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Another issue – if you just move in spring/summer in a new district, would it be a problem enrolling in the appropriate public school there for the same Fall, or is it too late?
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If you move to a new district (say PUSD or SDUSD) then you would be automatically qualified for the school boundary your new home was in.

If you changed districts in spring/summer and wanted to explore choice options – eh… not so much. The top schools would no longer have slots available.

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[quote=Scarlett]
Another issue – if you just move in spring/summer in a new district, would it be a problem enrolling in the appropriate public school there for the same Fall, or is it too late?
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If you move to a new district (say PUSD or SDUSD) then you would be automatically qualified for the school boundary your new home was in.

If you changed districts in spring/summer and wanted to explore choice options – eh… not so much. The top schools would no longer have slots available.

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[quote=Scarlett]
Another issue – if you just move in spring/summer in a new district, would it be a problem enrolling in the appropriate public school there for the same Fall, or is it too late?
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If you move to a new district (say PUSD or SDUSD) then you would be automatically qualified for the school boundary your new home was in.

If you changed districts in spring/summer and wanted to explore choice options – eh… not so much. The top schools would no longer have slots available.

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[quote=Scarlett]how about this scenario – we don’t move from where we are now (92122), and we get lucky and get CHOICED in LJ schools. What, if anything, happens, when we move to Clairemont? If you get lucky to choice in – does that have to be re-done every time you move? Or is the choice “for life” so to speak – if desired?

I am just trying to play safe. IF I could get choiced in LJ or UC school I have no problem buying in Clairemont. But I may not be ok with the schools there and I don’t have money for private ones, so… I could delay buying the house until we see where the kid ends up choiced in. The choices are known in spring – so, if we don’t get the choice we wanted, we move then in summer (buy or rent) into a good public school neighborhood.

What problems do you see with this scenario?[/quote]
That actually sounds like a very good scenario.

Not sure the age of your kids – but the deadline (first/most important) for choice is in Feb… so you missed the window for 2010/2011 school year and you’ll need to be on top of it for the 2011/2012 year.

Too many parents don’t bother to work the system. It takes effort/research on the part of parents… but my data points of two good friends applying – both got their first choice schools. But they were diligent. Like I said – work both systems – choice and magnet to improve your odds. (They’re not mutually exclusive.)

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[quote=Scarlett]how about this scenario – we don’t move from where we are now (92122), and we get lucky and get CHOICED in LJ schools. What, if anything, happens, when we move to Clairemont? If you get lucky to choice in – does that have to be re-done every time you move? Or is the choice “for life” so to speak – if desired?

I am just trying to play safe. IF I could get choiced in LJ or UC school I have no problem buying in Clairemont. But I may not be ok with the schools there and I don’t have money for private ones, so… I could delay buying the house until we see where the kid ends up choiced in. The choices are known in spring – so, if we don’t get the choice we wanted, we move then in summer (buy or rent) into a good public school neighborhood.

What problems do you see with this scenario?[/quote]
That actually sounds like a very good scenario.

Not sure the age of your kids – but the deadline (first/most important) for choice is in Feb… so you missed the window for 2010/2011 school year and you’ll need to be on top of it for the 2011/2012 year.

Too many parents don’t bother to work the system. It takes effort/research on the part of parents… but my data points of two good friends applying – both got their first choice schools. But they were diligent. Like I said – work both systems – choice and magnet to improve your odds. (They’re not mutually exclusive.)

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[quote=Scarlett]how about this scenario – we don’t move from where we are now (92122), and we get lucky and get CHOICED in LJ schools. What, if anything, happens, when we move to Clairemont? If you get lucky to choice in – does that have to be re-done every time you move? Or is the choice “for life” so to speak – if desired?

I am just trying to play safe. IF I could get choiced in LJ or UC school I have no problem buying in Clairemont. But I may not be ok with the schools there and I don’t have money for private ones, so… I could delay buying the house until we see where the kid ends up choiced in. The choices are known in spring – so, if we don’t get the choice we wanted, we move then in summer (buy or rent) into a good public school neighborhood.

