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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the elderly grandparent homeowners die, their children will be confronted with possibility of selling off the home for more than they dreamed of.  They'll be more than happy to buy a brand new house in the suburbs.

I'm not making this up, I'm reading history at you.  SP is only going to get whiter and easier to kick out of Wilson.  This will happen, long before OP's 2 y.o. is looking at Deal.[/quote]

I get what you're trying to say. As a matter of fact, I have a neighbor going through this now. For now, the children have decided to stay in the house and pay the taxes. However, I don't think you understand how small SP is. There will not be enough home sales that you describe to change the school's demographics from 79% black to majority white in 8 years. 20? Maybe. Certainly not 8. Also, I'm not sure you understand that a large percentage of the new people buying in the neighborhood are black, interracial (with a black spouse), and Jewish with kids going to JPDS. My short block of 20 houses has a disporprtionate number of newbies. Of the families that attend IB (Shepherd, Deal, Wilson) and not private or charter, all but one is AA. Shepherd Park is a very unique neighborhood that can't really be compared to other schools/neighborhoods. You have to really live here and learn if the history to understand trends etc. [/quote]

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