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I thought it was solid? Old Greenville money school. No?
it is fine if your student wants to learn. looks like a pretty cool school building. school grades are basically just telling you how many students at the school are motivated to go to college vs ones who just there to do bare min. to get that diploma. greenville hs will have more less motivated kids but that won't impact your kid if he or she is motivated.
the old money people in greenville are old and don't have kids in school.
old money school is probably j mann or whatever which pulls from the parkins mills area
the big thing with greenville hs is to see if it is safe cuz i could see there being some violent incidents there
Neither of the above correctly describe Greenville High. It's the richest of the rich and poorest of the poor. It's bad only if you aren't motivated, if the kid is motivated he/she will have the opportunity to go to college wherever they wish. Greenville High is old money, and so is Christ Church and J.L Mann. To say its difficult to find a wealthy parent in the public school system is far from the truth.
To say its difficult to find a wealthy parent in the public school system is far from the truth.
I agree with this. My son goes to J.L. Mann, and I'm always a bit surprised to see the caliber of cars in the car pickup line every day after school, as well as in the parking lot when there are events that parents attend. Along with the normal suburbia mini-vans (of which I drive as well), there's often the Lexus, Cadillacs, and any other brand of luxury car you can name, and that's not an uncommon thing. The older, maybe beat up type cars are more uncommon in the parking lot/car line. Those tend to stand out when surrounded by luxury cars .
From the parents I've interacted with, at different functions and parent meetings...most are pretty upscale....almost to the point of some being "hoity-toity" aka snobbish. Even the functions put on by different parent groups, the fundraising functions....always seem a bit upscale IMHO....$50pp Oyster Roast....I dunno..for me $100 for me and DH to eat Oysters....eehhh, that's just not how "I'd" spend $100....but those with $$$$money, probably think nothing of that.
OF COURSE, there's the other end of the spectrum, the less financially sound families. I know that, and I've seen a few of those types of cars too.
So I think that having $$$$, sure, some will take that to the private schools. But not all. There's plenty of $$$$$ families in the public schools. It might not be "old Greenville money". Let's think...if the housing in the area zoned for these schools is considered the "old money/ aka historic rich neighborhoods"...you have two types of families living there....the OLD people who have lived there forever...and their children are long past school years....or YOUNGER families with $$$$, and it's a good bet if they choose to live in the "historic pricey neighborhood" they probably took into consideration the school system....that's one of the "selling points" of the neighborhood. They aren't ALL going to make a run for private schools.
Sorry for the tangent from OP's question...no advice on Greenville High from me .
To clarify, it's very difficult in the area zoned for Greenville High, to find wealthy parents who send their kids there. While looking for a house in that area, I was able to talk to a lot of parents. Not one family had kids at Greenville High. The vast majority of kids at the high school level went to Christ Church, with a few (actually one family) driving their kids to another public high school (can't remember which one). They told me you can petition or apply to do that in Greenville County?
You don't have to go to the school you are zoned for?
To clarify, it's very difficult in the area zoned for Greenville High, to find wealthy parents who send their kids there. While looking for a house in that area, I was able to talk to a lot of parents. Not one family had kids at Greenville High. The vast majority of kids at the high school level went to Christ Church, with a few (actually one family) driving their kids to another public high school (can't remember which one). They told me you can petition or apply to do that in Greenville County?
You don't have to go to the school you are zoned for?
Not sure. If it's like Richland/Lexington counties in Columbia, if you own your home you can request to go to a different school.
To clarify, it's very difficult in the area zoned for Greenville High, to find wealthy parents who send their kids there. While looking for a house in that area, I was able to talk to a lot of parents. Not one family had kids at Greenville High. The vast majority of kids at the high school level went to Christ Church, with a few (actually one family) driving their kids to another public high school (can't remember which one). They told me you can petition or apply to do that in Greenville County?
You don't have to go to the school you are zoned for?
Nope you are free to apply to any school in the county. Every Feb. 1st? I think is the opening of when applications can be submitted to the school you wish to attend outside of your zoning. Some are much harder to get into because they don't have the open seats like others. For example, you can be zone for Mauldin HS and submit a request to go to Wade Hampton. (I don't know how they select. It could be a random lottery or first come first served. I just don't know.) If they select you, you must provide your own transportation to school.
Nope you are free to apply to any school in the county. Every Feb. 1st? I think is the opening of when applications can be submitted to the school you wish to attend outside of your zoning. Some are much harder to get into because they don't have the open seats like others. For example, you can be zone for Mauldin HS and submit a request to go to Wade Hampton. (I don't know how they select. It could be a random lottery or first come first served. I just don't know.) If they select you, you must provide your own transportation to school.
I wish that I knew about this when I was in high school, assuming schools in other cities would allow it. My high school was full of rich kids of doctors and lawyers and then a lot of kids of real poor parents, and I was comfortalbe around kids who had middle class parents, just had more in common with them.
I wish high school was more like college and you applied to get in to the ones you would like to go to, and you had more flexiblity to set your own schedule of classes.
That's great that SC has school choice. But anyone have specific info / firsthand knowledge of / or send their kid to GHS?
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