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We live in Union city, NJ . My son starts kindergarten in september and i am worried about the schools in the area, I see the children in the neighborhood, and the school ratings are not the greatest. I have looked into some private schools in the area but they are a bit expensive.
We have discussed the option of moving to another place, but would like to buy instead of renting wherever we move next. We would like to save as much as possible and in our current place we can manage better. The rent is not to high, the space is ok, and its right next to the city which makes it easy for work.
So, I would like to know, Do i have the option of putting my child in a public school but in another town with better schools? Or am i restricted to my area?
Put the child into the school he is zoned for in Union City, (You cannot put him for "Free" into a school in another school district, You (or your landlord) are not paying taxes to support that school).
Put him in private school,
Maybe there is a charter school you can get him into.
Home / Cyber School him.
As someone else already mentioned, I doubt there's much difference between schools at the kindergarten level. If you plan on moving out of UC in the next couple of years just send your kid to UC public school and save the money you would have paid to private school for a down payment on your house.
Orrrr
Stay in UC and be heavily involved in your kid's school activities so by the time my 5 month old daughter is ready to go to school, maybe UC's reputation on education will have improved
I have heard of parents paying to send a kid to a school in a different district when the family moved to another town and wanted their kid to finish a school year in the old district. However, this would probably cost about the same as private school.
Weehawken's pre-kindergarten to grade 2 school is Daniel Webster, located on the Union City border at Palisade Avenue and 27th Street.
Daniel Webster is a decent school with a middle class student body. New Jersey school report cards begin reporting test scores at grade 3, so academic measures are lacking. However, to the extent a school's test results reflect its socioeconomic profile, Daniel Webster is headed in the right direction. The percent of students getting free lunch has been in steady decline for 20 years, a time when free lunch participation has broadly risen, both in New Jersey and across the United States.
This is something for the OP to bear in mind, just in case she is tempted to try to place her child in a school located in a town other than where the family resides:
I was going to post the exact same thing. Please avoid making the same mistakes lol.
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