Redistricting and Property Values

So my oldest is only three and a half but it looks like they're moving the district boundaries for our high school. The current high school is ranked as one of the top 100 in the nation. The one we may change to is also ranked (650 or so) but has gangs and a totally different curriculum and is generally known as just a scary place and not a great learning environment. When we bought our house, we not only bought the home but we thought we bought into an area with a great public education.

What happens if they move us to the "bad" high school? Do we move before it happens (in 2008) so we can sell our house more easily? Well, the market sucks right now in general. Do we move in 10 years or so to make sure that our kids can go to a better school? Do we send our kids to the "bad" school and hope for the best and that they are some how protected by academic paths that they choose and the "right" kids? If we know that we're going to move, it will undoubtedly impact how much money we put into our house too. Do we put in wood floors? Redo bathrooms? Kitchens? Different story if it's the forever house that we thought. Unless we come into money - lottery perhaps - private school around here is out of the question. This stinks.

I wish that the voice of the community could impact the outcome by influencing the school board but what's the chance. Of course nobody wants their child to be the one to change schools. They say that they'll listen to their constituents but how is that possible if they want to get the numbers up in one school and down in another. All I do know at this point is that even though my kids are not yet school age, I'm going to stay involved in the process.