Moving for the school is still a thing in Chicagoland — even if it means keeping two residences. Amenities may be king, but schools still rate in real estate

When Melody Roberts moved from Hyde Park, on the South Side of Chicago, to the north shore suburb of Wilmette with her son Jason Pereira,16, she said there were a number of theories floating around the neighborhood: One was she was secretly getting divorced from her husband of 27 years. Another theory was she just wasn't fond of the Hyde Park neighborhood anymore; another was her son didn't fit in at Kenwood Academy High School.

None of that was true, she said. She moved to an apartment in the northern suburb to enroll her child in New Trier Township High School in Winnetka. Her husband maintains their original apartment in