[lvoc]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

That's CCSDs unsolvable problem. All the money in the world won't help people who don't want to learn. And those who DO want to learn will find a way to do so, with or without school.

The only yardstick that matters is impossible to use -- comparing the same child simultaneously attending two different schools in parallel universes.

But let's face facts -- nobody relocates to Las Vegas for our great schools.

No one relocates anywhere for great schools. It is however a hygienic factor in which town or tract you pick.

[SportyandMisty]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

Club at Madeira Canyon

Originally Posted by skugelstadt

Big traffic problems there

Nah. They are building more roads to intersect with Las Vegas Blvd and with I-15. Roads will keep up with demand.

[Crazymomof3]

Thanks for the input. I tend to like Great Schools, and generally rely on reviews. I know no district or school is perfect, but of course we hope to find the best possible scenario. We lived in the burbs outside of Houston and had good and bad.....now we're in Wyoming and the schools are ok, but like any place else there are bad apples. I find that the kids in these rural areas are openly experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and sex. And this is middle school. If we are doing something right at home then we should be good.
I am honestly looking forward to a bit of anonymity and city conveniences. There's no anonymity in a town of 6000.
What areas are favorable closer to North Las Vegas? Husband will be working in North Las Vegas, and while a minimal commute would be nice, it's not the end all.

[lvoc]

Originally Posted by Crazymomof3

Thanks for the input. I tend to like Great Schools, and generally rely on reviews. I know no district or school is perfect, but of course we hope to find the best possible scenario. We lived in the burbs outside of Houston and had good and bad.....now we're in Wyoming and the schools are ok, but like any place else there are bad apples. I find that the kids in these rural areas are openly experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and sex. And this is middle school. If we are doing something right at home then we should be good.
I am honestly looking forward to a bit of anonymity and city conveniences. There's no anonymity in a town of 6000.
What areas are favorable closer to North Las Vegas? Husband will be working in North Las Vegas, and while a minimal commute would be nice, it's not the end all.

North west. Lone Mountain if you want a little rural, Summerlin, 89131, 89141, 89166, 89129, 89149 89134. You can even do OK in NLV 89084 but north of 215 (high school zoning)

[qingguy]

Originally Posted by Crazymomof3

What areas are favorable closer to North Las Vegas? Husband will be working in North Las Vegas, and while a minimal commute would be nice, it's not the end all.

I live in 89131 (Sheep Mountain area) easy to find 1/2+ acre lots where I am and you have to dodge horse droppings on you walks. I can see three horse stables from my backyard. Nice and quiet up here.

We've had good luck with the schools in the area too, but we're also VERY involved parents who don't treat school like a day care.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by lvoc

No one relocates anywhere for great schools. It is however a hygienic factor in which town or tract you pick.

I have said it a dozen times -- if I had kids, I'd move. I wouldn't even think twice about that. You would see a big vapor trail as I skedaddled. Palo Alto, San Jose, Connecticut, the good parts of New Jersey. That's where I'd be looking.

There is no way I'd let a bunch of Las Vegas slack-[posteriors] be my children's peer group.

[EA]

Yeah, the schools here are pretty bad. However, if you read comments sections from any part of the country you see that people are just as ignorant there as they are here.
Applied to magnet schools for my son.

[lvoc]

I take it back. All rational people move to the job and take care of schools on the side. There are very few good jobs available where there are no good schools Las Vegas is no exception. but one cannot extend that observation to the irrational. They will believe whatever...nothing to be done except provide understanding and compassion.

Over my career I moved perpahs 200 to 300 professionals between California, upstate NY and Dallas. I even manaqged to convince the NYers that their children would not immediately succumb to a live of drug addiction and sexual promiscuity as soon as the hit California. And son of a gun they did not...

There are of course the irrational. They believe in all sorts of things. Little basis but they still believe. Some stayed in Rochester to protect the purity of their children.

Las Vegas is obviously not an exception and the irrational will churn their garbage...but they are irrational and it is garbage.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by lvoc

I take it back. All rational people move to the job and take care of schools on the side. There are very few good jobs available where there are no good schools Las Vegas is no exception. but one cannot extend that observation to the irrational. They will believe whatever...nothing to be done except provide understanding and compassion.

Over my career I moved perpahs 200 to 300 professionals between California, upstate NY and Dallas. I even manaqged to convince the NYers that their children would not immediately succumb to a live of drug addiction and sexual promiscuity as soon as the hit California. And son of a gun they did not...

There are of course the irrational. They believe in all sorts of things. Little basis but they still believe. Some stayed in Rochester to protect the purity of their children.

Las Vegas is obviously not an exception and the irrational will churn their garbage...but they are irrational and it is garbage.

Are you typing with boxing gloves on?


The valley has two distinct problems:

1) Our schools aren't excellent. I can rattle off dozens of areas that have better schools. And since I have set up my life so that I can live anywhere I please, I'd leave. I would abandon my current obligations in Las Vegas and split. I wouldn't even think twice about it. Mostly for reason #2, though:

2) The average Las Vegan is woefully deficient compared to the average American. I don't want a classroom full of Las Vegas kids as my hypothetical child's peer group. That's the larger of the two problems. People who live in "nice" areas will still have classrooms dominated by the children of valets, housekeepers and cabbies. And although there's nothing wrong with any of those professions, the sad fact is that almost half of all people never read another book after graduating. And it's worse here than elsewhere. I'd move someplace that places actual value on education instead of lip service.

"I moved to Las Vegas for the superior school system," said no one ever...

[EA]

Friends don't let friends type drunk.



Number 2 is a big problem. Appealing to the lowest functioning child and keeping everyone on their level, instead of pushing kids to the highest functioning kid's level.

A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, and we're making chains out of cheap plastic.