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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Granted, as a kid, I may not have been privy to adult conversations about this but when I see myself and all my friends agonizing over where to buy a house and the feeder schools associated with different neighborhoods and the pros and cons of each, I just can't remember parents of kids in my generation doing this. I swear back then people just bought a house they could afford and reasonably liked and the kids just went to the school closest by and that was about it. What created all this angst over schools and their performance and restructuring whole family lives (geographically, financially) based on schools? [/quote]

My mom did.  In 1968.  She couldn't afford to live in Prince George's County at the time, so they bought across the river in Howard County.  She thought she may have to use her mom's address to enroll me in school in Laurel (PG County).  At that time PG County schools had a better reputation than Howard.  That changed over time, but yes, school quality was important to her.[/quote]

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