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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is exactly why many higher-income families prefer to stay in public, OP.

Now we did move to an expensive neighborhood to get into the most reputable publics. But that was also a safeguard against a possible future issue with property values, since real estate is most stable around good neighborhoods with good schools. I looked on the map at locations such that if boundaries changed, we would either not be impacted (because too close to the school), or be switched to another excellent school cluster.

We're very happy with our decision. Oldest is in college and youngest is in MCPS high school. Our net worth has grown *significantly* in the stock market compared to 20 years ago.

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That approach plus whatever tutors you need to supplement is our approach as well.  I investigated private for our kids (we were in top HoCo schools) and nothing nearby was worth it, in fact our publics were better.  Only way to get as good/slightly better was to drive 45 mins to the fancy Balt schools and that wasn't worth what is now $45-60K.

In reality, fact is majority of how well kids learn comes from parental attitudes and involvement.  So unless your schools are in the "unsafe" range, it's best to save that $$$ or at least wait until MS/HS to jump into private if you must
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