Spring Valley

[stormy73]

We just looked at a house in La Presa area on Saint George off sweetwater right next to the vons..
Could somebody PLEASE help us by telling us how the neighborhood is.
There is good and bad everywhere and for the prices of the houses i know we artent gonna have a white picked fence in a perfect community...
But I have read soooo much about how bad it is there.. ANYONE actually live over there that can give me an honest opinion?

[Sassberto]

Originally Posted by stormy73

We just looked at a house in La Presa area on Saint George off sweetwater right next to the vons..
Could somebody PLEASE help us by telling us how the neighborhood is.
There is good and bad everywhere and for the prices of the houses i know we artent gonna have a white picked fence in a perfect community...
But I have read soooo much about how bad it is there.. ANYONE actually live over there that can give me an honest opinion?

My sister in-law lives over there, a few blocks away. She doesn't seem to mind it. Aside from a lot of trashy houses and trashy people it's actually fairly quiet. I get the impression most of the problems are in the apartments on Jamacha Rd. I personally would not live there.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Kidsfuture

Your comment regarding Spring Valley Schools not being good is based on what? Have you ever visited one? Or is the comment based solely on test scores from a newspaper? I happen to teach in the heart of Spring Valley with some of the most amazing educators. We work tirelessly to ensure that our students are well educated. I have students who have test scores of 100% across the board. I have others who make incredible amounts of growth each year, but their progress is never recognized by the state or newspapers. Just because a school has less desirable test scores does not mean every child does. There are a lot of factors that play into why a schools test scores may be lower than another. For example, language. Some of the schools in Spring Valley with "low test scores" today are also educating a vast majority of bilingual students. And lets get real folks, these same kiddos will one day get the better jobs because they are bilingual. On the flip side, just because a school has "good" test scores doesn't mean every child does or that the "education" is better. I think that's where we as adults fail our own communities by making such comments about our local schools when we don't take the time to look outside of the "test scores."

Don't take offense to it, the OP asked about everything, neighborhood and a place to raise kids.

Those same bilingual (read ESL students) are the ones dragging down a lot of schools near the border. Think NCLB or whatever it's been rebranded as.

The person responding to the OP was being honest and they are absolutely correct.

[teleman]

We bought our home February 09 in Spring Valley. Our home is at the 54/125 next to the sweetwater reservoir.

I am not sure why, but our kids school is in Sunnyside, Bonita not in La Presa.

We have great neighbors, streets are clean, no gangs and have not heard of a crime around the blocks.

This past halloween we took our kids around a few blocks and we saw many homes in to the theme and very family oriented.

There is really only an Albertson's super market. The Vons store is one of the worst I have seen in San Diego. So you have to drive to Rancho San diego(about 15 minutes) for the better stores.

I wish there were more parks within walking distance. The only one is across the Albertson's store.

The sweetwater regional park is great for bikes and walking, about a 10 minute drive.

Good Luck!