Too many people concerned with the burbs

[dallas90210]

True, but the average person can't afford that.

Originally Posted by Scarface713

There are things called private schools...

[ClarenceBodiker]

Originally Posted by pepper131

This area does exist just a smidge east of Lakewood. Lots of young middle class families moving into Casa Linda, Casa Linda Forest, Penninsula, Lochwood, Lake Park Estates and areas off Peavy. These neighborhoods run as a community to kick the grit out - very active voluntary neighborhood assoc and crime watch groups.

Seriously...get yourself over to Stir Coffee, order a cortado. Don't you wish you could drink it every day? Yes, it's hard to believe it's on Peavy and Garland Rd. It's a good snapshot of the regular folks who live in this area of East Dallas - who value an excellent value over new shiny and far flung.

Yeah, I like Casa Linda and that entire area just east of the lake a lot. It's nice, and I think it's just about the best definition of a middle-class area in Dallas proper. The only part I'm not sold on is the schools. Once you get past the elementary level, there's a huge drop off. Do most of the parents in these neighborhoods send their kids to Bryan Adams? Or can they afford Bishop Lynch, another private school, or do they try to sneak them into Woodrow?

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by ClarenceBodiker

Yeah, I like Casa Linda and that entire area just east of the lake a lot. It's nice, and I think it's just about the best definition of a middle-class area in Dallas proper. The only part I'm not sold on is the schools. Once you get past the elementary level, there's a huge drop off. Do most of the parents in these neighborhoods send their kids to Bryan Adams? Or can they afford Bishop Lynch, another private school, or do they try to sneak them into Woodrow?

The only person I know who lives in that area just enrolled her daughter at Hockaday.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by dallas90210

True, but the average person can't afford that.

Exactly. The problems that Dallas is facing is no different than every other major city in the nation is facing. The one thing Dallas is facing that hardly any top major city is facing is the new companies are going to the suburbs. I think ClarenceBodiker brought this up before and this is a problem for Dallas. They get that fixed and you could see Dallas improve. I don't know what to say about inner city schools. Every city is facing this problem right now and it is a legitimate reason for moving to the suburbs.

[Lakewooder]

Define 'inner city schools'...

[pepper131]

Originally Posted by ClarenceBodiker

Yeah, I like Casa Linda and that entire area just east of the lake a lot. It's nice, and I think it's just about the best definition of a middle-class area in Dallas proper. The only part I'm not sold on is the schools. Once you get past the elementary level, there's a huge drop off. Do most of the parents in these neighborhoods send their kids to Bryan Adams? Or can they afford Bishop Lynch, another private school, or do they try to sneak them into Woodrow?

Teens around here go everywhere for HS.
There are some at Bryan Adams - one mom I know is super active in various commitees within DISD and she would never send her son to a failing school.
Some at at Jesuit.
I've had babysitters who attend Hockaday, Bishop Lynch, Booker T.
My son attends SEM.
Many are in the various magnet schools.
And other teens I know are enrolled in dual credit through the community college system.

[Lakewooder]

You don't have to sneak into Woodrow but I have known people who have done so (not a stool pigeon here!) - rather - Dallas high schools are all going into the 'choice' model where you can apply for transfer to a school offering something your home school does not..so you don't necessarily have to live in the attendance zone to attend a particular school. There are also transfer options for those attending schools which did not meet particular standards and there used to be M to M transfers. How many know what that was?

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

You don't have to sneak into Woodrow but I have known people who have done so (not a stool pigeon here!) - rather - Dallas high schools are all going into the 'choice' model where you can apply for transfer to a school offering something your home school does not..so you don't necessarily have to live in the attendance zone to attend a particular school. There are also transfer options for those attending schools which did not meet particular standards and there used to be M to M transfers. How many know what that was?

M to M were majority to minority transfers. I didn't even go to public school and I know that.

[Grainraiser]

M&M is how I went to high school although I could have selected the cluster route also.