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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh and I’ll add- this is still a generous budget because sometimes you just don’t do all of the above, all at once.  Some years it’s staycations or day trips. Maybe you do a little less in the kids 529s sometimes.  Maybe you drive a paid off beater for awhile.  Lots of ways to flex on this. Housing and childcare are tough. Big line item that can be hard to compromise on.  Contrary to DCUMs most prolific posters, it is possible to find a house for 700k within a 45 minute drive. Just not a 6k square foot new build in Arlington. [/quote]

45 minute drive in rush hour with good schools?[/quote]

Yep- try 20902 (close to Wheaton), or 20910 or parts of PG County, like another poster mentioned.  Of course, you will be attending schools with Black and brown children.  It will be ok though, I promise.[/quote]

Come on now. No one thinks Wheaton or PG has good schools.[/quote]

I define good schools as:  helping my child achieve at or above grade level on math, reading, writing, science (with reinforcement at home of course),  access to enriching activities (athletic and academic) thru the school,  opportunity to be friends with and learn at school with different types of kids/ .families (racial, economic, religious, learning styles), safe/welcoming environment.

We did part of elementary at Flora Singer- right in the midst of 550-700k homes near Wheaton/ Forest  Glen metro. Then MS at Sligo.

Kids  also attended  PG County(Bowie) schools at Yorktown ES. Friends are at Whitehall ES, with older kids at Tasker and Eleanor Roosevelt HS.

Objectives met at all of the above.

Can you elaborate on your definition of ‘good schools’?

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