Talkin’ schools
It’s been quiet around here, I know. The Spouse just got back from the second of two back-to-back business trips and I am finally getting some ‘me’ time. I tend to get a little wacky after spending virtually all waking hours with someone whose idea of a good time is watching back-to-back episodes of Super WHY.
I’ve also been preoccupied (obsessed is such an ugly word) with house-hunting. We’re renting now and had planned to continue doing so at least until early 2010. But with the Spouse’s position here looking more stable, and that tempting tax credit, we’re starting to fall victim to the siren call of home ownership.*
Our main concern is where the Kiddo will attend school. (Admittedly this is not a pressing concern as she’s not yet two.) We want to be in the house at least five years, so that would mean she’d be well into elementary school. I’m interested in anyone’s advice on choosing the right school for your kid. What did you do? Talk to friends; pore over test scores; ask to visit/watch a class?
I’m starting to Internet research myself into paralysis. Feedback, please…
*Yeah, this technically isn’t our first go ’round. We owned a condo downtown before we moved overseas. We were lucky to sell it. But, having owned it just under two years, we barely got out with a profit, let alone enough to put back into another house. We did save a good chunk of money during our stint in Korea, but not enough to put 20 percent down on anything but a studio apartment in the areas we’d like to live.
