How about PG County on the green line? Hyattsville, College Park, etc.

Most adults do not know enough to not make it an issue. See the posts about the large houses and how much animosity there is. OP, you are approaching this the wrong way and will regret it. You need to be amongst people who are more your kind. No one here wants to admit this, but it is true.

Anonymous wrote:I would want to live in the best neighborhood I could afford, even if I could only afford the smallest house on the block. I disagree that economic disparity is bad for kids. It really does not need to be an issue if you don't make it an issue. With that said, you could probably find a small house in Bethesda or Chevy Chase that would put you in excellent public school districts.

You know what you speak of! Best advice.....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Oneness Family. Do you like it? I've always wondered about it. OP, I relate to so much of what you say. We are in the same boat, financially and philosophically. We are in DC at a nontraditional charter ES and pretty happy, but not sure what we'll do for MS or HS. We could scrape to afford a small house in one of the "top" school clusters, but as simple livers, I'm concerned that we wouldn't fit in with our neighbors. Hope you'll keep the thread posted on what you decide.

Ha ha, not Oneness but the other school that is almost always mentioned when it is mentioned . . .

I think we are going to try for Takoma Park 1/2 mile to the metro (and then Silver Springs 1/2 mile, which is still zoned for Blaire). We spent an afternoon in Silver Springs downtown, son playing in the fountain, and I did like it more than I thought I would. The commute will be bad (40 minutes to school and about an hour to work in the mornings), and the wait for a house will be long, but I think it will be a good fit for us.

I am sorry to leave NW DC. If the schools were better, we could just move to a row house east of 16th street, but I can't count on charters or on our ability to sustain private school tuition for 2.

For the love of all that is holy, these are spelled:

Silver SPRING - not SpringS

BLAIR - not BlairE

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Oneness Family. Do you like it? I've always wondered about it. OP, I relate to so much of what you say. We are in the same boat, financially and philosophically. We are in DC at a nontraditional charter ES and pretty happy, but not sure what we'll do for MS or HS. We could scrape to afford a small house in one of the "top" school clusters, but as simple livers, I'm concerned that we wouldn't fit in with our neighbors. Hope you'll keep the thread posted on what you decide.

Ha ha, not Oneness but the other school that is almost always mentioned when it is mentioned . . .

I think we are going to try for Takoma Park 1/2 mile to the metro (and then Silver Springs 1/2 mile, which is still zoned for Blaire). We spent an afternoon in Silver Springs downtown, son playing in the fountain, and I did like it more than I thought I would. The commute will be bad (40 minutes to school and about an hour to work in the mornings), and the wait for a house will be long, but I think it will be a good fit for us.

I am sorry to leave NW DC. If the schools were better, we could just move to a row house east of 16th street, but I can't count on charters or on our ability to sustain private school tuition for 2.

Silver Spring, not Springs.

Love it here, hate it when people say Springs.

Ack sorry - I just have a strange tendency to pluralize things? (Barnes and Nobles etc.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Oneness Family. Do you like it? I've always wondered about it. OP, I relate to so much of what you say. We are in the same boat, financially and philosophically. We are in DC at a nontraditional charter ES and pretty happy, but not sure what we'll do for MS or HS. We could scrape to afford a small house in one of the "top" school clusters, but as simple livers, I'm concerned that we wouldn't fit in with our neighbors. Hope you'll keep the thread posted on what you decide.

Ha ha, not Oneness but the other school that is almost always mentioned when it is mentioned . . .

I think we are going to try for Takoma Park 1/2 mile to the metro (and then Silver Springs 1/2 mile, which is still zoned for Blaire). We spent an afternoon in Silver Springs downtown, son playing in the fountain, and I did like it more than I thought I would. The commute will be bad (40 minutes to school and about an hour to work in the mornings), and the wait for a house will be long, but I think it will be a good fit for us.

I am sorry to leave NW DC. If the schools were better, we could just move to a row house east of 16th street, but I can't count on charters or on our ability to sustain private school tuition for 2.

Silver Spring, not Springs.

Love it here, hate it when people say Springs.

Aw..think of the bright side:

You could be my silver spring....
Blue-green..colors flashin'
I would be your only dream.....
Your shinin' autumn....ocean crashin'....
Don't say that she's pretty....
and did you say that she loves you...?
Baby I don't wanna know.

So I'll begin not to love you...
Turn around, you'll see me runnin'
I'll say I loved you years ago...
And tell myself you never loved me....No......
Don't say that she's pretty....
And did you say that she loves you...?
Baby, I don't wanna know....Oh no.....
And can you tell me...was it worth it....?
Baby, I don't wanna know..

Time cast a spell on you...you won't forget me...
I know I could've loved you but you would not let me....

Time cast a spell on you...but you won't forget me...
(I was such a fool)
I know I could've loved you, but you would not let me..
(Give me one more chance)
I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you..
(Haunt you)
You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you..

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like Oneness Family. Do you like it? I've always wondered about it. OP, I relate to so much of what you say. We are in the same boat, financially and philosophically. We are in DC at a nontraditional charter ES and pretty happy, but not sure what we'll do for MS or HS. We could scrape to afford a small house in one of the "top" school clusters, but as simple livers, I'm concerned that we wouldn't fit in with our neighbors. Hope you'll keep the thread posted on what you decide.

Ha ha, not Oneness but the other school that is almost always mentioned when it is mentioned . . .

I think we are going to try for Takoma Park 1/2 mile to the metro (and then Silver Springs 1/2 mile, which is still zoned for Blaire). We spent an afternoon in Silver Springs downtown, son playing in the fountain, and I did like it more than I thought I would. The commute will be bad (40 minutes to school and about an hour to work in the mornings), and the wait for a house will be long, but I think it will be a good fit for us.

I am sorry to leave NW DC. If the schools were better, we could just move to a row house east of 16th street, but I can't count on charters or on our ability to sustain private school tuition for 2.

Silver Spring, not Springs.

Love it here, hate it when people say Springs.