Why does the school location feature no longer work?

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We are planning on buying a new home within the next year.  I have been using Zillow to look at homes available and it helps me a lot to be able to see what schools are in the neighborhood.  When I check the box for "show schools" on the map, nothing happens.  None of the schools are shown.  I hope this is only a glitch...

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November 16 2011 - Livermore
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That functionality came from Google.

I know it is presently "broken" and needs to be fixed, but in the mean time, you can use Google maps until it is fixed.

Zillow also used to provide a number of other locations from Google maps that was discontinued about a month ago.  It is not clear why.
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November 19 2011
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Well then.......contact Rachel Rosen here...

Even if Zillow did bring it back it wont be that accurate, but good luck with that . . .
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November 19 2011
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Neither one of these answers help at all.  I wasn't asking for an opinion.  I am well aware of how to find school district boundaries and how to find out about school ratings, etc.  It is convenient to see where all the schools are located and I liked being able to see them on map with properties for sale.  I'm surprised the feature stopped working and just wanted to know if it would be fixed soon.  It is a technical question about the operation of the Zillow maps. 

I will try contact customer service on Zillow. 
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November 18 2011
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If you're serious about searching for a home and have narrowed it down to a specific geographic location you should go to the school districts website and print out the map of the school boundaries.  This will be the most accurate measure of which school is designated for a specific home.  Remember that some schools are also impacted so you should always check with the school district to make sure that there is room available at that school for the grades that your children are in.  
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November 17 2011
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Zillow doesnt handle school distrcits well. USE a Realtor and the MLS, which is the most accurate.
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