School districts (Coram, Lynbrook, Malverne: sale, real estate, house) - Long Island - New York (NY) - City-Data Forum

thebobs · 04-01-2009, 08:28 AM

Ok, I posted this in another thread but then I thought it should have its own thread as I'm sure I'm not the only one with this question.

When I moved to Coram years back (no kids so didn't care about the district) I had to find my new school district for taxes and voting. Being that I was in Coram, I knew it was Longwood but wanted to double check. I called up the school and they gave me a contact in the district to call. I called her up and she said that all of Coram was in Longwood.

Fast forward to a few years later and now i'm looking for a home (some of you may remember my post about Shady Lane - I decided not to take the house) and the school district is a serious consideration. Well come to find out that some parts of Coram (not that I really want to live here) are in Comsewogue and Middle Country.

So basically the lady in the school district was wrong. How do I really find out? I don't trust the real estate people to tell me, they may just want to make a sale and then say oops I didn't know that or whatever.

Kinda bad when the head honchos in the school district don't know what areas are in their own district.

whitedove411 · 04-01-2009, 10:07 AM

When i was looking for homes in Nassau... i would call a couple of schools to tell me where the boundry lines are..

it can be VERY difficult.... sometimes (ex in Lynbrook) there are underground streams that mark the territory so that on one block.... you can have 2 different school districts (Lynbrook OR Malverne...Or Lynbrook / Hewlett)......

If it's important.. do your homework... (also ask the people on the block.. they know)

Some towns (like lynbrook . let you buy a piece of land from your neighbor - just to be in a differnet school district.)

in addition - some districts will let you "buy" into their schools...some don't.

Also watch out if there is village laws.... there are streets in lynbrook for example you can live in the "town" but not the "village". We looked at a house like that which meant that we could go to the schools, but not use the town facilites (i.e. pool) or the library...????
How could i tell my daughter she could not use the town library?? Or the pool with her friends who live down the block or around the corner?? how stupid..
We did not pick Lynbrook...

Confused?? do your homework!!

Hope this helps.

Arron · 04-01-2009, 10:21 AM

I suppose checking with the town would be the most reliable way. really a RE Agent should never give you misinformation to make a sale. That is unethical..

LIgirl74 · 04-01-2009, 01:59 PM

You should call the Department of Transportation in the school district and you will find out if you belong to that district or not.

Walter Greenspan · 04-01-2009, 05:50 PM

Ask to see the property tax bill for any property that you are considering buying. The property tax bill will show the school district levying property tax on that property, and that's the school district where that property is located in.

Also, never, ever, assume that the property is in the city, village or hamlet whose name is in that property's mailing address: //www.city-data.com/forum/long-...you-think.html may help you understand the great geographic confusions caused by non-conforming ZIP Code postal zones.

Elke Mariotti · 04-02-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

Ask to see the property tax bill for any property that you are considering buying. The property tax bill will show the school district levying property tax on that property, and that's the school district where that property is located in.

Walter is right, the property tax bill is full of information!!