What problems do you see with this scenario?[/quote]
That actually sounds like a very good scenario.

Not sure the age of your kids – but the deadline (first/most important) for choice is in Feb… so you missed the window for 2010/2011 school year and you’ll need to be on top of it for the 2011/2012 year.

Too many parents don’t bother to work the system. It takes effort/research on the part of parents… but my data points of two good friends applying – both got their first choice schools. But they were diligent. Like I said – work both systems – choice and magnet to improve your odds. (They’re not mutually exclusive.)

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[quote=Scarlett]how about this scenario – we don’t move from where we are now (92122), and we get lucky and get CHOICED in LJ schools. What, if anything, happens, when we move to Clairemont? If you get lucky to choice in – does that have to be re-done every time you move? Or is the choice “for life” so to speak – if desired?

I am just trying to play safe. IF I could get choiced in LJ or UC school I have no problem buying in Clairemont. But I may not be ok with the schools there and I don’t have money for private ones, so… I could delay buying the house until we see where the kid ends up choiced in. The choices are known in spring – so, if we don’t get the choice we wanted, we move then in summer (buy or rent) into a good public school neighborhood.

What problems do you see with this scenario?[/quote]
That actually sounds like a very good scenario.

Not sure the age of your kids – but the deadline (first/most important) for choice is in Feb… so you missed the window for 2010/2011 school year and you’ll need to be on top of it for the 2011/2012 year.

Too many parents don’t bother to work the system. It takes effort/research on the part of parents… but my data points of two good friends applying – both got their first choice schools. But they were diligent. Like I said – work both systems – choice and magnet to improve your odds. (They’re not mutually exclusive.)

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[quote=Scarlett]how about this scenario – we don’t move from where we are now (92122), and we get lucky and get CHOICED in LJ schools. What, if anything, happens, when we move to Clairemont? If you get lucky to choice in – does that have to be re-done every time you move? Or is the choice “for life” so to speak – if desired?

I am just trying to play safe. IF I could get choiced in LJ or UC school I have no problem buying in Clairemont. But I may not be ok with the schools there and I don’t have money for private ones, so… I could delay buying the house until we see where the kid ends up choiced in. The choices are known in spring – so, if we don’t get the choice we wanted, we move then in summer (buy or rent) into a good public school neighborhood.

What problems do you see with this scenario?[/quote]
That actually sounds like a very good scenario.

Not sure the age of your kids – but the deadline (first/most important) for choice is in Feb… so you missed the window for 2010/2011 school year and you’ll need to be on top of it for the 2011/2012 year.

Too many parents don’t bother to work the system. It takes effort/research on the part of parents… but my data points of two good friends applying – both got their first choice schools. But they were diligent. Like I said – work both systems – choice and magnet to improve your odds. (They’re not mutually exclusive.)

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I don’t know how maintenance was handled.

I do know that when the former owner moved out he had to do significant updating – but that was expected and factored into the purchase price. (redid the floors, kitchen, etc.)

Landscaping… I suspect it was semi-neglected… prior to the change in occupancy… I know he’s spent some time and effort getting it to the way he wants it.

I guess I wouldn’t consider this a typical rental situation – the person either maintained the home or didn’t when they owned it. If they did maintain it, why would they suddenly stop watering the lawn for example… I suspect they continued on the way they had prior to change in ownership.

My coworker is out of town, but I’ll ask him some of your questions when I see him next.

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I don’t know how maintenance was handled.

I do know that when the former owner moved out he had to do significant updating – but that was expected and factored into the purchase price. (redid the floors, kitchen, etc.)

Landscaping… I suspect it was semi-neglected… prior to the change in occupancy… I know he’s spent some time and effort getting it to the way he wants it.

