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11-02-2009, 11:54 AM
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English Teacher in Japan
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Location: Japan
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I've googled and wikipediad a few places...wow, Skokie nearly 25% asian....which is cool, as my son is eurasian, etc.
Forest Park looked good....from google maps..of what I've googled so far...
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11-02-2009, 12:15 PM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
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Forest Park has a major drawback though, and that's the fact that it's in one of the worst high school districts in the state. I don't know what the grade schools are like, maybe they're not so bad. But you'll certainly want to make alternative arrangements for your kid by the time he reaches high school age because Proviso East just doesn't cut it.
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11-02-2009, 12:18 PM
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Junior Member
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Wilmette / Evanston on North Side of city
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11-02-2009, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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To the north, Evanston, Wilmette & Skokie are served by the "el". There are a gazillion suburbs served by the Metra & South Shore Line. This question is sort of like asking what surburbs have paved roads.
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11-02-2009, 12:56 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
200K is not expensive. 500K is too expensive. 300K is about the upper end for me. I'd prefer 200-250K though. Two bedroom minimum with a kid here. Don't know if that is unrealistic though.
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Are you talking detached home?
Decide that first. It'll chop down the list of 'potentials' faster than anything. (Given your low upper end.) |
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11-02-2009, 01:08 PM
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There are roads left in both of our shoes...
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SW Suburbs of Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
Forest Park has a major drawback though, and that's the fact that it's in one of the worst high school districts in the state. I don't know what the grade schools are like, maybe they're not so bad. But you'll certainly want to make alternative arrangements for your kid by the time he reaches high school age because Proviso East just doesn't cut it.
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Agreed. They will be fine up until high school...hope you can go private.  lol |
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11-02-2009, 01:30 PM
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We who are about to snark, salute you!
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
Forest Park has a major drawback though, and that's the fact that it's in one of the worst high school districts in the state. I don't know what the grade schools are like, maybe they're not so bad. But you'll certainly want to make alternative arrangements for your kid by the time he reaches high school age because Proviso East just doesn't cut it.
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Proviso (the school district FP is in) has a relatively new magnet high school, Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA) which has decent test scores, I think. Doesn't have much of a track record, so who knows what it'll be like a decade from now. |
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11-02-2009, 01:49 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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I went to Proviso East.
Then they opened up the PMSA when I was a junior.
Darn them
Last edited by linicx; 11-02-2009 at 03:58 PM..
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11-03-2009, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NC/IL/MI
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el: oak park, maywood evanston skokie
metra: everywhere.
I prefer the metra more 
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11-03-2009, 07:32 PM
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We who are about to snark, salute you!
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mas23
el: oak park, maywood evanston skokie
metra: everywhere.
I prefer the metra more
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There's no el service in Maywood. |
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