Where to live outside Wake county? (Durham, Chapel Hill: HOA, chapel, house)

[remy186]

I have been exploring all the post and finding them very helpful. They have answered several of my qestions I was thinking about and relieved many fears with a move this important.
However one thing is still worrying me ....the schools. I have two children 7 and 9 years of age. This move will be very hard on them since they are living abroad and have never lived in the U.S only to visit my family. The culture shock will be hard to deal with. They are currently in a very disciplined and advanced curriclum catholic school. They speak, write and read 3 languages fluently. I don't want to move them to a school district where they will be transfered to different schools every year.

I know Wake county schools are excellent but they reassign the students freqeuntly.

Since my options are open due to our being self employed what areas or cities are the best to live in where the school system will not transfer my child every year?

Johnston county? Clayton? Chapel hill area? What are our options?

Thanks.

[jkmeca11]

You should also check out Franklin County. It borders Wake to its North East. We live in Youngsville and love it! It is less populated than Wake so the schools are less crowded, therefore the need for transfers is much less. If you provide what you are looking for in a home/sub division I could recommend some places to check out.

[remy186]

Jacme11

Thanks. I'd appreciate any information you can provide. Flying blind here. Need all the help I can get

Remy

[remy186]

I want a family community since I have 2 children. Close to shopping. Nothing too rural. Hubby wants a small yard. 4 bedroom 2 bath house 2200 plus Sqft. Good schools. Subdivision with a pool would be nice but not nescessary.

[Cara Keys]

We live in Zebulon and my daughter, 7, and son, 9, go to a Wake county Charter School, East Wake Academy. Publicly run but different in that they wear uniforms, have a low student teacher ratio and are on a modified year round schedule which we love. Two week spring and fall breaks, three weeks at Christmas and six weeks in the summer. They are both taking Spanish, but are no where near fluent. If you don't want private, it might be worth looking into. They will not be transfered as this is a school of choice.

[Cara Keys]

Weaver's Pond here in Zebulon is a new community that will have a swimming pool and the HOA dues are only 600/year

[mdp_az]

Look at Durham. You'll find what you're looking for in both northern and southwest Durham...and with neighborhood schools, too!

[MrsSteel]

IndigoBlue has become our resident expert on Durham schools. She doesn't post as often as she used to, but if you search the archives you can find a lot of information from her. Here's some info from one of her most recent posts.

The schools that appear to be the best schools are of course the ones with higher average scores, but that is often just reflecting the socioeconomic makeup of the neighborhoods they pull from. There are also several elementary schools with great reputations in the North, West, and Northwest of the city, and Durham has a liberaly transfer policy where your child can move to any school on a first come first served basis. There are many public magnets as well - two Montesssoris, one specializing in the humanities, another on international affairs with daily classes in Spanish, English, or Mandarin Chinese, year round options... Southwest is a neighborhood school but has a really neat Spanish immersion program. They do half the instruction in each language.

I believe the Chapel Hill & Carrboro school system also offers classes in various languages in their elementary schools, but I'm not exactly sure. For full information, you should contact both school systems.

[findinghope]

also, there are many Catholic schools all over the area if you want to continue their eduaction that way.

[jkmeca11]

Originally Posted by findinghope

also, there are many Catholic schools all over the area if you want to continue their eduaction that way.

St. Catherine's in Wake Forest has one.