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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:03 PM Author: zippy fragrant skinny woman boltzmann https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/realestate/a-move-to-the-west-village-for-a-good-school.html
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:07 PM Author: very tactful toaster A Move to the West Village for a Good School
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Photo Jeanne Kempton and her husband, Damien Corr, moved with their two sons and dog from a Brooklyn townhouse to a two-bedroom apartment in the West Village. Credit Stephanie Diani for The New York Times
This is a story about how the hunt for a good public school can move a New York City family out of their home.
After the birth of their first son, Jeanne Kempton and Damien Corr followed a trajectory familiar to many New York families, buying in an area â Cobble Hill, Brooklyn â with excellent public schools and biding their time in a two-bedroom condo until their second son was also safely ensconced in District 15.
Their childrenâs education seemingly settled, they bought and moved to a six-bedroom townhouse in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and adopted a yellow lab. The boys commuted to their old school.
But two years later, their older son failed to land a seat in one of District 15âs excellent middle schools and was assigned to a struggling school by the border of Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage
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They balked at sending him there, but neither ponying up for private school nor moving to the suburbs seemed a viable, or at least desirable, option. Then a third possibility occurred to Ms. Kempton: Why not rent an apartment in the West Village, which was in a school district that had both good middle schools and open seats?
âIt just hit me one day that District 2 has zoned middle schools and its own high schools,â said Ms. Kempton, an associate real estate broker with Stribling & Associates. A few weeks later, shortly before the first day of school in the fall of 2014, she was signing a lease for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on the top floor of a West Village townhouse.
At 750 square feet, it was a big change from the familyâs 3,000-square-foot townhouse, especially given that they had occupied all three and a half floors. The Details
Name: Jeanne Kempton, Damien Corr and their sons, John and Luke
Ages: 46 and 50, 13 and 10.
Rent: $4,700 a month. The family rents out their three-and-a-half-story townhouse in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens for $5,750.
Occupation: Associate real estate broker at Stribling & Associates and product manager at EY.
What they like about the new neighborhood: âWe find that if we have a smaller space, we do things out and about more,â Mr. Corr said.
Downsizing: The family moved from a 3,000-square-foot townhouse to a 750-square-foot apartment. They lived on all three and a half floors of their townhouse because the deed covenant for houses on the block prohibited multifamily houses.
Before they decided to move to the West Village: They looked at a parochial school and also checked out a Waldorf school. âWe were just really scrambling,â Ms. Kempton said.
What their friends thought when they told them they were moving: âI heard a lot of, âI canât believe you left Brooklyn,ââ said Ms. Kempton, who works in Striblingâs Brooklyn office.
âThere was a playroom, a guest room, a room between the living room and the dining room that we didnât really know what it was for,â Mr. Corr, a product manager at EY, said. âWe just called it the middle room.â
They framed the move as a one-year experiment, renting out their house for $5,750 a month, which more than covered their $4,700-a-month West Village rent. Even so, they got rid of almost everything. âWe just left a few things there that we didnât want or expect to get back,â Ms. Kempton said.
Mr. Corr said, âThereâs a cost associated with storage and even storage isnât safe; it can get flooded, or have a fire.â
Ms. Kempton said that many friends were taken aback by their decision, especially since they had just finished furnishing and decorating the house. One commented on her lack of sentimentality. âAnd I said: âIâm not unsentimental. Itâs just moving.ââ
Growing up, Ms. Kempton moved frequently because her father was in academia, bouncing among Brooklyn, eastern Long Island and the Midwest. Mr. Corr, on the other hand, spent most of his childhood in the same house in Ireland, but he was enthusiastic about living within easy walking distance of four movie theaters.
The boys, meanwhile, reveled in the variety of West Village burger restaurants. Although, not yet understanding the nuances of the New York real estate market, their younger son, Luke, who was 8 at the time, worried that the drastic downsizing indicated bad things about the familyâs finances. Photo The living room of the familys new home in the West Village. Credit Stephanie Diani for The New York Times
âHe was like, âAre we O.K.? Do we have enough money?ââ Mr. Corr recalled.
âI was like, âThe West Village is really nice, actually,ââ Ms. Kempton said.
Although it lacks the grandeur of their townhouse â which had original floor-to-ceiling mirrors, pocket doors and a working fireplace â the apartment is a cozy charmer, and just a two-block walk from a YMCA pool. Lucy, the dog, is fawned over whenever she walks outside, though the family is still mystified whenever tourists ask to take a picture with her, which happens frequently. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Real Estate
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âYou have to build in time for it, especially on the weekends,â Mr. Corr said.
There have been some adjustments, of course. It can be a challenge cooking for four in the narrow galley kitchen, though they do it all the time.
Lucy has also put on a few pounds now that she chases her tennis balls within the confines of Manhattan dog runs, rather than the vast expanse of Prospect Park.
Ms. Kempton, who lived in the East Village in her 20s, said that while she had always thought she and Mr. Corr might move back to Manhattan after the children were grown, doing it a decade earlier has proved an unexpected delight.
