Glasgow City Council said the consultation will start at some point after an ongoing review
of school catchment areas across the city has been completed.
Miguel Sard, managing director of mortgages, Santander UK said: «Living within a
certain school catchment area is top of the wish list for many families but often these addresses come at a premium.
The similarities to today, with local authorities using counter-terrorism powers to put families under surveillance to see if they are in the
correct school catchment area, are obvious.
Twenty - four per cent of parents with school age children have either bought or rented a new property in order to obtain an address within their
chosen school catchment area.
Methods: Income data were calculated by Fordham's Matt Richmond using 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data on household income and geographic data
on school catchment areas (obtained from each district's central office).
He is also concerned about the removal of the stipulation that, when
drawing school catchment areas, schools «must not exclude particular housing estates or addresses in a way that might disadvantage particular social groups» - and that choices of feeder school should not «unfairly disadvantage children from more deprived areas».
Of course, exceptions exist, but in most North American towns and cities, if a school bus is not assigned to pick up a child within their
designated school catchment area, it means the child is considered close enough to walk.
«We're excited about the Re / Max school mapping tool because it puts home buyers in the driver's seat whether they are reviewing school options for a particular street address or looking for available properties in a
specific school catchment area,» says Elton Ash, regional EVP, Re / Max of Western Canada.
Because pairing and clustering mandates student involvement in desegregation and typically requires that students travel greater distances than under the redrawing
of school catchment areas or other voluntary desegregation plans, the finding that this plan type produces the largest enrollment response is consistent with expectations.
When it comes to out - of - district transfers, priority goes to the siblings of kids who already attend, and to kids that attended daycares in
the school catchment area.