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If you could live anywhere in NY, and your dc could get into any school you wanted, what would that be? Public and private.
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11.06.09, 06:40 PM [ Flag ]
- west village, lrei
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  11.06.09, 06:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Hunter, St Ann's.
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  11.06.09, 06:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I'd like a bigger place but we are set with the rest.
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  11.06.09, 06:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I'm with you. I would love to own a townhouse with roof deck.
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    11.06.09, 06:45 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - In what area ideally?
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      11.06.09, 06:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - lived in a townhouse for 20 years - so glad we don't have to do it anymore! Vertical living in a paneled coffin becomes a bit tired.
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      11.06.09, 07:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Hmm, never thought of that aspect. I guess you would have to do a lot of stairs everyday.
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        11.06.09, 07:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Not if there's an elevator as many of them have.
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        11.07.09, 12:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I'd live in Carnegie Hill bc dc is at Dalton - I'd live in the part below 90th st so we could be zoned for ps 6 in case private didn't work out for #2 or finances changed.
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  11.06.09, 06:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Is ps6 very good? I know they say nice things on inside schools, but they say nice things about most schools.
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    11.06.09, 06:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Most UES publics as good if not better than 6 eg- 183 consistently rates/scores higher than 6.
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      11.06.09, 07:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I wish there were some other way to have schools rated. The quality of teaching, not the test prep. The happiness of the kids and parents, and the specials offered.
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        11.06.09, 07:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - or: i have friends w dcs at both 6 and 183 and all are happy with the schools so i think you can't go wrong with either. my friends w dcs at 158 and 290 have issues w the schools. my point was that carnegie hill in ps 6 meets both my current and potential future school needs. the 183 district is too far from dalton.
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        11.07.09, 08:26 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        what issues do they have with 158 and 290?
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        11.07.09, 08:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        My dc is at Dalton too. I guess I would wish that I knew 2 younger sibs would get in, then I would feel okay about moving to UES, into my huge mansion. Below 90th st, good point.
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        11.07.09, 08:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- West Village: Grace then Trinity for hs.
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  11.06.09, 08:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- If I could take my house w/attached garage and .8 acre lot with my pool and magically plop it in manhattan, I'd put it in north west Tribeca. Also, all 3 of my kids would be super smart and get into Stuy (they'd go to 234 and then Lab for MS) and they would all be in the top 2% of their respective classes, that is what I would do.
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  11.07.09, 08:15 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Bay Ridge limestone with a large back yard, BSI followed by Mark Twain followed by Stuyvesant. I have the living arrangements, now just need to make sure the DCs get into those schools.
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  11.07.09, 09:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Wow, that's ambitious. For me, pretty much the same, although I'll take a Park Slope brownstone instead. I know it's a longer commute to BSI and MT, but I love that area.
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    11.07.09, 09:39 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- CPW in the 90's: St. Bernard's, then Trinity for HS.
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  11.07.09, 09:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - same, but we're on ues and already at st bernard's
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    11.07.09, 01:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- We're on the UWS and at Collegiate now but I'd take a huge brownstone in Boerum Hill and St. Ann's all the way through in a heartbeat.
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  11.07.09, 08:41 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I agree, I wish I lived in Brooklyn, and had dc's at less uptight school -- I feel trapped in a situation of my own making.
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    11.07.09, 08:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OK then I'll take your spot at Collegiate! That's my dream!
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    11.07.09, 08:55 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - We'll give up our spot at Dalton if the whole family gets to go to St Anns....
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      11.07.09, 08:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- carnegie hill area in a townhouse -- that would be ideal to me. for school, probably hunter. maybe dalton.
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If you could live anywhere in NY, and your dc could get into any school you wanted, what would that be? Public and private.

west village, lrei

Hunter, St Ann's.

I'd like a bigger place but we are set with the rest.

I'm with you. I would love to own a townhouse with roof deck.

In what area ideally?

lived in a townhouse for 20 years - so glad we don't have to do it anymore! Vertical living in a paneled coffin becomes a bit tired.

Hmm, never thought of that aspect. I guess you would have to do a lot of stairs everyday.

Not if there's an elevator as many of them have.

I'd live in Carnegie Hill bc dc is at Dalton - I'd live in the part below 90th st so we could be zoned for ps 6 in case private didn't work out for #2 or finances changed.

Is ps6 very good? I know they say nice things on inside schools, but they say nice things about most schools.

Most UES publics as good if not better than 6 eg- 183 consistently rates/scores higher than 6.

I wish there were some other way to have schools rated. The quality of teaching, not the test prep. The happiness of the kids and parents, and the specials offered.

what issues do they have with 158 and 290?

My dc is at Dalton too. I guess I would wish that I knew 2 younger sibs would get in, then I would feel okay about moving to UES, into my huge mansion. Below 90th st, good point.

West Village: Grace then Trinity for hs.

Bay Ridge limestone with a large back yard, BSI followed by Mark Twain followed by Stuyvesant. I have the living arrangements, now just need to make sure the DCs get into those schools.

Wow, that's ambitious. For me, pretty much the same, although I'll take a Park Slope brownstone instead. I know it's a longer commute to BSI and MT, but I love that area.

CPW in the 90's: St. Bernard's, then Trinity for HS.

same, but we're on ues and already at st bernard's

We're on the UWS and at Collegiate now but I'd take a huge brownstone in Boerum Hill and St. Ann's all the way through in a heartbeat.

I agree, I wish I lived in Brooklyn, and had dc's at less uptight school -- I feel trapped in a situation of my own making.

OK then I'll take your spot at Collegiate! That's my dream!

We'll give up our spot at Dalton if the whole family gets to go to St Anns....

carnegie hill area in a townhouse -- that would be ideal to me. for school, probably hunter. maybe dalton.

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