Shifting school boundaries? Huh? (Charlotte, Raleigh: home, established neighborhood, buy)

[AJ1972]

I read that Ballantyne is shifting school boundaries.
What does this mean?
Are they beginning to do what Wake County schools do (move
kids around every few years.....your child may be ine one school for 1st-3rd grade, and then they'll move them to a new one for 4th-5th, and maybe move them again)?
This is why we chose Charlotte over Raleigh. So our kids don't get shifted around to many different schools.

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by AJ1972

I read that Ballantyne is shifting school boundaries.
What does this mean?
Are they beginning to do what Wake County schools do (move
kids around every few years.....your child may be ine one school for 1st-3rd grade, and then they'll move them to a new one for 4th-5th, and maybe move them again)?
This is why we chose Charlotte over Raleigh. So our kids don't get shifted around to many different schools.

School boundries change almost EVERY year in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. NEVER buy a home in Charlotte-Mecklenburg due to a school district. It may not be the same one the very next year.

I have lived in Charlotte 15 years, and the parents have been fighting with Charlotte-Mecklenburg for 15 years. Don't see that changing anytime soon.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

School boundries change almost EVERY year in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. NEVER buy a home in Charlotte-Mecklenburg due to a school district. It may not be the same one the very next year.

I have lived in Charlotte 15 years, and the parents have been fighting with Charlotte-Mecklenburg for 15 years. Don't see that changing anytime soon.

7 oh 4, you know I love ya, but this is just not accurate. SOME schools in our most overpopulated areas in south Charlotte and north Mecklenburg have had to do reassignments as they open new schools. BUT, most of the schools in Charlotte remain fairly stable. I have said this before, my neighborhood has been assigned to the same high school for over 25 years! Then again, I live in an established part of Charlotte without new developments popping up all over the place. Please be careful when you speak in such generalities

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by AJ1972

I read that Ballantyne is shifting school boundaries.
What does this mean?
Are they beginning to do what Wake County schools do (move
kids around every few years.....your child may be ine one school for 1st-3rd grade, and then they'll move them to a new one for 4th-5th, and maybe move them again)?
This is why we chose Charlotte over Raleigh. So our kids don't get shifted around to many different schools.

Please don't panic - Raleigh is about 10 years behind Charlotte in school policy. People in Charlotte would never stand for going back to busing - we like neighborhood schools here, and fought a hard battle to get them about 4 years ago.

[AJ1972]

Phew! Thanks.

[the 7 oh 4]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

7 oh 4, you know I love ya, but this is just not accurate. SOME schools in our most overpopulated areas in south Charlotte and north Mecklenburg have had to do reassignments as they open new schools. BUT, most of the schools in Charlotte remain fairly stable. I have said this before, my neighborhood has been assigned to the same high school for over 25 years! Then again, I live in an established part of Charlotte without new developments popping up all over the place. Please be careful when you speak in such generalities

Love you too,

It seems like to me, where I come from a city of about 200,000 have very little problems with parents and schools. In the last 15 years (since I moved to Charlotte) parents have fought every year about something. I am not use to that.

I have some friends that bought a place off Hwy 51 (Pineville Matthews Rd) and it was in Providence High district. Next year their child had to go to South Meck which I understand is a worse school.

Just an opinion and observation

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by the 7 oh 4

Love you too,

It seems like to me, where I come from a city of about 200,000 have very little problems with parents and schools. In the last 15 years (since I moved to Charlotte) parents have fought every year about something. I am not use to that.

I have some friends that bought a place off Hwy 51 (Pineville Matthews Rd) and it was in Providence High district. Next year their child had to go to South Meck which I understand is a worse school.

Just an opinion and observation

Unfortunately that switching around happened because of the new Ardrey Kell High School opening up - it took something like half of S. Meck's students, which made some space for students at Providence High to move over and give them more breathing room. Again, these reassignments only happen for new schools opening or population shifts

[Simpson12]

The area only shifts when a new school is built to relieve overcrowding. All the elementary and middle schools in this part of town are great anyway. High Schools are great (Ardrey Kell and Providence) to not so great (South Meck)

[solnechko]

I'm the one who wrote about shifting boundaries. Yes, in far South Charlotte and Ballantyne, Blakeney, etc. the boundaries seem like they are constantly changing, and yes, it's because the area is booming and new schools are coming in. I've known kids who have gone from Hawk Ridge Elementary to Endhaven and back, then there are some who have been put into S. Meck High when they really didn't want to go (thought they'd be in Ardrey Kell, etc.)


The same is true of Union County, so it's not only CMS, though CMS is pretty bad about not listening to what their students' families want. From what the original poster said about Wake county it sounds about like CMS to me!

This is why I tell every friend of mine who moves here to move into an established neighborhood with not a lot of building or room to build. This would lessen the chances of your children getting tossed around. There are no guarantees, though, and charter schools have huge waiting lists, and the private schools are getting tougher to get into. I still think an established neighborhood or a home very (very!) near a school is your best bet if you are going with the public schools.