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Looking to move within the year to the Carolinas and just wanting some feed back on schools and housing. Looking for new development with nice ammenities.
Well, as of now my best advice would be to use the search at the top of the page because this stuff has been discussed over and over again. If you have more specific questions people can start to answer them...
If you move to Greenville (within city limits), I'd say you're guaranteed to be within 10 minutes of some kind of school. I live near the North Main area and have 2 elementary schools within 5 minutes of my house, a middle school 2 minutes away, and 2 high schools within 10 minutes (and 2 more within another 15-20 minutes).
I have lived in NC and SC. I would seriously recommend that you consider a private school for your children. I believe even some of the "honors" tracts in the public schools leave a lot to be desired. We have had kids in the public and private schools. The public schools in general are very overcrowded, teachers that are not as highly qualified as you might find in some areas (other than if you are near Chapel Hill or somewhere that has a lot of professors kids attending public schools.) We found that the public schools teach to the bottom 1/2 of the class. So, if you have a more "gifted" child, you are out of luck. Financial aid seems to be good in general for the private schools. Good luck!
I have lived in NC and SC. I would seriously recommend that you consider a private school for your children. I believe even some of the "honors" tracts in the public schools leave a lot to be desired. We have had kids in the public and private schools. The public schools in general are very overcrowded, teachers that are not as highly qualified as you might find in some areas (other than if you are near Chapel Hill or somewhere that has a lot of professors kids attending public schools.) We found that the public schools teach to the bottom 1/2 of the class. So, if you have a more "gifted" child, you are out of luck. Financial aid seems to be good in general for the private schools. Good luck!
Not all public schools are so bad...you'll find good and bad teachers at pretty much any public school. Most of my high school teachers at GHS were fine. They taught me what they were supposed to and I learned...and I just graduated in '06. Not saying GHS is the best either...just that you can have great teachers at any school. I had my share of bad ones, too...but then again I've had bad professors at Winthrop over the last two years.
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