Sentences with phrase «choice in a given neighborhood»

The median price is the price at which half the properties in the area are more expensive, and half are less expensive; it's a good indication of the middle - of - the - road choice in a given neighborhood, and can help you find out how appropriately priced a property is for your intentions.

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You might give them a choice of worthy charities in your neighborhood, explaining each charity to your child.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

«If Dan Patrick and his followers wanted to give all students and their parents a meaningful educational choice, they would more adequately fund public education, so that children of all economic backgrounds would have a full menu of academic offerings and electives in their neighborhood public schools,» said Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria.

Families in the Anderson area, an urban neighborhood of Reno, Nevada, were given the choice to transfer their children to other schools, and the school would soon be forced to provide supplemental tutoring.

Given the choice of commuting a long way to a high - performing school on the other side of town and transferring to a school in the neighborhood, low - income parents tend to choose the latter.

But if a charter in a low - income area wants to set aside some of its seats for nearby kids who want to attend, giving the school that option could provide some of the benefits of choice without undermining the institution of the neighborhood school.

Currently, there are three exceptions when a student may be given preference in their district choice: students whose siblings attend the school, students whose parents work at the school, and students for whom the school is in their neighborhood.

Since there is no public high school in the neighborhood, students are given the choice of attending Point Loma High School or San Diego High School.