UrbanBaby

07.08.08, 12:08 PM General Topics
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If our nanny lives in our preferred school's zone, takes DC to school every morning and picks him up every afternoon, will I get a variance? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.08.08, 12:08 PM Flag

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naybe if you let your nanny adopt your kid [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:10 PM Flag

or you start paying her rent adn utilities. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:11 PM Flag

No such thing as a "variance" anymore. They are now called transfers and no, the fact that your nanny lives somewhere else isn't a reason a transfer is granted -anymore than if your electrician lived there. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:14 PM Flag

how about the cable guy? He lives in a fantastic district [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:15 PM Flag

Actually they are called exception request forms. And yes because of child care you can go out of district it is an option on the form. But I suppose you must have a strong case and documentation. What that might be I have no idea. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 03:42 PM Flag

interesting post- so the nanny lives in a better neighborhood than you do? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:21 PM Flag

np: or she lives on CPW (low down) or CPS. both of which are zoned fro crappy schools but most peole that live there don't care. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:22 PM Flag

I was just thinking that. I don't think I have ever seen this before. And then I was trying to think of a bad neighborhood with a good school, but I couldn't think of one. So I came to the same conclusion you did and am stymied. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:22 PM Flag

why does the nanny have to live in a bad neighborhood? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:28 PM Flag

She doesn't (she doesn't even need to be a she) but it is unusual for a nanny to live in a better neighborhood than her employer. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:30 PM Flag

not if her employer bought a huge brownstone in harlem. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:31 PM Flag

or in some parts of chelsea [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:36 PM Flag

there are great schools in not great neighborhoods and vice versa. And fwiw, when I was a nanny I lived in as nice a neighborhood as my employers [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:37 PM Flag

trade apartments [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:25 PM Flag

nope. the dc's primary residence must be in the zone (unless you and dh are divorced, then you can take your pick). [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.08.08, 12:35 PM Flag