[kareybear]

I have 3 girls, one will have to wait one year for kindergarten since she didn't make the cut off date. I have 5th grader and 9th grader next year. Looking through greatschools.org. I should have my 9th grader at either millard west and north high school and my 5th grader either J Sterling, spring ridge and wheeler elementary school. Is this correct? Can you tell me what are the home prices and rental of this area? How do I find the marked area for my kids go to these school? Could you recommend a site to find rental or to buy in this specific area? Craigslist has a few. I will be visting in the next 2 months. I am from Missouri we already have the 4 season here.

Thanks for your time
Karey

[Mort Sullivan]

I hope you guys make ahelluva lot of money, if you want your kids involved in the Millard Schools.

[dsrich98]

We live in the Pacific Heights area of the Millard School District. We are in Millard North High School and J. Sterling Morton Elementary. Both soome of the top rated schools in the area! We bought our home last year for right around 170K, and it's over 3500 sq. feet. That's a lot of house for the money in my opinion. Housing in our area runs from 140K to the low 200's.

True that housing in that area might be more expensive than the areas that feed OPS, ...but we have the benefit of not having to send our kids to OPS!

[billiefan2000]

dont send ur kids to Omaha Central High (unless u want them skipping school a lot)

Central is a trauncy magnet for some reason

[dsrich98]

When I was in high school, if my school was downtown I'd ditch a lot too. Pretty easy to dissapear down the street and not stick out downtown. You try that at Millard north or West, you'll stick out like a sore thumb!

[kareybear]

What about westside high school or Millard South High School? What is your popular realtor office so I can check out listing? same for rentals?

[dsrich98]

Sue Henson Realty - Omaha, NE

Sue Henson worked with us on the sale of our home and purchase of our new one. I'd recommend her!

Westside is a great School as well, part of the District 66 area of Omaha it to avoids OPS. We found housing in District 66 to be even more expensive per sq. ft. that Millard area, that's why we ended up in Millard. Millard South high seems to be lack luster when compared to North and West, but still far above any school in the OPS system.

for more information on Omaha schools visit this website that is managed by the Omaha World Herald;

http://maps.dataomaha.com/schools

in my opinion this webiste far exceeds the information found on "greatschools.com". It is more in depth and shows the stark disparity in achievement between OPS, District 66, and and Millard. This web-tool almost single handed-ly inspired us to sell our home and move so our girls could start in the right district. I don't know how anyone could read and understand the information presented and still say OPS is a good choice if you can afford to make a different choice.

[billiefan2000]

Originally Posted by dsrich98

When I was in high school, if my school was downtown I'd ditch a lot too. Pretty easy to dissapear down the street and not stick out downtown. You try that at Millard north or West, you'll stick out like a sore thumb!

that and millard west and millard north students arent lazy bums and actually want a education.

stop skipping school and start getting a education is my comment to Central High folks.




btw: Millard West teachers and staff are a bit colorful at times

[Busguy2010]

I went to Westside High, and I've always thought "Thankfully I didn't go to Millard". But that's probably just an immature bias I have, ehh. I always thought Westside-although better than a lot of schools in the area-wasn't as homogenous as the Millard schools are. To me the area has a lot more character than anywhere way out west. I've heard Westside used to be nicknamed "Hollywood High" maybe in the 70's. But the truth is, there are areas in the district that aren't high income. In fact I live in the lowest income area in the district, but it isn't a bad area. Take it as you will, but with everything the Westside district has to offer, I wouldn't send my (future) kids anywhere else. I'm a very proud alumni

[McBain II]

Originally Posted by billiefan2000

dont send ur kids to Omaha Central High (unless u want them skipping school a lot)

Central is a trauncy magnet for some reason

Where is that facepalm meme again?