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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread kind of makes me jealous of the vast majority of American parents who just enroll their kids in their suburban boundary school because that’s what’s available to them. Though I realize it’s a double edge sword, if those schools don’t work for their kid, most parents do not have another option. Moving or private school aren’t realistic to most of our country, where in the DC UMC it seems almost like a given if things aren’t working out. [/quote]

it is extremely coming throughout the rest of the country for parents to choose where they live specifically for the school their home is zoned for. Yes, they just send their kid to the local school, but they didn’t randomly end up where they did.

DC seems to be full of more oblivious parents who wake up one day and realize the house they bought with the great walk to all the bars and coffee shops is zoned for a terrible school. [/quote]

Lol yes, I never understand the people who post on here who say "My kid got screwed in the lottery, what are we going to do, we can't afford private and moving is not an option."

OF COURSE moving is an option, people move for schools across the US literally ALL THE TIME. Rockville and Arlington both have far cheaper housing than DC, better schools, and are metro accessible to downtown DC.

I'm not saying that moving isn't a huge pain, or that the locations are desirable, or that the commute would be good. But it is an option. I honestly can't think of a single scenario in which moving is truly entirely off the table unless you are locked into like a year long lease or something and even then you could wait that out.

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