Why Schools Matter

I spend a lot of time with families as they are contemplating where they want to land.

我花了很多时间和家人在一起，因为他们正在考虑他们想要降落的地方。

One of the first things I ask couples who reveal they plan to have kids or families who already have them - what are your school priorities?

对于那些透露计划要孩子的夫妇或已经有了孩子的家庭，我首先要问的问题之一是——你们学校的优先事项是什么？

Every family has different school goals.

每个家庭都有不同的学校目标。

Some people feel most comfortable mirroring their own educational experience, many are excited about unique options (immersion, montessori, Waldorf), and most will end up going to their neighborhood public school.

有些人觉得反映自己的教育经历最舒服，许多人对独特的选择（沉浸式、蒙特梭利、华德福）感到兴奋，大多数人最终会去他们附近的公立学校。

What most people don’t realize is that even if there are 8 public elementary schools in their district, most of them will be very very different.

大多数人没有意识到，即使他们所在的地区有 8 所公立小学，其中大多数也会有很大的不同。

One may be immersion, another traditional, another with mixed age classrooms, and yet another with a more nature focus.

一种可能是沉浸式的，另一种是传统的，另一种是混合年龄的教室，还有一种更注重自然。

Then each district can vary widely in their offerrings.

那么每个地区的产品可能会有很大差异。

Your kids will spend the majority of their days in these buildings, with the vibe set forth by the school, being taught by the educators that fit it.

您的孩子将在这些建筑中度过大部分时间，享受学校营造的氛围，并由适合学校的教育工作者授课。

As a parent, you will likely be going to that school regularly - pickup, dropoff, volunteering, even making friends and forming a multi-decade social circle.

作为家长，您可能会定期去那所学校——接送、送学、做志愿者，甚至结交朋友并形成一个长达数十年的社交圈。

Yet, about 85% of the couples who I speak to who are planning to have children or who already have young children, don’t indicate any thought about schools.

然而，在我采访过的计划要孩子或已经有了小孩的夫妇中，大约 85% 的人并没有表示出任何关于学校的想法。

The rationale: oh, we’ve got time before we have to think about that.

理由：哦，我们还有时间考虑这个问题。

As professional here to help people make decisions that will serve them emotionally, practically and financially for many years, I can say that the school decisions come up much more quickly than one ever imagines.

作为这里的专业人士，我帮助人们做出多年来在情感、实践和经济上为他们服务的决定，我可以说学校的决定比人们想象的要快得多。

If you’re buying a home with an 18 month old, you only have 2.5 more years before you have to register for Kindergarten!

如果您买的房子里有 18 个月大的孩子，那么您还有 2.5 年的时间就必须注册幼儿园！

Even in our general home calculus, we like you to make a decision on a property that could serve your needs for 5-7 years, preferably 7.

即使在我们一般的家居计算中，我们也希望您做出能够满足您 5-7 年（最好是 7 年）需求的房产的决定。

This ensures that you can reap the best benefits of market appreciation and avoid losing money on your investment.

这确保您可以获得市场升值的最佳收益并避免投资亏损。

If you’re not yet having kids, but plan to, that first kiddo could easily fall in the school calculus of your first home given this ideal range of time.

如果你还没有孩子，但计划要孩子，那么在这个理想的时间范围内，第一个孩子很容易落入你第一个家的学校计算中。

At any rate, if the school falls short, you may be forced to move faster than what’s best for you due to schools.

无论如何，如果学校达不到要求，你可能会因为学校的原因而被迫采取比最适合你的行动更快的行动。

Doing this due-diligence will help you narrow down location and solidify your interests.

进行尽职调查将帮助您缩小范围并巩固您的兴趣。

More importantly, it will help you avoid regretting a decision in the future which may leave you susceptible to a lottery, open-enrollment availability, private school, or a forced move that can impact your emotional and financial health.

更重要的是，它将帮助您避免对未来的决定感到后悔，这可能会让您容易受到抽签、公开招生、私立学校或可能影响您的情绪和财务健康的被迫搬家的影响。

As always, consider the whole picture & all the pieces of your life.

一如既往，考虑整个画面和生活的各个部分。

Your future self will thank you.

未来的你会感谢你。

Thanks for reading The Honest Broker!

感谢您阅读《诚实的经纪人》！

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