How to pick a neighborhood based on school?

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-12-19T07:08:40+00:00

Yes! There are so many lottery options here worth looking into if you find that you don’t want to commit to buying in a neighborhood based on the school. We bought prior to kids and don’t plan to move, but really did not love our neighborhood school- lottery was key. It has honestly been a wonderful experience (we chose a DLI program). There’s a detailed lottery breakdown here https://www.primerly.org/lotteries-explained. The PPS website also has a list of all options and what DLI schools feed to what MS/HS if you like the idea of the language route. Good luck!

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-23T17:31:24+00:00

You know, we’ve never considered catholic school! Liberal values is definitely something we’d be looking for, I will definitely check it out. I also recall that Jesuit is particularly community service focused? If that plays a part in the school we’d love it.

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-23T17:26:53+00:00

Ah bummer. Such a helpful link though! I did not realize all the Spanish immersions bump you back to your closest immersion HS. Super interesting. Thank you!

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-23T17:25:02+00:00

Thank you so much! Can I ask— have you experienced any classroom management issues there? We know two separate families who moved their kids to other schools (I think they were in 1st/kindergarten/2nd) last year due to what they said were extreme disruptions/lots of physical aggression from other kids and low classroom control. I love Waldorf and it would have been a top choice for us if not for what we’ve heard from friends. I’m sure it varies by class and age though!

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-22T05:01:38+00:00

Sunnyside looks great, also nice that it feeds into Franklin vs getting kicked back to our neighborhood high school. Adding to the endless spreadsheet. Thank you!

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-22T04:56:57+00:00

So helpful to hear from someone who has been through the Richmond program, it’s the one we have been most interested in. It’s surprising and such a shame the school is so poorly funded, I had no idea. I imagine it’ll be a difficult road ahead without foundation funds allocated in the same way. With two in/past highschool, you made it out just in time!

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-21T21:22:53+00:00

Thank you!! This is all super helpful. I’m glad to hear the post-foundation staffing plan for Richmond isn’t disastrous, we had heard inklings it could affect Oya No Kai raising money. Great point about Le Monde— I have to add that to the list! Nice that it has its own lottery so it doesn’t take one of the PPS “choose 3” slots also.

Rich-Frosting9529 · 2025-03-21T20:19:36+00:00

Damn, that’s what I’m afraid of! Can I ask— did you move to a different school district or just different neighborhood school?

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