A search ended up on Discover Columbus yesterday for "best family communities columbus, ohio" thus the Title to this post.

I visited a relatively new site, ZIPskinny.com (it's a Beta... still testing, not ready for prime time kind of site) to see if they had the answer to the readers search... I searched eight Northern Central Ohio Outerbelt ZIP Codes to see if there was anything in the demographics which would show what the "best family communities columbus, ohio" would be....

Do you know your world by ZIP codes? To me those eight ZIP codes are the Dublin, Worthington, Powell, Lewis Center and Westerville areas... (not necessarily in the corporation limits for those cities, a lot of the homes and neighborhoods in the ZIPs are in the City of Columbus , or various townships... same ZIP code may have two or more school dsictricts...) Would school information tell YOU "best family communities columbus, ohio" are? What makes one school district desirable for one family might make it totally undesirable for another... school size, school district size, curriculum... but When I think of families I think of schools...
Need info on Columbus area school districts?

I have no idea what Gender tells us about family or whethe a ZIP code is but above is from ZIPskinny.com too. I wanted the age thing... Age... the Worthington ZIP (43085) is the oldest.... maybe depending on your families age you can match up the "best family communities columbus, ohio" via ZIPSkinny.com. Remember the "Please bear in mind that ZIP codes are not uniform population units. They were invented for mail delivery, not population comparisons." The 43085 ZIP code is the City of Worthington as well as area north of 270 bounded by Flint Rd. Park Rd, Interstate 71 and 270 on the south. That area is in the City of Columbus mostly (there could be something in a township.... )

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Earning for Learning, 2006 - Top 10 School's families who shop at Polaris!

"Earning for Learning, 2006 is in the final stretch!  You have until Saturday, September 30, 2006 to shop and declare your points for your favorite school, perhaps earning $15,000!" 

I got an email from Polaris Fashion PlaceMall... about Earning for Learing 2006 on Tuesday... it was in my junk mail and I retrieved it.  I remember signing up for emails from Polaris in May, either I just started getting them today or my email has been eating them. 

"As of Monday, September 18, 2006 our Top 10 Schools include:

Worthington Christian Elementary

Genoa Christian Academy

Orange Middle School

Walnut Creek Elementary

Alum Creek Elementary

Evening St. Elementary

Wyandot Run Elementary

Olentangy Shanahan Middle

Polaris Christian Academy

Olentangy Liberty Middle"

Top 10 schools earning money for the school by shopping at Polaris Fashion Place?  I went to the Mall's website to try to find more about it.... couldn't.  It is an interesting list of schools...  Evening Street elementary is the only Worthington Public School on the list?   I would think high schools would be on the list and because of size be in the top 10 ?  Maybe it is limited to middle schools and elementary schools.....  The Mall website

The email I got also said:

"To help build a little excitement, we are proud to announce additional Double Points opportunities.  You can still earn Double Points for purchases made the following dates:

Monday, September 18

Tuesday, September 19

Monday, September 25

Tuesday, September 26

Additionally, if you shop the department stores of Polaris Fashion Place or, one of the fine restaurants located within the mall, you can earn Double Points on all purchases made Monday, September 18 - Saturday, September 30, 2006.  This special Double Points offer applies to purchases made at the following Polaris Fashion Place merchants:

The Great Indoors

JC Penney

Kaufmann's

Macy's

Saks Fifth Avenue

Sears

Von Maur

California Pizza Kitchen

Lindey's

Molly Woo's

Customers must present receipts to Guest Reception.  Qualifying receipts for the above retailers must be dated between September 18, 2006 and September 30, 2006.  Receipts may only be used one time and will be stamped when present to Guest Reception.  The receipt must be the original.  Duplicate receipts, photo copies, faxes and internet orders will not be accepted.  All receipts must be redeemed by 9 p.m. on September 30, 2006.

Good Luck & Happy Shopping"

hmmmmm.... shoppers seem to come from the close schools geographically but Worthington Slate Run,  Park Road, Worthington Estates  and Wilson Hills  Elementaries and Worthingway Middle School are closer...to Polaris than Evening Street but not as organized?  Not as much $ for clothes for back to school? 

c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog and Maureen McCabe