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  • are there any good zoned public elementary schools in the west 90's? my realtor wants us to look there. i don't have the luxury of moving there and hoping i can work something out b/c my DD starts K in the fall. i'm not in NYC so i can't really tour a don't know any moms to ask so i need to do my research online. i feel comfortable with 87 and 199 from what i've read online, but i don't know what the schools are in teh 90's and my friends that live up there don't know anyone with kids in the public schools. TIA

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    04.16.08, 01:11 PM [ Flag ]

    • That's PS75 or 163 I think, neither is horrible but not very good. YOu can try to get dc to G&T if you come before the summer.

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      04.16.08, 01:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • we actually won't be moving until the summer. we're trying to sell our house in CA now.

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        04.16.08, 01:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • np: hasn't she missed the G&T testing date for this fall already?

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        04.16.08, 01:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • They will be testing new kids that moved here over the summer.

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          04.16.08, 01:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • won't all the spots already be filled?

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            04.16.08, 01:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • Not likely in all programs, people always decline.

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              04.16.08, 01:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • the big problem would be us buying a place and if she didn't get in, then what?

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                04.16.08, 01:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • I'd rent first if I were you, buying a place from faraway does not sound like a good idea. You should get to know the neighborhood a little.

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                  04.16.08, 01:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • i actually lived in nyc for 8 years so i know the area. i'd consider renting but wouldn't i also have to rent a place before i could apply for the G&T to get an address in the city? and again, if we didn't get in we'd be stuck in the city w/no school a year until we could break our lease?

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                    04.16.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • so what if you move w/i NYC in the next couple of months? How would they know if you were new to the city or just moved?

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            04.16.08, 01:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • They will require previous address. I suppose you could manufacture it somehow but why?

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              04.16.08, 01:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

              • I doubt I will, but have become unhappy with private in past few months. Considering switch to public and didn't think about this before G&T deadlines.

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                04.16.08, 01:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                • You can contact them, maybe they would test dc in your situation.

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                  04.16.08, 01:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                  • I never even thought that was an option. Thought the DOE's deadlines and rules were etched in stone. maybe I will. thanks. moving to PS116 so considering just do Gen Ed too, but concerned what all these rumors about their G&T being taken away.

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                    04.16.08, 01:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                    • isnt' 116 supposed to be good regardless? that's murray hill right?

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                      04.16.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

                      • yes, I think so. But I'm worried how it would affect the school if G&T left (since it has only been "good" in recent years). Though also see how it could help with overcrowding if G&T left. Really uncertain about the whole thing.

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                        04.16.08, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Go to www.insideschools.org and read the reviews of P.S.75, P.S.84, P.S.166 and P.S.163 and see what you think.

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      04.16.08, 01:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • West 90s aren't zoned for either 199 or 87. FWIW, I have a kid in 87 and we're not thrilled with it -- really overcrowded.

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      04.16.08, 01:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • The public schools in the West 90's are P.S. 75, 84, 166 and 163; 166 & 163 have G&T programs. I have heard of middle-class, educated parents sending their kids to 75 and to 166 G&T, but have not heard of them sending kids to 84, or 166 general ed or 163 general ed.

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      04.16.08, 01:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I know someone will scream SPAM at me but if you move there and can afford about 18K, there's a great little private elementary on CPW and 95th that's been there for like 200 years!

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      04.16.08, 01:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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