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If you want to go from a school with lower ratings to a higher rated school, your chances are pretty much nil.
That's depressing. My son is considering relocating to the Charlotte area but has 2 school age kids so the school situation is a very big deal to his family.
The solution, as mentioned above, is to buy a home in the desired school district as close to the desired high school as possible. Schools play a major role in home values in any area. We bought in an area that should be relatively safe from redistricting and in one of the best school districts in the state. We paid a premium for that opportunity. If you want a certain school you must be willing to pay for that area.
Another option is the private school route. Another is to take a chance on a magnet or charter school.
The solution, as mentioned above, is to buy a home in the desired school district as close to the desired high school as possible. Schools play a major role in home values in any area. We bought in an area that should be relatively safe from redistricting and in one of the best school districts in the state. We paid a premium for that opportunity. If you want a certain school you must be willing to pay for that area.
Another option is the private school route. Another is to take a chance on a magnet or charter school.
Exactly, either way you will "pay" for a good school whether you pay that higher house purchase price or private school.
Some of these responses have me puzzled. Are Charlotte (and Miami) the only cities that in order to get into a highly rated school, you have to buy a home in those zoned areas?
Exactly, either way you will "pay" for a good school whether you pay that higher house purchase price or private school.
Some of these responses have me puzzled. Are Charlotte (and Miami) the only cities that in order to get into a highly rated school, you have to buy a home in those zoned areas?
How do they do it everywhere else?
I don't know the ins and outs of it, but Wake County Schools still "bus" by pulling from different socio-economic areas. Their system certainly has some critics, but I was looking to buy there a few years back and it was so refreshing to see that my modest budget could get my family into decently (not the very top, nor the low) rated schools anywhere in town. CMS has fewer options in that middle range.
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I don't know the ins and outs of it, but Wake County Schools still "bus" by pulling from different socio-economic areas. Their system certainly has some critics, but I was looking to buy there a few years back and it was so refreshing to see that my modest budget could get my family into decently (not the very top, nor the low) rated schools anywhere in town. CMS has fewer options in that middle range.
If a person is going to work in the south end of Charlotte they have the option to look at Union County or Fort Mill. If they are working near the airport or Uptown they have the option to look at Gaston County.
I don't know the ins and outs of it, but Wake County Schools still "bus" by pulling from different socio-economic areas. Their system certainly has some critics, but I was looking to buy there a few years back and it was so refreshing to see that my modest budget could get my family into decently (not the very top, nor the low) rated schools anywhere in town. CMS has fewer options in that middle range.
I'm not that familiar with Wake schools but in CMS you've got Butler, Independence, Mallard Creek, North Meck, East Meck, I think Olympic (not exactly familiar how Olympic works with I guess them being considered separate schools?) that probably all fall at least in what I would call the middle range and have reasonably priced homes.
I'm not that familiar with Wake schools but in CMS you've got Butler, Independence, Mallard Creek, North Meck, East Meck, I think Olympic (not exactly familiar how Olympic works with I guess them being considered separate schools?) that probably all fall at least in what I would call the middle range and have reasonably priced homes.
You're right, I tend to forget about areas that aren't in my daily bubble!
I'm not that familiar with Wake schools but in CMS you've got Butler, Independence, Mallard Creek, North Meck, East Meck, I think Olympic (not exactly familiar how Olympic works with I guess them being considered separate schools?) that probably all fall at least in what I would call the middle range and have reasonably priced homes.
I can vouch for North Meck & Mallard Creek since I have grads of both. Mallard Creek generally scores in the 80-90% above grade level(EOG)& close to the state average SAT while North Meck scores in 80%range.
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