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larabair t1_j3dgvir wrote

Reply to comment by Kooky_Coyote7911 in Moving to Greater Boston Area - Thoughts on Newton? by nomjs

-Watertown but otherwise true

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Anteater_Reasonable t1_j3e3m2j wrote

Just out of curiosity, wrong with Watertown?

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larabair t1_j3e59e0 wrote

Schools. The rest of the schools on that list are pretty good though. If they didn’t have kids watertown would be great!

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Anteater_Reasonable t1_j3e5rqi wrote

Fair enough. I live in Watertown and really like it, but I’m childless and had no idea the schools weren’t very good.

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Kooky_Coyote7911 t1_j3ecouu wrote

Watertown in in the top 50% of schools in Massachusetts. It's not ranked in the top 10 /~ but it's a well run Town

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larabair t1_j3ed5nl wrote

Unfortunately a top half of schools doesn’t make it a good district, and WPS is nowhere near the other schools on that list. I’m not comfortable going into details here but suffice it to say I now understand why so many families leave as their kids get older.

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