<p>Best of luck and welcome! It’s important to know that the school system is town based. If you are interested in private schools, you’ll need to work on that ASAP. Application deadlines are Jan. 1 (I think) and most schools require a standardized test (SSAT or ISEE) that can take a bit of work to schedule. Commuter rail is pretty good in Newton. I think a bit tougher in Belmont.
[Association</a> of Independent Schools in New England](<a href=“http://www.aisne.org%5DAssociation”>http://www.aisne.org) will tell you a lot about the private schools.
There is a slightly different, but greatly overlapping set of sports in the public and private schools - if your boys are big on one, that might be a factor.
The correlation between school system quality and average house price is pretty strong.
Boston Magazine caters to the upper class - if you look at it, you can figure out the upper class areas. Take anything it says about schools with a large grain of salt.</p>