I guess I wouldn’t consider this a typical rental situation – the person either maintained the home or didn’t when they owned it. If they did maintain it, why would they suddenly stop watering the lawn for example… I suspect they continued on the way they had prior to change in ownership.

My coworker is out of town, but I’ll ask him some of your questions when I see him next.

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I don’t know how maintenance was handled.

I do know that when the former owner moved out he had to do significant updating – but that was expected and factored into the purchase price. (redid the floors, kitchen, etc.)

Landscaping… I suspect it was semi-neglected… prior to the change in occupancy… I know he’s spent some time and effort getting it to the way he wants it.

I guess I wouldn’t consider this a typical rental situation – the person either maintained the home or didn’t when they owned it. If they did maintain it, why would they suddenly stop watering the lawn for example… I suspect they continued on the way they had prior to change in ownership.

My coworker is out of town, but I’ll ask him some of your questions when I see him next.

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I don’t know how maintenance was handled.

I do know that when the former owner moved out he had to do significant updating – but that was expected and factored into the purchase price. (redid the floors, kitchen, etc.)

Landscaping… I suspect it was semi-neglected… prior to the change in occupancy… I know he’s spent some time and effort getting it to the way he wants it.

I guess I wouldn’t consider this a typical rental situation – the person either maintained the home or didn’t when they owned it. If they did maintain it, why would they suddenly stop watering the lawn for example… I suspect they continued on the way they had prior to change in ownership.

My coworker is out of town, but I’ll ask him some of your questions when I see him next.

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I don’t know how maintenance was handled.

I do know that when the former owner moved out he had to do significant updating – but that was expected and factored into the purchase price. (redid the floors, kitchen, etc.)

Landscaping… I suspect it was semi-neglected… prior to the change in occupancy… I know he’s spent some time and effort getting it to the way he wants it.

I guess I wouldn’t consider this a typical rental situation – the person either maintained the home or didn’t when they owned it. If they did maintain it, why would they suddenly stop watering the lawn for example… I suspect they continued on the way they had prior to change in ownership.

My coworker is out of town, but I’ll ask him some of your questions when I see him next.

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That’s a good question. I don’t have the answer.

Of course you could “cheat”. Not tell them you moved… But there’s a risk of being caught. And the school district does send out mailings periodically – likes your kids’ CST scores, results of GATE testing, etc. You’d probably get busted when those bounced.

I’m not sure what the policy is if you have been in a school and move outside – but still within the boundary. It might vary by school. I know of one case where a student who’d grown up in the La Jolla schools was accepted at La Jolla HS after her parents moved out of SDUSD to Poway. (Out of district is a bigger hurdle than out of boundary but within district.) But she had to show strong ties – still active at La Jolla High because she participated in all sorts of school sponsored extra-curricular activities… strong ties to the community/school body, still super active in LJ Presbyterian youth program… In other words – she’d had 9-10 years of hanging with the same kids, doing the same activities when her mom and step dad rudely moved her outside of the district. So there are ways of getting exceptions made… but sometimes you have to work it.

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That’s a good question. I don’t have the answer.

Of course you could “cheat”. Not tell them you moved… But there’s a risk of being caught. And the school district does send out mailings periodically – likes your kids’ CST scores, results of GATE testing, etc. You’d probably get busted when those bounced.

I’m not sure what the policy is if you have been in a school and move outside – but still within the boundary. It might vary by school. I know of one case where a student who’d grown up in the La Jolla schools was accepted at La Jolla HS after her parents moved out of SDUSD to Poway. (Out of district is a bigger hurdle than out of boundary but within district.) But she had to show strong ties – still active at La Jolla High because she participated in all sorts of school sponsored extra-curricular activities… strong ties to the community/school body, still super active in LJ Presbyterian youth program… In other words – she’d had 9-10 years of hanging with the same kids, doing the same activities when her mom and step dad rudely moved her outside of the district. So there are ways of getting exceptions made… but sometimes you have to work it.

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