Plainfield-Scoth Plains border - ANY CHANCE? (Scotch Plains: house, to buy, school district)

[passiondivany]

So we are about to buy a house on the Plainfield-Scotch Plains border (Scotch Plains is right across the street) but unfortunately we are zoned for Plainfield schools. ANY chance there are ways to ask for variances in another school district? If so who do I have to sweet talk? This is done in NY (where we are from) and granted if you fight hard about how bad your zoned school is and how you do not want your child attending that school. Please help.

[FUALL]

Originally Posted by passiondivany

So we are about to buy a house on the Plainfield-Scotch Plains border (Scotch Plains is right across the street) but unfortunately we are zoned for Plainfield schools. ANY chance there are ways to ask for variances in another school district? If so who do I have to sweet talk? This is done in NY (where we are from) and granted if you fight hard about how bad your zoned school is and how you do not want your child attending that school. Please help.

Don't buy the house

[veuvegirl]

You can try and petition the school to let your children go to the Scotch Plains school; but you probably won't be able to do it until you actually live in the house. At the very least; call the school and see.

[E-TOWN-R.I.P.]

Originally Posted by FUALL

Don't buy the house

If you can't get them into Scotch Plains schools, then I wouldn't buy the house.