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Do you play bball too. If so - I always wonder if I would have played against you all at some point and never even knew it. 

No, not at all. 

I think you will find when the market is slow - expensive homes with no back yards have a hard time moving.  I've noticed a ton over the past year - those smaller lot homes that are in the $1.25-$1.75M range tend to sit where as homes with nicer lots move pretty quickly.  When it has the brand...

The gray area for me is at what point is it excess - I get it if is infrastructure costs for the community in question but it sure seems like a lot of the funding is way more broad than that and a ton of it is funding the Great Park (don't get me wrong - I appreciate everyone at GP paying for...

I'm curious if something eventually gives and the taxes get cut - I feel like the residents are funding a lot of stuff that goes above and beyond what would typically be paid for in most other new communities (i.e., broader great park development that serves much more broadly than just the GP...

If it had perfect freeway access - it would get poo pooed because it is too close to the freeway.  OH / Turtle Rock and a lot of the other areas considered high end all are far less freeway convenient than Great Park. It is kind of why I say - if you ignore location, I think GP is one of the...

The other counter I would have to that is - pre covid - a ton of people were going from school to work anyway so they likely were driving even if it were a neighborhood school. There are certainly some that walk - but vast majority, whether the school is located in your neighborhood or not...

I think the actual community and homes are very nice. One of the nicer neighborhoods in Irvine, especially relative to new builds (not as cookie cutter as IPAC and more character - although I will caveat while they have some nice architecture there are some models, namely some Lennar builds that...

You summed it up best - we are assuming this is a one year move but we made it for the above reasons and psychologically we had already seen our daughter (last year) lose the passion and energy she had for school.  This year - it has been a night and day difference and we see it in her energy...

We ultimately made that move this year with our older (2nd grader).  Did virtual for a bit and now moved to in person (*fingers crossed it will work out*). That said - the virtual experience was actually really pleasant and even now a chunk of the class has is remote and a chunk is in person and...

I think the prices are up. It seems to me that I see more stuff moving at prices where 2 months ago - it would have sat. 

The reality is the question isn't about whether it is safe for elementary school kids - because i believe it is (or at least on a relative scale you are talking about something very similar with other nominal risks that are already taken). The entire question is it safe for the community, the...

Right now - that is true. The cold and flu have also had years of humanity developing some form of temporary immunity (and rapid bodily responses for treating). This is a new foreign invader (at least for some immune systems) and thus causes more material symptoms in a larger chunk of the...

Fair point - I might have mistyped, but I think I stated long-term you don't know anything (since the earliest data we have on this thing goes back to December).  But I was more speaking to the fact that elementary age kids are going to be infected (clearly they can get infected) but they are...

Now this is exactly why you said we are spoiled - luxury of being in the IUSD cause we all know not every district can pivot this way. 

I agree that there are valid reasons and systematically it is hard for districts and states to shift. Money is a definite hinderance as is the fact that all the current funds are earmarked into a giant institution, some districts which run more efficient and effective than others and with...

I'm not arguing with you on all of that - I'm just saying this is a question broader than just Irvine.  You are right, Irvine has more resources and offered more scenarios than others. Many other schools has two - one which was full time online (meaning you stay there) and the other which was a...

That is just Irvine - I'm speaking more broadly - other districts in the state had different views. Some of which combined online and in-person. 

No - This is exactly what teachers have to be prepared for.  If in two weeks people have to go on-site, than they will be on-site. We are already in a spot where depending on the model you chose and the district, you are going to have in-person and virtual people with the exact same teacher so...

THis is all true - this is the bigger question - whether it is safe for the elementary school kids is not an isolated conversation (I was just correcting for what I thought were you fallacies focused on the individual child). The bigger piece is the broader risk of opening things up on the...