The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Senior un-Privilege

Widely known but rarely understood, Senior Privilege is the ability for a senior to live outside the residential areas that feed into FUHSD schools, while still attending them. According to the FUHSD, it is just a matter of making “an Inter/Intra-district Transfer Request”.

And when you leave it at that, what’s not to like?

If you haven’t heard of it, it’s not too late to make the move. It would be understandable if you wanted to; after all, property values are becoming increasingly expensive.

It’s not a matter of whether students are interested in continuing to attend MVHS. However, moving away from this area, with its high property values, would be a waste. If you’ve already invested the minimum 2 years required to be eligible, why suddenly move now? Because of MVHS, feeder neighborhoods are very, very valuable.

With property values on the rise, more parents are considering the move to cheaper areas, and the opportunity to move while still having their child attend MVHS seems priceless, but this impatience can cost them in the long run.

It’s important that seniors be able to make their last year count — without the distractions of a long commute, or distancing yourself from your peers in your last months here. Stick it out, and it’ll be worth it.

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