive each other to the brink of destruction in a crammed apartment for the next ten years? Might you not prefer living sanely and happily, with room and income to spare in, say, [b]Brookland, Hyattsville, Takoma Park, or Hillcrest[/b]? From any of these places, you have good to excellent options. Not to mention, by the time your babies hit middle and high school, the world (and most certainly DCPS) will be a different place.[/quote]

Those things (especially grocery shopping) are certainly going to be MUCH better in Upper NWDC than in the places you mention. And I don't even want to think about commuting to Georgetown from those areas. Her budget is 1.25M, she doesn't need to look in PG or EOTR. Takoma Park is the only place to consider seriously on this list.[/quote]

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