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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes but then $175k of that $350k would go to taxes and another $75-$100k for childcare. A lot of the rest would be eaten up by other outsourcing and buying more clothes, dry cleaning and communing costs. Your lifestyle wouldn’t be much better, and you’d just have two stressed out overworked parents. [/quote]
You are trying to say that a 700k dual income household is the same as a 350k single income household?
No way. This is so far from the reality. [/quote]

I'm saying it's not that different from a 1 earner $350k and public school vs. 2 earners, $750k and taxes and private schools. [/quote]

Agree with the above.  In fact we are contemplating this right now.  Currently around 550k HHI with 1 in private and another one about to start private in a high income tax state (CA), with an Au Pair.  We have run the numbers and it would be financially feasible and potential better for our quality of life to move to a state with no income tax, I’d become a SAHP, send our kids to a good public, and my spouse (who works remote) would become the sole breadwinner on a 350k income.  [/quote]

Where are these states with no income tax and good public schools? Certainly not Florida - you need to send your DC to private school if you want a decent environment (i.e., soap and toilet paper). [/quote]

There absolutely are good schools in Florida!  I don’t understand how someone can think that in such a large state there aren’t any decent public school districts.  How do you end up so ignorant and uneducated?[/quote]

Your argument is a bit crass and rude. But anyway, let me explain this to you. There are very few outliers, Pineview comes to mind. Overall though, Florida public schools are underfunded.  The teaching methods in Miami, the largest school district are antiquated - rote memorization, teachers just reading from slides, etc. Teachers are overworked and overwhelmed, yet underpaid. Some “excellent” schools have no soap and toilet paper (school that my friend’s DS attends, top school). The equipment is a joke - one functioning copy machine for a school of 1100 kids. Math books arriving months after school starts. Disintegrating furniture in the teacher’s offices (saw with my own eyes, absolutely shameful). This is from top schools, in terms of program and test scores. Yes - the kids learned a lot of material, but is it ok to have 35 kids in second grade? In a tiny classroom? No. It’s not. Is it ok for you, if your smart but quiet and well behaved DC gets ignored for years, because the teachers only pay attention to the ones who misbehave? Also, if your DC is used to MC or UMC diet at home, you’ll be packing lunch each day, because the lunch they serve isn’t what you’d want your DC to eat. [/quote]

Here’s a link to the top 10 public school districts in Florida.  St Johns is #1.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/s/florida/[/quote]

DP: I wouldn't argue that there aren't good schools in a whole state, but I also wouldn't use niche. com as a reliable source.  Or Greatschools.  You have to drill down and look at more factors.[/quote]

Zoom into the schools at a large MCPS-sized school district in Florida:

Miami-Dade: https://www.niche.com/k12/d/miami-dade-county-public-schools-fl/

Broward: https://www.niche.com/k12/d/broward-county-public-schools-fl/

Grades range from A through D, when you chop it up into regions the size of tiny St Johns County.

Quelle surprise, "better school" == "wealthier parents", even within a single district with shared funding and leadership.

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