Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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When your husband finds a job you can start thinking about where exactly to live. You can find what you seek here, but why be far away from work if you don't have to be?
As far as schools, there is absolutely no way for anyone, from the superintendent on down to anonymous CD posters, to guarantee that you'll start in one school and stay in it for the duration. However, if you choose a place that isn't experiencing explosive growth you stand a much better chance of it. And that doesn't sound like the type of place that would appeal to you anyway, so that's a win-win.
Good luck. Hope your DH finds a job, I think you would enjoy the change of pace offered here.
Any job he finds in the Triangle area will land you in a city/town that is preferable to Wilson.
I think what RR was trying to say is that there is a disproportionately high level of black people in Eastern NC who lack education beyond high school, and you're more likely to find a community that suits your mixed race family among people who have overall higher levels of education, particularly black families who have higher levels of education.
Personally, I think the education comment applies in a general sense, regardless of race.
Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate it!! And yes... when a town is all about service and retail, its probably because that's what suits the employable resident...
Finding this site and forum has been like a double edged sword... on one hand, its been extremely helpful, and I'm feeling better that we are making the right decision for our family and ourselves. Its also been a great insight to different schools... (although I can't find the prior post i stumbled upon a couple of weeks ago before I created an account that specifically named the areas where the school assignments rarely change... more community school feel)...
On the other hand, the more I read the more excited and anxious I'm getting.. like "I want to move NOW" feeling...LOLOL we've gotta finish the school year, we've gotta finish the school year, we've gotta finish the school year... that's what I keep telling myself... LOL
When your husband finds a job you can start thinking about where exactly to live. You can find what you seek here, but why be far away from work if you don't have to be?
As far as schools, there is absolutely no way for anyone, from the superintendent on down to anonymous CD posters, to guarantee that you'll start in one school and stay in it for the duration. However, if you choose a place that isn't experiencing explosive growth you stand a much better chance of it. And that doesn't sound like the type of place that would appeal to you anyway, so that's a win-win.
Good luck. Hope your DH finds a job, I think you would enjoy the change of pace offered here.
Thanks... i know no one can guarantee this, but I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago (and now I can't find it), where there were some areas, maybe in the outskirts of Raleigh, that haven't seen a lot of the reassignment that's been happening in the past few years.
I've also heard (yes, there are lots of "big city bashers"), in this town, that you can live in a great suburb, but the children on the same street will be bussed to 5 different schools, some as far as an hour away....
Again, this is what's I've heard... I know there are frequent reassignments based on the news, but there's no telling how glorified that is either...
If this is the case, I hope the fact that I'm teaching in the school system (will look into that later, want to focus on my husband first), will account for something... here, I can send my daughter to whichever school I want in the county... if it happens to be a feeder school, the bus will drop her off at my school after school...
Poppydog, I live in Wilson... almost dead center between greenville and raleigh...
Saturnfan, We really like the North Raleigh area, but I would like to see other areas as well. My number 1 most important would be that the school my daughter attends isn't going to change every year, and there's a community feel. I hear that some of the outskirts of Raleigh are like that because they're not really in the city... and a neighborhood with kids that my daughter can play with, and friendly neighbors. Along with that, would have to be our budget... its no secret what I make because I'm a teacher, so my income is $37K. My husband was making $20 an hour, but that all depends on the new job he finds. And commuting for him won't be a factor. Being from Miami, and visiting often, traffic or long drives don't bother us.
RomanRebel... did you really write "educated colored people"... I'm not offended, and my husband wouldn't be either, it was just funny to me to read that. I hope this doesn't come out wrong... I'm not saying I want to live in either a "white" neighborhood or "black" neighborhood... I'm hoping its a neighborhood that's not necessarily characterized by that (is that a stretch?), and I want my daughter to see people of all races and ethnicities on "career day" or "college day" at her school... not just the stereotypical "Banking Pencil Pushers" who are white, and the stereotypical "Blue Collar grunt workers" who are black.
What do you mean by "bumpy ride?" I don't think my husband's "younger" when talking about employability skills.. With 12 years experience in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, why would anyone want to start over in a different field? Yea, take what he can in the meantime, but not long term... He is not the portfolio worker of today. He was hoping that he found a company that he would stay with until the day he retires...
So what outskirts of Raleigh offer the more "community feel" in schools? Where is it that the boundaries rarely change?
My neighborhood has all ethnic groups. We babysit our 2 grandsons so their mom can work for a UNC medical practice. The bigger boy (2) loves our community in North Raleigh and has friends of all ethnic groups. He has a sound beginning in diversity and that is great. Their home is in Knightdale, also diverse, and a better value if you need more space than us. Might be another place on your list. We are caucasian, by the way, but do have some multi ethnic marriages in the extended family.
in almost all cases, they'll allow your kids to attend the school where you teach.
there's nobody in any subdivision going to 5 different schools, and some of those an hour away. Well, maybe Amberly if a family lived on the Chatham County side.
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