Now, Public Schools (Gasp!) Are Looking Good To Parents

With the economy changing people's financial situations, many parents who would have enrolled their children in private schools are looking to put their kids in highly regarded public schools, like P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village, P.S. 199 and P.S. 87 on the Upper West Side and P.S.'s 6, 59 and 290 on the Upper East Side. So now parents trying to find their ways into the neighborhoods where these schools are—the NY Times speaks to a few of these desperate parents; one said she and her husband were considering subletting their apartment and then rent an apartment in a more attractive zone while one father said, "I will certainly consider some alternative way to game the system by gaining a different address. This is my child, who is a really smart kid, and he’s not going to my crummy zoned school. That’s just not going to happen." The Times also has some tips for parents, one being to research schools on Insideschools.org and another to make sure a potential home is actually in the school's zone.

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By Jen Chung in News on April 5, 2009 6:04 PM

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Belgand

Maybe instead of trying to game the system to be placed in a school perceived to be better you should try working to make the school in your own zone better. I realize it isn't always possible, but wouldn't it be best if more of the schools were so desirable?

Dude69

Boohoo! My "super smart" brats DESERVED to be in a superior school zone so that they can make Stuyvesant and then to the Ivy, and become another entitled lawyer or i-banker with more bratty kids.

FrankMartin

Put down the "rich people are too blame kool aide" for 5 seconds. All parents certainly don't think their kid is special and smart. All lot of parents don't give a shit about their kids.

Steven

All parents think their child is "special" and "smart". Dumb rich people.

Tar_Baby

is there a correlation between the highly regarded public schools and where they are located? Are there any other highly regarded public schools in, say...East New York?