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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?
- Yes, most of the time we really have fun together
- Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's really dull and aggravating
- Honestly most of the time it's not fun at all, but it's not supposed to be fun
- I really don't enjoy it at all, and wish I could spend less time with them
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I would be concerned about a few things - staying with the same peer group of 75 kids for another 8 years (at least with PS9 you have a whole new peer group with MS). Also - from what I hear, there are very few UWS kids at A now. You will miss being part of a neighborhood school - playdates everywhere, birthday parties that not everyone will go to because of the commute, school events that perhaps people won't go because of the travel time. I have heard the education is fairly similar - I mean all the kids scored the exact same it's really just the ease of not applying to middle school. Also - if you have a younger sibling, do you have a solid option if they don't score at least 97? If not - are you willing to risk having them go to a not so great school for the benefit of the older sibling moving to a similar school as PS9? We are staying at local G&T for exactly that reason - if younger sib scores a 94 - guaranteed in (at least with today's rules) to the same school but would be left out to pasture of not so great zoned and would not get placed for a top G&T (like PS9) with that score. I just don't think the rewards outweigh the risks personally....
[ Reply | More ]I have read other times on UB about Anderson not having many UWS families. That's absolutely not true. In the current K class the majority of families are UWS, several UES and upper Manhattan, a sprinkle from the Bronx and downtown, two from Blyn and a few from Queens (but a few from Queens moved during the year). UWS children will have no problems with playdates.
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Do you have a younger sibling? I would be worried about moving for that aspect alone. Much lower bar to have both at the same school. If you are ok with younger sibling being at a local gen end (because if they don't score high enough for A - you won't have a chance at a local gen ed) - then fine. If not - I would think long and hard about that.
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