Thankfully I moved to TX, got married (a bit less thankfully) and had a child (very thankfully). The schools in Austin have been surprisingly excellent. I also lived in Baton Rouge and my son's kindergarten and 1st grade were as good as any private school in the area.
My only problem at this point is feeding the union beast. Where I've lived so far, the teachers and schools have been light years ahead of what I suffered through, but the trajectory is not healthy.
Part of my despair this week is that Romney's words on education will go for nothing, now, and I will never in my lifetime see the dream I have long had, of widespread freedom of kids FROM government schools via vouchers and tuition tax credits. Won't happen now. Very little of what I dream for will happen now. The world seems very bleak.