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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the comments on the Parenting website:

[quote]I don't see how Parenting can take schools into account and select DC as #1 UNLESS they mean private schools.  The public school system is terrible in DC.  Ther are many wonderful private grade schools but they are very expensive.  DC is wonderful for young professionals but for a family - - not unless you are rich.  I know several people who loved living in DC but moved to MD or VA when they had kids and wanted good schools.[/quote]

Again, DC is a wonderful place to live, and great for a family but only if you're rich.  Why?  Because the "public school system is terrible in DC".  Except that there are a large number of middle-class parent who love their DC public schools, and the number's growing everyday.[/quote]

We have an HHI well in excess of what anyone would rationally consider "middle class," and we love our daughter's charter school.  We are by no means unique at that school, and have many friends in the same situation at other schools.  Ten years ago, we'd have all been in private schools or in the suburbs, MAYBE at a JKLM school.  Times, they are a-changin'.  [/quote]

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