âWe were very fortunate to be able to make this move,â she said. âI feel lucky that my kids go to public school in New York City.â Now, theyâre just waiting to see which schools the boys will be going to next year; their older son, John, will start high school and Luke is headed to middle school. They will receive their placements in the spring.
âThey can stay in District 2 â we hope,â Ms. Kempton said. âOr Iâm going to have a nervous breakdown.â |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:14 PM Author: Canary university This is EXACTLY correct action. There is no question about it. Parents who love their kids do this sort of thing all the time. I would do something similar in a heartbeat if my kid was suddenly bumped to a "struggling" school. That will really fuck a kid up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639739) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:38 PM Author: thriller clear business firm chad Parents who love their kids do not vote Democrat, as thats directly supporting backwards policies that are directly harmful to kids. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639897) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:49 PM Author: Canary university nope. too attenuated. Big difference between changing schools to make sure your kid goes to a good school and who and how you vote. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639988) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: provocative rambunctious site Lmao jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640010) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:55 PM Author: Twisted Cocky Friendly Grandma Range Yeah, as long as your kids can go to good schools, you might as well keep voting for the party of bad schools. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640025) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:19 PM Author: Impertinent parlour psychic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640142) |
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Date: March 21st, 2018 11:51 AM Author: Canary university Tbf I think good schools are not a Republican priority. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35652318) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:29 PM Author: gold forum A Move to the West Village for a Good School Renters
By KIM VELSEY FEB. 3, 2017
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Jeanne Kempton and her husband, Damien Corr, moved with their two sons and dog from a Brooklyn townhouse to a two-bedroom apartment in the West Village. Credit Stephanie Diani for The New York Times This is a story about how the hunt for a good public school can move a New York City family out of their home.
After the birth of their first son, Jeanne Kempton and Damien Corr followed a trajectory familiar to many New York families, buying in an area Cobble Hill, Brooklyn with excellent public schools and biding their time in a two-bedroom condo until their second son was also safely ensconced in District 15.
Their childrens education seemingly settled, they bought and moved to a six-bedroom townhouse in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and adopted a yellow lab. The boys commuted to their old school.
But two years later, their older son failed to land a seat in one of District 15s excellent middle schools and was assigned to a struggling school by the border of Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill.
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They balked at sending him there, but neither ponying up for private school nor moving to the suburbs seemed a viable, or at least desirable, option. Then a third possibility occurred to Ms. Kempton: Why not rent an apartment in the West Village, which was in a school district that had both good middle schools and open seats?
It just hit me one day that District 2 has zoned middle schools and its own high schools, said Ms. Kempton, an associate real estate broker with Stribling & Associates. A few weeks later, shortly before the first day of school in the fall of 2014, she was signing a lease for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on the top floor of a West Village townhouse.
At 750 square feet, it was a big change from the familys 3,000-square-foot townhouse, especially given that they had occupied all three and a half floors.
The Details Name: Jeanne Kempton, Damien Corr and their sons, John and Luke
Ages: 46 and 50, 13 and 10.
Rent: $4,700 a month. The family rents out their three-and-a-half-story townhouse in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens for $5,750.
Occupation: Associate real estate broker at Stribling & Associates and product manager at EY.
What they like about the new neighborhood: We find that if we have a smaller space, we do things out and about more, Mr. Corr said.
Downsizing: The family moved from a 3,000-square-foot townhouse to a 750-square-foot apartment. They lived on all three and a half floors of their townhouse because the deed covenant for houses on the block prohibited multifamily houses.
Before they decided to move to the West Village: They looked at a parochial school and also checked out a Waldorf school. We were just really scrambling, Ms. Kempton said.
What their friends thought when they told them they were moving: I heard a lot of, I cant believe you left Brooklyn, said Ms. Kempton, who works in Striblings Brooklyn office.
There was a playroom, a guest room, a room between the living room and the dining room that we didnt really know what it was for, Mr. Corr, a product manager at EY, said. We just called it the middle room.
They framed the move as a one-year experiment, renting out their house for $5,750 a month, which more than covered their $4,700-a-month West Village rent. Even so, they got rid of almost everything. We just left a few things there that we didnt want or expect to get back, Ms. Kempton said.
Mr. Corr said, Theres a cost associated with storage and even storage isnt safe; it can get flooded, or have a fire.
Ms. Kempton said that many friends were taken aback by their decision, especially since they had just finished furnishing and decorating the house. One commented on her lack of sentimentality. And I said: Im not unsentimental. Its just moving.
Growing up, Ms. Kempton moved frequently because her father was in academia, bouncing among Brooklyn, eastern Long Island and the Midwest. Mr. Corr, on the other hand, spent most of his childhood in the same house in Ireland, but he was enthusiastic about living within easy walking distance of four movie theaters.
The boys, meanwhile, reveled in the variety of West Village burger restaurants. Although, not yet understanding the nuances of the New York real estate market, their younger son, Luke, who was 8 at the time, worried that the drastic downsizing indicated bad things about the familys finances.
