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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you have the money to spend and going to public school is important to you, [b]buy in a neighborhood with an established in boundary school. [/b] When we bought, we did not have children and did not even look at the school situation.  Fast forward 6 years and our IB school has not even taken a step towards being an acceptable choice for us.  So not every school is just going to magically turn around.  And you can count us in the group that has been unsuccessfully playing the lottery for 2 years.  We will most likely go private for K which is not my preference (for reasons completely unrelated to money) at all.
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You're kidding, right?  This is a child she isn't even pregnant with yet!  Not to mention: boundaries are becoming less and less important, and charters are becoming more and more important.  Living west of the park won't get your little Sophia into one of the bilingual schools any more than a great spot in the Yards or CH will.  So, live where you're happy now and foresee being happy in the future.  The game doesn't change based on where you live.

Also, an ugly and expensive cramped house in AU Park is a bad bargain:  [u]monolingual is the new stupid.
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Your attitude is astounding. First of all, why would you think AU Park residents aren't bilingual? Many in the area are foreigners working for the World Bank and IMF. DH speaks three languages fluently and is not from the US and would never put our kids in the language immersion charter. Second, your unwavering faith in the immersion charters surprising given they are pretty new and long term outcomes have yet to be seen. Maybe this is how you sleep at night, I don't know? [/quote]

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