Homeschooling is your answer.
Of course, but you still have to pay propert taxes. You're screwed either way.
How many Americans can afford to homeschool? Most Americans require two incomes to maintain a middle class lifestyle. Homeschooling applies to a very small and very affluent segment of the population. Homeschool thusly may be the answer for some families - it is not for the rest.
Since it is your answer, more power to you. I have the highest regard for those who choose homeschooling - but it is not for everyone.
By the time our daughter was 3 I knew I wasn't cut out for it, and it wouldn't be in her best interest. We enrolled her in a private home-school preschool program and put our house on the market to move to an area with a better school district.
She's in the 1st grade and half way through the 2nd grade reading curricula. the only reason she was not skipped directly to 2nd grade from kindergarten is her maturity level with other children. She is completely at ease with adults, but has some difficulties with children her own age.
Our decision to not home school has nothing to do with needing a 2 income family to keep up with the joneses - I haven't worked outside the home since I learned I was pregnant, we live in a small house and drive used vehicles - our decision was made based upon what we as parents felt best for our child.
Homeschool PING
Exactly why my sister and BIL went to Homeschooling when their kids were in second and fourth grades. Now at 19 my nephew is already working on his Masters and my niece is a Sophomore in College. Most of all they are both nice kids.