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Originally Posted by JayCT
Are you saying that you do not care about schools? Most people with young children do, so of course people here are going to talk about them. As I have noted here many times, if you do not look at test scores, how can anyone comment on the quality of schools in a town. Like it or not poor test scores do mean something when comparing schools. I generally recommend that a person who is interested in good schools look for those that perform at or above the state averages on the Connecticut Mastery and Connecticut Academic Performance Tests. I also recommend looking for schools where class sizes are under 24 or so. Again a town like Fairfield or Trumbull fits this criteria. Jay
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I'm not saying I don't care about schools, Jay. What I could do without is the lengthy conversation/debate about the quality of the high schools considering we have about 10 years to go before we need to think about that. What I need right now is to get an idea of what the area is like around the 45 minute or less commute from Fairfield so I can narrow our scope down and THEN I will start comparing the school systems in the area(s) we come up with.
Our family's whole life is about to go through major upheaval, we have to pull our 4 year old daughter out of an amazing school after she has just gotten used to it and has made many wonderful friends to leave behind a life we all know and love. I just have to take care of my own sanity and not get bogged down by high school test scores and what everyone on this forum thinks about them. If I had posted about that then it would be great, but I didn't. I just really wish we could stay on topic is all.
I really appreciate all of the help from all of you. You are all so knowledgeable about the area and so kind to share your knowledge with those of us who have no idea of CT let alone Fairfield County.
Thanks, Rebecca