zork
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The elementary school the realtor said would be the one my kid will be going to in 4 years, a 9 out of 10 rated, superior public school, is actually drawn now, or even then
, two houses over. Meaning if I would have bought the house two doors down I would be in the school district I thought I was buying into.
What can I do? With the line being so close is there a way to petition for having it moved sometime in the next 4 years? The difference is the other school is rated 4 out of 10, shared with tons of poor apartment dwellers that don't apparently if you believe the 'great schools' website, speak english.
The ESL population of the first is about 10% and 70% in the second. I have nothing against ESL people but if it affects what kind of education my child will recieve then I do care. Show me the 70-80-90% ESL population schools that have 9 or 10 ratings out of 10 and I will gladly send my kid there. Having my boy become bilingual is cool. But at a ****** school that will likely having people pick fights with him because he wants to learn instead of mis-behave is not what I am after.
The 9 out of 10 school has a racially diverse student body of about 25-30% white, 25-30% hispanic, 10-15% AA, 15-20% Pacific Islander/Asian, and other being the rest. We wanted that type of diversity for our kid. But also a place that had high standards.
The simple answer is to move. But that sucks and is not a first or second choice. The first choice is to try and get the lines moved or get an exception. The second choice is to try harder at the first choice. The third choice is to suck it up and go private but that seems quite excessive for elementary education. Moving is the next option but one i would like to avoid given the derivative meltdown coupled with the housing market in general.(although not too bad in North Dallas area or near suburbs)
Any legit advice? What would you do? I have some time to make this decision work in practice but need to get some plans going to have it come to fruition by the time the boy goes to first grade.
What can I do? With the line being so close is there a way to petition for having it moved sometime in the next 4 years? The difference is the other school is rated 4 out of 10, shared with tons of poor apartment dwellers that don't apparently if you believe the 'great schools' website, speak english.
The ESL population of the first is about 10% and 70% in the second. I have nothing against ESL people but if it affects what kind of education my child will recieve then I do care. Show me the 70-80-90% ESL population schools that have 9 or 10 ratings out of 10 and I will gladly send my kid there. Having my boy become bilingual is cool. But at a ****** school that will likely having people pick fights with him because he wants to learn instead of mis-behave is not what I am after.
The 9 out of 10 school has a racially diverse student body of about 25-30% white, 25-30% hispanic, 10-15% AA, 15-20% Pacific Islander/Asian, and other being the rest. We wanted that type of diversity for our kid. But also a place that had high standards.
The simple answer is to move. But that sucks and is not a first or second choice. The first choice is to try and get the lines moved or get an exception. The second choice is to try harder at the first choice. The third choice is to suck it up and go private but that seems quite excessive for elementary education. Moving is the next option but one i would like to avoid given the derivative meltdown coupled with the housing market in general.(although not too bad in North Dallas area or near suburbs)
Any legit advice? What would you do? I have some time to make this decision work in practice but need to get some plans going to have it come to fruition by the time the boy goes to first grade.
