[quote=DaCounselor] . . . Keeping with the original intent of this thread, I still don’t see any basis to support the idea that the LJ public schools can match those in CV or the other top areas.[/quote]
I’ll try to find out the details of the VEEP program later this evening.
I think the reason the public schools in LJ (not the “LJ Public Schools” because they are schools within SDUSD) may not get as high of test scores (haven’t really checked if this is true, either) as those schools in CV is due to resident-family culture differences in the respective attendance areas. Parents of Asian cultures tend to be stricter on their kids than American-born parents are, they value rote memorization and demand a certain level of performance from their kids. I don’t know the percentages but know that CV is FULL of Asian kids.
My lengthy experience with members of the Asian culture (friends/longtime co-workers) leads me to believe that they also highly value newer construction over older construction unless that is all that is available in their preferred area (ex: SF and San Mateo/Santa Clara Counties). Thus, even if they can afford it, I don’t think very many affluent Asian families have been attracted to LJ since CV has been built out. This is neither bad nor good. It is a cultural preference.
I don’t know the racial makeup of the SD public schools in LJ attendance areas but I suspect their demographics are similar to those of the public schools surrounding those areas and the rest of North City (North of I-8).
IMO, so much of the demographics have changed and moved around in SD County since it became a sprawling megalopolis with hundreds of new subdivisions for housing choices (from about 1991 forward) and so the “glory days” of viewing LJ as a place to raise a family have likely faded somewhat.
This phenomenon won’t affect the values in LJ as there are PLENTY of all cash or nearly all cash buyers from all over the world who appreciate LJ for what it is and KNOW that it is one of a kind.
Perception of quality of local schools only matters to ONE segment of buyers and those are the ones currently in “family-raising mode.”
