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While this is only good as some anecdotal evidence, within the last 36 hours, about 7-8 properties I've been closely tracking online are now all in contract.
These properties are mainly in the OTE area & all are what I would consider pretty well under-priced.
I'm used to tracking properties that remain available for months at a time. To have so many be in contract in such a short time period was quite a surprise.
Analogue Kid
5th by West-Northwest
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futureman wrote >>
Just to join up in the discussion about schools I wanted to give my 2 cents. I graduated from Upper Arlington about 10 years ago. I wouldn't say it's the best school around, but it really did prepare me well for college. I felt I was light years ahead of a lot of freshmen, which I think is a true test of a school system. I was by no means some golden bear "i bleed black and gold" fanatic, but honestly the schools really are good/great.
I'd be curious to see some overall report cards for CPS. When I was in high school CPS had an extremely bad reputation, a good school here and there doesn't make up for the other ones that don't meet the mark. Granted this is coming from a UA grad, so take it with a grain of salt. It's always good to hear positive things about CPS :)
UA is indeed a good school. The other thing to remember is a person can go to a great school but not take advantage of any of the resources it has (such as AP classes, etc.) I don't know you so I'm not trying to say anything about what you did or didn't do or what effect it may have had.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you're saying on the second part though. You say "a good school here and there doesn't make up for the other ones that don't meet the mark" but if you're going to a good school, how does the fact that there are bad schools elsewhere affect you?
futureman
Grandview Heights
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what I was referring to was CPS as a whole, and the image of CPS. I think the biggest thing preventing families moving and staying in Columbus are the schools. Yes you are take a chance for the lottery, but few will actually take *chance* with there kids. Private schools are extremely expensive and you might be better off moving. Anymore the property taxes between Columbus and Grandview (yes I'm biased) are just about equal.
This is coming from a guy who's parents grew up in the hilltop in the 50's before the decline. Schools were great then and as I'm told repeatedly it was busing that brought down CPS and caused a lot of the "white flight" to suburbs. I don't mean to cause any fights here, it just what I've been told.
And for the for the record I did a take a couple of AP classes, but they were really just a GPA booster. A school is what you make of it at the end.
I've heard Cameron Mitchell graduated last of his class at UAHS, just for thought.
Core_Models
Columbus
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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futureman wrote >>
I think the biggest thing preventing families moving and staying in Columbus are the schools. Yes you are take a chance for the lottery, but few will actually take *chance* with there kids. Private schools are extremely expensive and you might be better off moving. Anymore the property taxes between Columbus and Grandview (yes I'm biased) are just about equal.
1) I agree that CPS is the biggest thing keeping young families from moving into Columbus neighborhoods... with crime perception issues a close second, and grocery shopping a close third.
2) "Taking a chance" on the lottery schools does not mean "taking a chance with your children". I know you only just said it this once, but I'm really tired of hearing that from other people. Our plan is to shoot for lottery schools with private schools as a backup plan. We're not at risk of selling our children on the black market if they can't get into a lottery school. We're hardly "taking a chance" on their futures.
3) Your property taxes depend upon the value of your home. With our historic home in a currently-less-than-prime-neighborhood we're saving a minimum of around $2,000 per year compared to similar sized homes with a greater value in moderately-taxed "nicer" suburbs. Over the span of 18 years, that works out to a $36,000 savings. Just on taxes.
So yes, private schools can be expensive, but those stellar suburban public school districts ARE NOT FREE. You are paying for them... just in a more indirect way.
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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And just to try to swing this big ol' ship around into the original direction of "Real Estate Appreciation"...
One of the reasons we chose this neighborhood and this house is because we believe there is a strong potential for us to be able to sell our house in 20 years for three-to-four times what we paid for it. Maybe that will happen, maybe it won't. Maybe we won't want to sell it at all.
But if we've got to swing for things like private school in the meantime, I'm still fairly confident that it will work out in the long run.
BetsyB
Westgate
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+1 Walker! I have to say for all the resources that they say the suburban schools get---CPS is doing just fine. My mom and dad oversee student teachers in pretty much every school district and I have to say after talking with them about what they observed in the classrooms that the technology that is used in my son's CPS school is on par if not better than some of the area suburban schools. Not to mention that all the kindergarten classes have two teachers to handle the 20 kids in each class compared to area private schools with their 1:20 kids ratio.
SJT
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+1 about Walker's comments on education. One thing that stands out to me is that people do not place enough emphasis on how it is as much the parents' responsibilty to educate their kids as it is the teachers& schools. Good education starts at home with good parents!!
Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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now we just need the parents of today's children to realize that...
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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