Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 19:52     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:I'd probably pay 10k for our top choice. Lucky for us we lotteried in.


Yeah $10k for top choice, $5k for #2-5.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 19:24     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
I'd probably pay 10k for our top choice. Lucky for us we lotteried in.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 19:19     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:I paid about $850k


No you didn't, you paid $850k for an investment that you can sell and get your money back. The question is what $ out of pocket would you spend to win in the lottery. Please, put cost of a house aside.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 19:17     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:I'd pay about $100k per kid to get into top choice charter.


Wow. That's inpressive. What school?
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 18:23     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
yes, $200K for 2 kids - thankfully we're in one and can buy cheap. But there's no path to HS, so i might have to pay in the end anyway...
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 18:14     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
I'd pay about $100k per kid to get into top choice charter.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:51     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
I paid about $850k
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:51     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.


This is implicit in the gap between similar homes in different neighborhoods with differing schools. I'd say the market prices a good neighborhood school at at least $100,000, maybe $150,000. Makes sense when you consider the price of private schools.


Maybe to an extent but there are many exceptions. Brookland does not have school offerings but houses going for $1m. People don't only consider schools when buying in DC.


$1M is chump change in the city. Imagine how much those houses would be with good schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:51     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:We do. It's called taxes.

DC's overall tax burden is among the highest in the country.


The question is, if your dream school is LAMB, how much would you pay as a one time fee to get a winning lottery spot?
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:48     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
We do. It's called taxes.

DC's overall tax burden is among the highest in the country.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:41     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.


What does it guarantee?


It means you pay a fee and you get into any of the 12 schools you lotteried for.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:40     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.


This is implicit in the gap between similar homes in different neighborhoods with differing schools. I'd say the market prices a good neighborhood school at at least $100,000, maybe $150,000. Makes sense when you consider the price of private schools.


Maybe to an extent but there are many exceptions. Brookland does not have school offerings but houses going for $1m. People don't only consider schools when buying in DC.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:22     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.


What does it guarantee?
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:20     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
Anonymous wrote:One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.


This is implicit in the gap between similar homes in different neighborhoods with differing schools. I'd say the market prices a good neighborhood school at at least $100,000, maybe $150,000. Makes sense when you consider the price of private schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/19/2015 17:10     Subject: What would you pay for your dream charter or DCPS?
One time fee and you're in for life.

I think I'd pay $10,000.