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My husband and I are relocating to north carolina we have three school aged children 2 in elementary 1 in her last year of middle school . We currently live in NJ and are planning to move at the end of the school year (here it is June ) I plan to come to the Charlotte area in Feb. but I have mixed views about what areas are good as far as schools go that is the biggest concern for me. I have heard that Mecklenburg county has a horrible school system if that is true where can I go that has good schools and safe neigborhoods? I hear that concord,corneilus,huntersville,mooresville,matthew s,mint hill are good areas I was also told that Cabarras county is good and union county is good. Can someone please guide me in the right direction.
Hi Jacqui, my family and I are also looking to relocate to N.C. and my wife is like you in the sense that schools are priority #1. We have friends who have already researched and came up with towns called Wesley Chapel, Weddington, and Waxhaw that have super school systems. We are visiting next month to see for ourselves and heard the area is to "die for"
I'll keep you posted on any developments. Dino
Hello Jacqui and Dino, we are in the same situation. we are 4 our 2 children and my husband and I.
Scools are defenetly our prioriy. If you can also keep me posted, i will do so if i find something new. Thank you very much.
Paola
Hello Jacqui and Dino, we are in the same situation. we are 4 our 2 children and my husband and I.
Scools are defenetly our prioriy. If you can also keep me posted, i will do so if i find something new. Thank you very much.
Paola
My husband and I ( plus 2 kids) are considering relocation from Florida to Weddington. We looking up in the Lake Norman area, but the Nuclear Power Plant was a little too close for comfort. My husband is visiting Charlotte again this week, and will tour the Weddington area. I've been told it's a little more rural than the Cornelius area....we'll see!
I think I should have read the rules better this may not get thru. here is a place for sell in Newton, N.C. It is a really nice place . I have been in the home. very roomy. http://www.homesandland.com/Listing....446&MagId=0775
take out the [/url] in the beginning and end. Cut and paste in browser.
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I moved to NC a year ago and will be *leaving* NC at the end of this school year.
Corporal punishment is rampant in the schools here. See the NYTimes article about this from last month. They spank, paddle, hit the kids on the hands, etc. and it is an accepted part of this culture.
At the local PUBLIC high school here, the science teacher reads from the Bible in class and tells the students there is no such thing as dinosaurs. The local PUBLIC high school history teacher told the students there was no such thing as the holocaust and that WWII was caused by the "money-grubbing Jews" and the Health teacher, in their reproductive health class asked the students for their first assignment to write an essay about the most important experience they had ever had, and gave as an example that the best day of her life was when she found Jesus.
I know a parent who complained about this and has gotten lip service from the school board. Her kids have been singled out for verbal abuse because they are not Bible Thumpers.
Welcome to Billy Graham World.
NC is a great place to homeschool.
There is a reason there are *thousands* of homeschoolers in North Carolina.
I have heard nothing good about the schools here.
My kids are in a charter school.
We are moving back as soon as possible.
HATE IT HERE
(and I lived here as a child)
I moved to NC a year ago and will be *leaving* NC at the end of this school year.
Corporal punishment is rampant in the schools here. See the NYTimes article about this from last month. They spank, paddle, hit the kids on the hands, etc. and it is an accepted part of this culture.
At the local PUBLIC high school here, the science teacher reads from the Bible in class and tells the students there is no such thing as dinosaurs. The local PUBLIC high school history teacher told the students there was no such thing as the holocaust and that WWII was caused by the "money-grubbing Jews" and the Health teacher, in their reproductive health class asked the students for their first assignment to write an essay about the most important experience they had ever had, and gave as an example that the best day of her life was when she found Jesus.
I know a parent who complained about this and has gotten lip service from the school board. Her kids have been singled out for verbal abuse because they are not Bible Thumpers.
Welcome to Billy Graham World.
NC is a great place to homeschool.
There is a reason there are *thousands* of homeschoolers in North Carolina.
I have heard nothing good about the schools here.
My kids are in a charter school.
We are moving back as soon as possible.
HATE IT HERE
(and I lived here as a child)
I have to ask, too. Which part of NC are you living in?
True, there is a lot of homeschooling here. But the way you worded it is misleading. The parents usually homeschool to provide Christian based teaching the kids do not get in public school.
I moved to NC a year ago and will be *leaving* NC at the end of this school year.
Corporal punishment is rampant in the schools here. See the NYTimes article about this from last month. They spank, paddle, hit the kids on the hands, etc. and it is an accepted part of this culture.
At the local PUBLIC high school here, the science teacher reads from the Bible in class and tells the students there is no such thing as dinosaurs. The local PUBLIC high school history teacher told the students there was no such thing as the holocaust and that WWII was caused by the "money-grubbing Jews" and the Health teacher, in their reproductive health class asked the students for their first assignment to write an essay about the most important experience they had ever had, and gave as an example that the best day of her life was when she found Jesus.
I know a parent who complained about this and has gotten lip service from the school board. Her kids have been singled out for verbal abuse because they are not Bible Thumpers.
Welcome to Billy Graham World.
NC is a great place to homeschool.
There is a reason there are *thousands* of homeschoolers in North Carolina.
I have heard nothing good about the schools here.
My kids are in a charter school.
We are moving back as soon as possible.
HATE IT HERE
(and I lived here as a child)
Where in NC do you live???? I've never heard of such doings in any public schools in Mecklenburg county, or elsewhere for that matter.
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