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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For example, you could live in Highland View, a decent neighborhood, but be zoned for New Hampshire Estates ES, which is a deal breaker.[/quote]

What makes this school a dealbreaker? Is it based anything besides the greatschools statistics? Wonder what the experience is like for bright English speaking students. With the 90% FARMS, 77% hispanic demographic situation, I'm guessing a lot of kids go there to learn English for the first time.

I've seen really nice affordable houses zoned for this elementary school and I'm trying to justify being able to send kids there (5 years from now).[/quote]

I don't have a child at NHE, so will start there.  This is all second-hand.

Folks we know at the school are pretty "meh" about it, including Latino families (although not recent immigrants).  It's only K-2, but most families that I've talked to are just kind of biding their time until they can get out. Essentially, parts of the school zone are extremely transient, which means kids are coming in and out throughout the school year. This is disruptive and pulls a lot of attention from the "bright English speaking" students that you mention.  The administration is good, the teachers are caring and professional, and the Title I funding helps quite a bit.  But, at the end of the day, it's just hard to create a sustained classroom environment someplace where kids are arriving all the time, and leaving all the time.

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