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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about no lottery?
You live where you live and your kids can go to school in your neighborhood-end of story. Maybe some specialized schools to test into, especially for MS and high school. 
Just like everywhere else in America.
I don't think that MCPS has any lottery. If you live in Rockville, you can go to the schools in Rockville, not lottery into Potomac. MCPS is one big system but they don't move regular ed. kids all over the place to fill seats.
For generations, people all over America have been buying houses in towns and neighborhoods where they like the schools-it has always been part real estate decisions for people with kids.
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Except, if the school where you live happens to suck, you have a problem.  If you have extraordinary bandwidth, free time, energy, and knowledge (which most people don't) you can get involved in the neighborhood school and try to get it to change.  And maybe, if you're lucky, the school might change - by the time your kids leave.  Or, if you can afford it, you could move elsewhere, to a place that does have decent neighborhood schools.  In which case, you might end up with a horrendous commute and far less time to spend with your kids as a parent.  Et cetera.  Sorry but for most of us who don't have a $500k HHI our options are far more limited.[/quote]

These are the choices people make all over this country.  These are the choices people that currently live in fairfax county have already made.  Also, the idea you need a 500k annual income to live in a good school district in DC is preposterous.  Maybe for a really nice large house, but that is not what most who live in upper NW at least have.  I support good schools for all, but info in school quality was widely available when everyone on DCUM bought their homes.  [/quote]

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