Husband And I cannot agree: To suburb or not?

Currently we live in Austin as an opportunity presented itself. I hope to stay here while I’m in school until I finish. I am in school to be a teacher and we both agree we want to move back to Houston (we both grew up there and have always lived there!) but we cannot agree on a big issue: He wants to stay in the loop and I am ready to be in the suburbs as we have 2 small children and also I do not want to work for HISD. I have done a lot of research of Houston area school districts (personally I have experience with Katy ISD, Lamar Consolidated ISD, and Houston ISD) and HISD just seems so bleak to me especially with everything going on with MM. We do not have private school money.

He has always lived IN Houston and is basically refusing to think of other options, he does not want to be 30+ minutes away from the city. I am open to many surrounding areas and not stuck on one suburb , I just know that when you have children that’s a sacrifice you must make, especially if we did ever want to buy a home that is just not possible in the loop. Argue for or against either side in this issue, I really am curious to hear opinions!