Maps of Westchester school districts? (New York, Rochester: buying a house, transfer, buying)

[jennly]

Hi. All this talk of who goes to school where has me wondering if I can get my hands on some maps of the Westchester school districts. I am particularly wondering about Edgemont, but I think it might be a good idea to take a look at a bunch of them. I've looked on some of the school district websites, but I can't seem to find any maps that outline exactly where the school districts fall. Does anyone know where I can find this information online?

My second question is how people who are buying a house in a particular school district know the district won't be redrawn and they'll wind up going to school somewhere else? I guess it is not a problem if you move to a place where the towns and the school districts are the same, but the boundaries of some of these districts are so . . . funky.

Thanks!

[dma1250]

This will give you the boundaries of the school districts. You have to do one district at a time. Just change the "Geographic Boundary" to school district and then select a town. Then you can zoom in to find a specific street and look at the aerial view. It isn't perfect, but it is a cool tool.

Mapping Westchester County

[jennly]

thank you!!

[znycgirl]

Houlihan lawrence has a great website for this under their "maps" function.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by jennly

My second question is how people who are buying a house in a particular school district know the district won't be redrawn and they'll wind up going to school somewhere else? I guess it is not a problem if you move to a place where the towns and the school districts are the same, but the boundaries of some of these districts are so . . . funky.

First, it would require an act of the State legislature to change the borders of a school district, as well as a vote in the original school district and the school district to which part of the school district will be transferred, and the probability of that occurring are so close to zero as to be of no concern.

Second, it's villages and hamlets within towns, not towns. http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html should help you understand the local geography.

With the exception of Harrison, Mount Kisco and Scarsdale, which are coterminous town-villages: a coterminous town-village is where the town and the village have the same name and have the same exact border and the town supervisor/town board and the village mayor/board of trustees are the same. Three are 5 coterminous town-villages in New York State and the other two are Green Island in Albany County and East Rochester in Monroe County.