south charlotte,overcrowding elem schools??? (housing, rent, lease)

[TheEmissary]

Originally Posted by anifani821

And walked 7 miles to school in snow and rain and had to carry their cold lunch consisting of a piece of corn bread and fat back, while wearing old, holey shoes and with no coat or gloves, carrying their siblings on their backs, after studying the whole nite thru/ by lamplight, wh/ strained their eyes, but there was no money for eye glasses, so they squinted instead, leading to terrible headaches which they had to nevertheless overcome without medication b/c the aspirin had not been discovered yet.

ani- sounds like the stuff our parents used to say to us when we were kids! That old "depression" speech - Yes, I remember it well!

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by nkjaws

Unfortunately, that is neither here nor there. The OP is curious about CMS schools before she moves here, not where our presidents went to school and their conditions. Afterall, they didn't have anything better to compare their conditions to. However, many of us who had children in school in the midwest see such differences on how behind CMS is. Also, back in the good old days of the one room school house they didn't have to worry about crazy people walking into their classroom and holding them hostage or worse. With CMS's lack of security in their schools, lack of locked doors and security cameras, it is all too easy for someone to just walk right in. A sad but true fact. So I will gladly shell out $ to a private school that is a locked safe environment for my children.

Have you been to any private schools that are "locked safe environments"? I've got experience with several and I sure don't think they are any more locked up than the public schools I've been in. For instance, Charlotte Country Day's classrooms open up to the outside world - like an old motel.

Additionally, the op wanted to know about particular schools in south Charlotte, so giving her the rundown on your childs school in Steele Creek doesn't really tell her what those schools are like I'm afraid.

[the 7 oh 4]

I can't imagine that ANY school district in the Metro Charlotte is NOT over crowded and have many trailers!

[nkjaws]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

Have you been to any private schools that are "locked safe environments"? I've got experience with several and I sure don't think they are any more locked up than the public schools I've been in. For instance, Charlotte Country Day's classrooms open up to the outside world - like an old motel.

Additionally, the op wanted to know about particular schools in south Charlotte, so giving her the rundown on your childs school in Steele Creek doesn't really tell her what those schools are like I'm afraid.

Yes, actually back in our TX town all of the private and public schools are locked safe environments. I also worked at a few. We will be touring a few soon here and if they don't have that then I am not interested. I was providing info to the op about my recent experience and also I do have friends who come from Matthews schools who have had similar experiences with those schools, so I doubt it really varies too much town to town here. Also, I was told the Christian school on Erwin is a locked safe environment. So I will be looking into that school as well. Also, do you currently have elem. aged children b/c things have changed some? I am unsure why you feel the need to rip apart every post that I put up. I am soley giving info to the OP, that they requested.

[nkjaws]

Originally Posted by Julia1997

We live in Malibu area in California. Our daughter is in kindergarten in local public school. We are extremely happy with the experience even she is in the trailer. She does have to walk to the bathroom. But the class does not seem overcrowded. She has 17 students in the class. We are interested in the Union county schools. Is there a cap of number of students per class? In CA there is a law that insures less than 20 students up to 3rd grade. Anybody have experience with Rea elementary or Weddington elementary? Thanks.

Here is the thing there is a cap, a state ratio, however, in NC if a school "unexpectantly" goes over state ratio they can just apply for an exemption and basically have a large class, hence the 29 children that made up my daughters class.

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by nkjaws

Yes, actually back in our TX town all of the private and public schools are locked safe environments. I also worked at a few. We will be touring a few soon here and if they don't have that then I am not interested. I was providing info to the op about my recent experience and also I do have friends who come from Matthews schools who have had similar experiences with those schools, so I doubt it really varies too much town to town here. Also, I was told the Christian school on Erwin is a locked safe environment. So I will be looking into that school as well. Also, do you currently have elem. aged children b/c things have changed some? I am unsure why you feel the need to rip apart every post that I put up. I am soley giving info to the OP, that they requested.

nkjaws, I promise you I am not trying to rip any of your posts apart, and I am sorry if you are offended. I am sincerely only interested in provided info to newcomers that is as accurate as possible.

I believe what you are saying about schools in Texas being more locked down. But since the subject is Charlotte Mecklenburg schools I think it's only fair to compare schools in Charlotte, whether public or private - not schools in Charlotte to schools in other states. I do hope you find what you are looking for in a private school since public school has not worked at for you.

Oh, and no, my youngest is no longer an elementary age student - he's in high school. But, I do volunteer in several schools and am familiar with our public schools in that way

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

Have you been to any private schools that are "locked safe environments"? I've got experience with several and I sure don't think they are any more locked up than the public schools I've been in. For instance, Charlotte Country Day's classrooms open up to the outside world - like an old motel.

Additionally, the op wanted to know about particular schools in south Charlotte, so giving her the rundown on your childs school in Steele Creek doesn't really tell her what those schools are like I'm afraid.

Oh good grief - someone dinged my rep for being off topic with this post??

Check the original post whoever you are, the op wants to know about schools in SOUTH CHARLOTTE - my post is very much ON topic.

[nkjaws]

Originally Posted by lovesMountains

nkjaws, I promise you I am not trying to rip any of your posts apart, and I am sorry if you are offended. I am sincerely only interested in provided info to newcomers that is as accurate as possible.

I believe what you are saying about schools in Texas being more locked down. But since the subject is Charlotte Mecklenburg schools I think it's only fair to compare schools in Charlotte, whether public or private - not schools in Charlotte to schools in other states. I do hope you find what you are looking for in a private school since public school has not worked at for you.

Oh, and no, my youngest is no longer an elementary age student - he's in high school. But, I do volunteer in several schools and am familiar with our public schools in that way

Yes, I understand your point of view. However, the OP is also from TX and she needs to understand that she is in for a big wake up call if she thinks that CMS is anything like TX schools. While I can only eloborate on my experiences with CMS one of the teachers at my daughters old school had two children at that school and she pulled them out as well and put them in a Catholic school that she says has a security camera, locked doors, and a secured entry with an access card to get into the main part of the school. I don't know the name of the school, just that it is near uptown. As for me, we did look at one private school already and it did also have a locked door policy but we were not happy with its location. I think in terms of safety CMS is lacking afterall, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I'd rather be safe then sorry and want my children to go to a school where I know they are protected from all the bad in this world.

[Julia1997]

NKjaws: What grade was that? In CA in our area there are up to 30 children in the classroom from 4th grade up.

[nkjaws]

Originally Posted by Julia1997

NKjaws: What grade was that? In CA in our area there are up to 30 children in the classroom from 4th grade up.

This is second grade, and inside the school they had 40 children in one first grade class. I believe the NC state ratio for second grade is 22.