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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Buying a home in a lower performing school district seems insane for this reason. [/b][/quote]

That's what we did and I don't think it's insane at all. Lower mortgage means our family's overall quality of life is drastically better using it as extra vacation funds. We provided support at home that DD needed so she was still above grade level relative to her peers early on. She got into AAP easily so she's in the classes with other high performers anyway.[/quote]

Right- your reason for buying in a lower performing school was to go on more vacations. That poster was asking about going to a lower performing school to try to game the system for a better chance to get into AAP.

While I personally wouldn’t gamble w/ my kids’ educational opportunities by betting on AAP acceptance at a lower performing school, clearly it was worth it to you for vacations and ultimately worked out. [/quote]

Give it a rest.[/quote]

Agree that's not much of a gamble. Outcomes have more to do with parents and home life than specific schools. The same kid would do about the same at any of these schools. Only real estate agents push this silly myth about good and bad schools. [/quote]

It depends on the kid! Maybe the differences are marginal, but if a parent cares and wants to prioritize that in their decision, who is anyone to judge? So much of the debates on this forum seem to be the result of people not being able to accept that we all have different values/priorities.

It's also not just how well they do at the school academically, but the peers their exposed to, and the neighborhood. Mantua is a great neighborhood. Don't know very much about the others.
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