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Supposed to be really good which is why our property taxes are sky high but I have not taken any tours and seen for myself yet.

Compared to other schools in the area, they are overall pretty good. That's one of the big reasons we bought where we did.

That really sucks about the zoning situation!

Our schools around us are excellent. It's the location we live in that I have an issue with lol. I only pray that we will be living elsewhere with good schools when that time comes. Fingers crossed!

Actually, no. Our schools are the worst in our county and our county has some excellent schools. I'm hoping we can get her into a G&T or magnet school for middle, if not elementary. By the time she is going to high school, we are going to move into a new school district. There is NO WAY I am letting our daughter go to the HS's around us.

We'll have our house paid off by then, so we'll be able to take the money from selling it and buy a house with cash. Hopefully that will be a home we can live in for another 10 years.

Yes, all of the elementary schools in our area are "blue ribbon" schools. That's the #1 reason we moved here 2 years ago. All of the houses here are small, old and ridiculously expensive but people basically live here for the schools. It's a very suburby neighborhood, with lots of parks and family events. So it's nice in that sense. But man...when we looked at houses in other cities in our price range, they were so much newer and bigger and nicer! Sigh. That's the sacrifice for moving to an area with good schools I guess.

Really good. The school district is actually consistently one of the best in the nation and state. Hence why we purchased the new home there. School district was one of top 3 criteria.
P.S. For the G&T schools in our city even if you are zoned for the school you have to test to get into the program. And as long as you're in the district you can test into that school for the G&T program. A lot of the parents at my work start testing their kids at 3 $ 4 years. It's the easiest to get in at kindergarten (more spots) but it's still open for first graders, second graders, etc etc.

The elementary school in our neighborhood is great, but the middle and high schools are not as fantastic. Most parents in our neighborhood send their children to the local school for elementary, then either private or a school in a neighboring district for middle and high school, if they can get it.

@Mrs. Bee: Do the better schools nearby have open enrollment where you can apply to go there even if you don't live in the right zone? That's how it is where we live.

@Mrs. Bee: Oh, that's a bummer. I think it's similar with elementary schools in our area, but not middle and high. It's kind of sad because the "good" kids are being pulled out of our middle and high schools to go to private or neighboring districts and other kids are being bussed in due to open enrollment, so the schools have a bad reputation.