While that may sound mundane, just ask any real-estate agent about the value of an apartment zoned for the right elementary school.

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One can only imagine what that ask to donors would sound like.

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Even when the results are finalised, Mr O'Kane says that "schools which have suffered might still ask how sound these results are".

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