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The living room of the familys new home in the West Village. Credit Stephanie Diani for The New York Times He was like, Are we O.K.? Do we have enough money? Mr. Corr recalled.
I was like, The West Village is really nice, actually, Ms. Kempton said.
Although it lacks the grandeur of their townhouse which had original floor-to-ceiling mirrors, pocket doors and a working fireplace the apartment is a cozy charmer, and just a two-block walk from a YMCA pool. Lucy, the dog, is fawned over whenever she walks outside, though the family is still mystified whenever tourists ask to take a picture with her, which happens frequently.
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PRIVACY POLICY OPT OUT OR CONTACT US ANYTIME You have to build in time for it, especially on the weekends, Mr. Corr said.
There have been some adjustments, of course. It can be a challenge cooking for four in the narrow galley kitchen, though they do it all the time.
Lucy has also put on a few pounds now that she chases her tennis balls within the confines of Manhattan dog runs, rather than the vast expanse of Prospect Park.
Ms. Kempton, who lived in the East Village in her 20s, said that while she had always thought she and Mr. Corr might move back to Manhattan after the children were grown, doing it a decade earlier has proved an unexpected delight.
We were very fortunate to be able to make this move, she said. I feel lucky that my kids go to public school in New York City. Now, theyre just waiting to see which schools the boys will be going to next year; their older son, John, will start high school and Luke is headed to middle school. They will receive their placements in the spring.
They can stay in District 2 we hope, Ms. Kempton said. Or Im going to have a nervous breakdown.
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:35 PM Author: electric sienna puppy 4700 a month for 700sqft space in a townhouse? jesus christ. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639883) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:36 PM Author: Mind-boggling associate sandwich frankly that sounds a little low for the W Village (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639887) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:38 PM Author: navy filthpig The kids will watch while the Kemptons make love. It will be an enriching experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639905) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:41 PM Author: electric sienna puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639927) |
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Date: March 21st, 2018 11:54 AM Author: House-broken insane garrison The Kempton-Corrs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35652336) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:43 PM Author: Ruby infuriating immigrant stag film and probably no washing machine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639936) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:46 PM Author: Impertinent parlour psychic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35639967) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: indigo digit ratio Pro-Tip: they're actually still living in their old house and subletting out their "new" apartment in the good school district. Little Brayden is old enough to take the train to school himself.
People in DC play this district shopping game all the time. Shit half of them are sneaking in from MD schools in PG County. |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:53 PM Author: electric sienna puppy would be hilarious if true. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640011) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:54 PM Author: Mind-boggling associate sandwich idk, i don't think they'd call attention to it by being in the paper (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640021) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:58 PM Author: navy filthpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640039) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:59 PM Author: Naked adulterous boistinker Newspaper article "proves" they moved! Paper of record! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640395) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:55 PM Author: Twisted Cocky Friendly Grandma Range If so then they would be goddamn idiots to let the NYT write a piece on them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640024) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:56 PM Author: Fear-inspiring orchestra pit The only thing that gives me pause here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640029) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 8:14 PM Author: indigo digit ratio They'll make the appropriate show of things for a semester, a year tops. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640921) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: Pale self-centered church weed whacker What is unimaginable to me is the size of the apartment - 2 BR and 2 bath (with living room/kitchen) in only 750 square feet is insane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640007) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:05 PM Author: orange unhinged dilemma yeah, the math doesn't even make sense. i just sketched a floor plan of this setup real quick and it looks like a fucking cartoon dollhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640068) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:58 PM Author: Naked adulterous boistinker It's common for a Jr. 4 to be about that size. An apt with a small dining room/area that is walled off to make the second bedroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640388) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 5:59 PM Author: talented principal's office oh the BURGER restaurants. Can't get that in Brooklyn! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640046) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:00 PM Author: electric sienna puppy 10 different ones within walking distance. 4 movie theaters within walking distance. not quite the same. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640053) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:06 PM Author: navy filthpig The man is obviously pontius pirate tp. Kids are looking for *THE* best burger in NYC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640074) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 8:29 PM Author: Nubile clown 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35641038) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:17 PM Author: Pearly roommate knife Why is this a story? Kid-havers move around for "good schools" all the time, who cares? These 'slice-o-life' pieces for middling IQ strivers are annoying. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640132) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:38 PM Author: zippy fragrant skinny woman boltzmann They entertain me when it is slow at work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640248) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:58 PM Author: useless property headpube Now, theyre just waiting to see which schools the boys will be going to next year; their older son, John, will start high school and Luke is headed to middle school. They will receive their placements in the spring.
They can stay in District 2 we hope, Ms. Kempton said. Or Im going to have a nervous breakdown.
lmao @ completely uprooting themselves and still having to cross their fingers that they'll win the "good school" lottery. |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 6:59 PM Author: Naked adulterous boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35640390) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:38 AM Author: Mind-boggling associate sandwich seriously. jfc just move to the burbs and be done with it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923054&forum_id=2#35644781) |
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