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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]thanks for the update!  Great area!  I hope you will be able to spend some time volunteering at Amidon-- perhaps if you volunteer you will connect with similar minded folks there or inspire others to join you.  Even if you decide that it isn't a good fit for your future child, it is possible that you can help out others.  Regardless , I can't think of a better way to get to know your neighbors than by pitching in at the neighborhood school!  
Good luck![/quote]

I hate these exhortations to volunteer at subpar neighborhood schools that you have no intention of ending your chid to and will take a lot longer than a few years to improve. Public education is paid for by my tax dollars. I am happy to volunteer LOTS at my own child's DCPS, but it takes really special people to volunteer at schools where you are not necessarily welcome or appreicated and have no skin in the game, relatively speaking. Do not feel guilty if you are not the Mother Teresa of Amidon, OP![/quote]

Sure, one should not feel guilty if you are not interested in helping out at your neighborhood school (Beautification Day is coming up-- first Saturday before school opens, I think, and that would be a great time to meet neighbors, check out the school, and make improvements all at once).  Setting aside the philanthroptic benefits, it is just economically savvy if you live in a neighborhood to do what you can to ensure that the neighborhood school is as good as it can be.  When you live in a neighborhood, you certainly have skin in the game-- even more so once you own property in the the neighborhood.  The resale value of her property is closely linked to the relative success of her neighborhood school.  [/quote]

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