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To the PP who said I was whining about not being able to find anything, I am thankful for your link and that was great. But if you look at my post, I was hardly whining. I said I had a coffee break (so a short time) and I searched around. I looked at craigslist, padmapper, rent, and homesdatabase. Obviously a more exhaustive search may have uncovered something I missed, but I was hardly whining and saying "ANYWHERE." I simply said that on my search, I didn't see anything less than that.  But I'll just admit upfront that I don't know anything about that school district. Not everyone has your level of knowledge and you shouldn't expect that.  I am quite educated for my background, and am trying to become moreso, but it's not a very fair judgment on your part. Thank you for sharing, but it would have been nice to have left it at that rather than just assuming I was whining. Not sure I know what that's about.[/quote]

I'm sorry, I used the word whine because I hear that same number over and over again on these boards,

You said this:

I do realize that I think most people responding don't quite understand. I spent a little time this afternoon during a break looking at some rentals in the better school districts and it's WAY more expensive. Way way way more. We pay $1375/month for rent for a 1 bedroom + den (very tiny second bedroom). There are literally zero places to rent in better areas that are less than $2100 for that in better school districts. Not an option. The finances don't work out.

But in fact that's not true.  There are places to rent.  Yes, it will take a little research, more than what you can do on one coffee break.  The place I linked to is about 3 minutes from the DC line, where rock creek park crosses into MD, it's not distant FFX, it's quite close in.  It is served by an elementary school (Rock Creek Forest) that is at least as good as the best DC has to offer, if not better, and into a high school (BCC) that's one of the top 3 or 4 in the entire metro area.  How do I know this?  Because I make a similar income to you, albeit as a single parent, and moved to this neighborhood (not this particular community, a smaller complex that didn't have any two bedrooms for rent the day I posted that) specifically for the schools.

OP you are talking about jumping through all kinds of hoops, and committing yourself to 16 years of tuition payments.  Think really carefully. Even if you get great financial aid packages of 80% you're talking about $100K tuition over those years.  That's $100K you won't have to buy a home, or to send your child to college, or to give him the gift of a sibling.  If you truly exhaust all your options, then yes, look at private schools for Kindergarten, but in the mean time spend as much time looking at some of the great public options, as you spent taking your kid to his private school interview.  You may be pleasantly surprised.  [/quote]

Not the OP but kind of wondering if you make the same income as OP, why you send your kids to private school (assuming that you are on this board because you do).

I tend to agree that it's not worth the hassle, but I don't agree that the money over the years is a waste for a good education.[/quote]

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