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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why you should buy in a zone that you would be happy to send your kid to for K.  We had a horrible time in the Prek3 and 4 lottery, but never were all that concerned because we had a good inbounds school.  I am always surprised at the number of people who just hope for good luck in the lottery.  Sure it would have been nice to have two years of free prek, but it didn't work that way for us. [/quote]

Is this a serious comment?[/quote]

Not PP, but why wouldn't it be a serious comment? That's the story for our family and a handful of families around us. We didn't get into any PK classes. Paid for two PK years at the JCC and now we are at Ross- two blocks away from our home. Why would anyone move for free PK if you can't see your family there for the long term? Choose a school you see your child growing- otherwise, is the 45 minute commute in a different quadrant really worth a free year of PK[/quote]

This is such a typical comment from an entitled person.  News for you.  Some people who want to stay in the city can’t afford to buy in the neighborhoods with good schools.  In fact, many, many more people can’t afford to than can.

They can afford to buy in neighborhoods with not so great schools.  Some get into good charters, and no one I know commutes 45 minutes to a charter.  If they do that is an outlier.  At our charter, many families live in the neighborhood while our commute is 16 minutes.

Other families try to make their IB school work while others move to the burbs and have to deal with a longer commute.

But to say just move to the neighborhoods with good schools in the city is someone who obviously is entitled and do not understand the majority.[/quote]

I am not an entitled elitist and I got her point. If you have access to and actively use this forum- I am sorry to break it to you, but you are not suffering homelessness and poverty. You made a choice to stay in the city; you made a choice to purchase a home in wherever. You actually have mobility. Sounds like you’d rather own a home in Fort Totten rather than rent a 1-2 bedroom apartment in Cleveland Park or Friendship Heights. You made a choice and comparing yourself so don’t even begin to compare yourself to poor people in this city. YOU are delusional. 
For the record- we chose to stay in our tiny rental for the school because we can’t afford a down payment for a house. [/quote]

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