School Boundary Issue - How will NW elementary schools be affected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Ha! But here's one idea to throw a monkey wrench in redistricting Organize and tell your councilmembers and the DC government bureaucrats that if you are re-assigned to a lower performing school, you intend to challenge vigorously your house assessment year after year, on the basis that your home has lost value. Nothing so concentrates the mind of a DC bureaucrat as the loss of tax revenue.

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[Anonymous]

Good luck with that. Be prepared to find an appraiser to support your argument. OTR is much more sophisticated than it was even few years ago in terms of submarkets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck with that. Be prepared to find an appraiser to support your argument. OTR is much more sophisticated than it was even few years ago in terms of submarkets.

When we purchased our house in 2010, the appraiser of the mortgage bank clearly listed in the column corresponding to our house "Janney, Deal, Wilson".

[Anonymous]

boundaries DO change. they are not locked in, sorry folks!

[Anonymous]

So basically sell now to preserve property value and not be upside down in a mortgage...

[Anonymous]

OR vote Catania!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck with that. Be prepared to find an appraiser to support your argument. OTR is much more sophisticated than it was even few years ago in terms of submarkets.

I know of folks who successfully challenged their house assessments when Barry had his last term of mayor, on the basis that his election after prison caused their home values to fall.

[Anonymous]

I call BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Post elections I am wondering if this changes things

It just means that if Bowser is elected in November, Shepherd feeding into Deal and Wilson will be written into the DC code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Post elections I am wondering if this changes things

It just means that if Bowser is elected in November, Shepherd feeding into Deal and Wilson will be written into the DC code.

I think that is all it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So basically sell now to preserve property value and not be upside down in a mortgage...

You should register to post as Chicken Little. Property values in NW are not going to suddeny drop precipitously if some families are shifted from Deal to Hardy. Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:boundaries DO change. they are not locked in, sorry folks!

Fine if they change the boundaries.

Not fine if they remove the boundaries.

[Anonymous]

I am not worried about shifting from Deal to Hardy as much as I am worried about open lottery for elementary, Middle and High school. That I think will affect property values.

[Anonymous]

While we're talking about crossing guards - we'd love one at Conn Ave and Tilden Street. How are our kids supposed to cross six lanes of traffic, where the lanes switch from 3-3 to 4-2 during rush hour, without a crossing guard?
Sure, we'll do it the first couple of years, but eventually we'd love them to walk to Hearst by themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While we're talking about crossing guards - we'd love one at Conn Ave and Tilden Street. How are our kids supposed to cross six lanes of traffic, where the lanes switch from 3-3 to 4-2 during rush hour, without a crossing guard?
Sure, we'll do it the first couple of years, but eventually we'd love them to walk to Hearst by themselves.

+1000 Maybe talk to Dr. B?