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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought that you were going to say that the challenge in buying a house for the schools is frequent re-zoning and the every-changing landscape of schools and how "good" they are in a certain area. You really have no guarantees for what kind of educational experience your kids are going to have when you buy a house and your kids are in public school.

How are you judging the quality of the schools? I wouldn't rely on great schools or other sources online. I'd talk to parents. That's not easy but definitely worth it if you are using that as a factor in buying a house. Those poorly regarded schools might actually be fine. For instance, some of the best elementary schools in our area are actually title 1 schools. [/quote]

This is definitely an issue, we are dealing with it right now (redistricting proposals that would concentrate the highest needs kids in one city school with no additional support funding, instead of the current even distribution, so suburban kids don't have to deal with a split feeder). There is so much demographic change and overcrowding in schools around here, you can't predict redistricting boundaries and impacts.

That said, from all the teachers and parents I've talked to, the concern isn't really elementary school, it's middle and high, what curriculum options there are, etc. [/quote]

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