I live in Oregon, although this might limit some of the funding for certain schools, when I was moving between school districts for my son, I could not start hi

I live in Oregon, although this might limit some of the funding for certain schools, when I was moving between school districts for my son, I could not start him in the new school district until I was a resident. The only public school we looked at that actually followed this method was Riverdale (www.riverdaleschool.com), and it was about $3k/year. Most of the public schools won't let you attend unless you live in their boundaries. There are a lot of public schools in Portland that have special programs, and you enter via a lottery, so that's kind of cool. However, it's my experience that Portland Public Schools are crippled vs. the surrounding suburban school districts. I don't really understand it, since PPS has a higher funding per kid. Also the facilities in suburbia (sports fields, buildings, etc.) are generally newer and bigger. If I had it to do over again, I'm not sure what state I would try and move to for education.