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Have been told lot of great stuff about East Amherst & surrounding area Elementary schools. Looked at Great School ratings as well.
Does anyone have any recommendations on Elementary schools in that area ? I was told that one of them won some kind of award as well. Not sure which one ?
First of all, ignore Genoobie. He/she wants you to live in the city (preferrably in one of his/her rentals I'd bet) and spend a fortune sending your child(ren) to private schools. Since you aren't looking to rent in the city anyways, it's a moot point.
Second, Williamsville and East Amherst are both upscale areas with excellent schools, so I don't think "quality" matters as much as "atmosphere", facilities, location, etc. All provide bus service to all students who are not within very reasonable walking distance, especially at the elementary level.
Here are links to the main schools in the Williamsville/East Amherst area:
Amherst Central Schools: Amherst
Clarence Central Schools: Clarence
Williamsville Central Schools: Williamsville
Clarence has a nice elementary school attendance district map right on the webside.
First of all, ignore Genoobie. He/she wants you to live in the city (preferrably in one of his/her rentals I'd bet) and spend a fortune sending your child(ren) to private schools. Since you aren't looking to rent in the city anyways, it's a moot point.
Second, Williamsville and East Amherst are both upscale areas with excellent schools, so I don't think "quality" matters as much as "atmosphere", facilities, location, etc. All provide bus service to all students who are not within very reasonable walking distance, especially at the elementary level.
Here are links to the main schools in the Williamsville/East Amherst area:
Amherst Central Schools: Amherst
Clarence Central Schools: Clarence
Williamsville Central Schools: Williamsville
Clarence has a nice elementary school attendance district map right on the webside.
Meh, live where you want. "Good schools" is realtor code for high test scores, aka, "How much money do my neighbors make and what's their ethnicity."
Meh, live where you want. "Good schools" is realtor code for high test scores, aka, "How much money do my neighbors make and what's their ethnicity."
Of course, like people who live in glass houses, people who live in a school district that does not provide equal educational opportunities to all students ought not to be throwing stones at suburban districts. When BPS stops segregating its best students into a few "select" schools and ignoring the ones who aren't "good enough" for City Honors or Hutch Tech, we can discuss the "crimes" of suburban districts.
You mean when people stop segregating themselves by income in the first place into suburban districts? Why not regionalize schools then Linda_d? Why not merge Buffalo, Amherst and Williamsville? Why not merge all the districts surrounding Buffalo?
You mean when people stop segregating themselves by income in the first place into suburban districts? Why not regionalize schools then Linda_d? Why not merge Buffalo, Amherst and Williamsville? Why not merge all the districts surrounding Buffalo?
Its simple. No one wants to pay our taxes and get the kids from low tax districts where they are below grade level ( like your district, genoobie).
Regionalize will never work here. Consolidation of similar districts might, but it'd take a long time.
And, genoobie, you'd be forced to pay in the thousands for schools like the rest of us. Sure you want that?
Yeah, right BuffaloT, nothing like telling it like it is. Students who are below grade level? *gasp*, You mean someone might have to work extra hard to help that individual learn? It is a shame you worked in Buffalo.
So you are suggesting that if taxes were raised in Buffalo to rates equivalent in surrounding areas that you'd support regionalization? Just want to make sure I can quote you on that.
Yeah, right BuffaloT, nothing like telling it like it is. Students who are below grade level? *gasp*, You mean someone might have to work extra hard to help that individual learn? It is a shame you worked in Buffalo.
So you are suggesting that if taxes were raised in Buffalo to rates equivalent in surrounding areas that you'd support regionalization? Just want to make sure I can quote you on that.
Well, maybe if Buffalo raised its taxes, it could afford to hire more than 2 translators for schools where more than half the students are non-English/non-Spanish speaking immigrants ...
Yeah, right BuffaloT, nothing like telling it like it is. Students who are below grade level? *gasp*, You mean someone might have to work extra hard to help that individual learn? It is a shame you worked in Buffalo.
So you are suggesting that if taxes were raised in Buffalo to rates equivalent in surrounding areas that you'd support regionalization? Just want to make sure I can quote you on that.
When I worked in Buffalo, the schools were all neighborhood except the magnets. Magnets had * gasp * hard entrance exams. The city was much more * gasp * integrated and teachers were available to service most kids . In the 12+ years I have been gone, all schools have gone to the "pick 3, get one - and pray your kid gets a decent school". There have been several superintendents found by national searches ( waste of money) who tucked tail and ran. The City Hall education area is packed with people who do less for more money. Teachers? Work? The same salary scale I retired on is still in place *gasp* and Buffalo teachers, with the toughest group of kids to teach, make over $15K less than other area districts. Many schools have been closed -- and most of them are in majority (only I have no clue how a district with such a heavy minority population still calls the minority the "majority") . Standards for any magnet have been run into the ground/or/ it is no longer a magnet. Even the standards for City Honors and Hutch are lowered.
Your taxes are a joke; if you paid 10X what you do, it wouldn't being to support your schools. The state funds the schools.
I would never support regionalization because if it was started as "choice" it would soon be "mandatory". Kids from the inner city and rural farm kids forced into a totally opposite universe? It will cause chaos, just like the forced bus mixing of the early 1980s. Regionalization works in small areas and with students of reasonably the same knowledge base (like all Cheektowaga districts mixed into one). You propose something that would trash schools outside the city. You would get a lot for no cost and those of us outside the city would pay a mint to see schools that would decline.
You want to get everyone equal, but most of us pay more to support you. Rather socialist, don't you think?
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