Sugar Land Schools vs Katy Schools

[horn892002]

Originally Posted by xavier1774

I live in Sugar Land and work in Sugar Land. We looked at both Katy and Sugar Land. But I like the competition in schools in Sugar Land. My kids are holding their own, which many people make it out to be harder than it is. I actually see this as a plus since most of the public schools have lowered the bar to accommodate the LCD. I think with the way Asians (Chinese & Indians) have continued to push their kids to succeed, it will help my kids since they have set their goals to attend ivy league schools or equivalent (Hopefully one will follow in dad's footsteps to Penn.)

It does not matter where you try to go. Asian families in any major city/burb will migrate to where there are good school. Asians are very successful (look at the household incomes for Asians - highest in America) and don't care what they have to do to get their kid into a good school.

I hate to say this but the kids from Clements that I competed with at UT are not just Chineses and Indians. They are also are caucasians Hispanics and Blacks and other asians students (vietnamese, Koreans, Taiwanese). I think that you should not sterotype one or more groups of students.

[JL]

Originally Posted by xavier1774

I live in Sugar Land and work in Sugar Land. We looked at both Katy and Sugar Land. But I like the competition in schools in Sugar Land. My kids are holding their own, which many people make it out to be harder than it is. I actually see this as a plus since most of the public schools have lowered the bar to accommodate the LCD. I think with the way Asians (Chinese & Indians) have continued to push their kids to succeed, it will help my kids since they have set their goals to attend ivy league schools or equivalent (Hopefully one will follow in dad's footsteps to Penn.)

It does not matter where you try to go. Asian families in any major city/burb will migrate to where there are good school. Asians are very successful (look at the household incomes for Asians - highest in America) and don't care what they have to do to get their kid into a good school.

Asian families also prefer to migrate into primarily Caucasian neighborhoods too.

[tamrod20]

Originally Posted by jenks9

I am sorry to anyone that has been offended and I have not intended to pit anone against each other. I just wanted to find the school systems that do well academically and have higher pertcentage of white caucasian students just for our comfort level, this is just what we are used too and feel most comfortable with. I have nothing against any race and don't feel that there is anything wrong with the more racially diverse schools but again just our own comfort level. Thanks for all the imput and to anyone that has any opinions or experience in this type of situation.

I understand how important it is for your child to perform well in school but the problem I have is that you assume that the higher percentage of upper middle class white students, the better off your child may be. In case you haven't noticed, almost all of the suburbs in Houston are culturally diverse.
What makes you uncomfortable about a racially diverse public school?