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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A word of warning, HCPSS redistricts often. Happens every five to seven years or so.  You don’t sound too picky about your school, but be mentally prepared that it may happen.[/quote]thank you for the reminder!  I have heard about that.  Great reminder that we shouldn’t pick a house solely based on the high school the house is currently zoned for.

Is it possible that the high school we’re zoned for could be across town from us or do they at least try to keep it within a “reasonable” distance for commuting purposes?  [/quote]

They won’t totally ship you across town, but you can be zoned to another school when you are in walking distance of another.

The last time we had a big redistricting we had a few questionable decisions in the initial proposal. Kids from one island were being bussed past three schools to get to another school. Some kids could literally see a school from their homes but were zoned to another one. Some schools had direct student swaps with other schools. A middle school saw something like 50% turnover.

But people complained, and it became reasonable after several rounds of redrawing the maps.

In general, the population increases are coming from the East side of the county, so restricting tends to push kids West.[/quote]

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