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I have a question about the Fayette school district. We are moving from Louisville KY to just outside Lexington Ky, to a farm called Bryan Station Farm. The elementary school assigned to that area (Deep Springs Elementary) has an extremely low rating. My son is 9 and in 3Rd grade with an IEP for ADHD and SPD. And honestly, a school with that low of a rating will not be able to provide him the help he needs. The other reason being is We will be driving in to Nicholasville for our jobs everyday. I would like for him to attend one of the better schools in town where I work like Clays Mill Elementary, Liberty, or Rosa Parks. Does the school district approve out of area requests like this for that reason? We will be spending most of our time in Nicholasville/Lexington because of work. I don't want to secure this home at Bryan Station Farm without knowing for sure.
Thanks!
I have a question about the Fayette school district. We are moving from Louisville KY to just outside Lexington Ky, to a farm called Bryan Station Farm. The elementary school assigned to that area (Deep Springs Elementary) has an extremely low rating. My son is 9 and in 3Rd grade with an IEP for ADHD and SPD. And honestly, a school with that low of a rating will not be able to provide him the help he needs. The other reason being is We will be driving in to Nicholasville for our jobs everyday. I would like for him to attend one of the better schools in town where I work like Clays Mill Elementary, Liberty, or Rosa Parks. Does the school district approve out of area requests like this for that reason? We will be spending most of our time in Nicholasville/Lexington because of work. I don't want to secure this home at Bryan Station Farm without knowing for sure.
Thanks!
Yes and no. Everyone would like their children to go to those schools, especially Rosa Parks. There are waiting lists for at least two of those schools of students considered to have a legitimate reason to attend one of those specific schools and I would be shocked if you could manage to bypass those lists. You might have better luck with middle performing school, where people are not trying by any means possible, including lying and, no kidding, offering bribes, to get their child in. But even that might not work in your case since you won’t even be able to use to excuse that you work nearby, which means they will know you are merely looking for a way to avoid Deep Springs because you think it’s a crappy school, and the administrator who gets to decide whether or not your child can attend a non-assigned school knows it is not. Deep Springs is actually a good school, has as good or better of a special education department as any other school you are looking at, but serves a low-income, high-risk needy population and it’s scores accurately reflect that. However....
Your working in another county (Nicholasville is in Jessamine County) does give you a different option that is more doable. In Kentucky most nearby districts in an area have an official agreement that allows a certain number of students to attend each other’s schools free of charge. You will need to contact the Jessamine County Schools Director of Pupil Personnel to ask their policy, last I heard Fayette County and Jessamine County had such an agreement. I would not suggest saying you want to go there to avoid a crappy school (see above) but instead tell them since you will both be working in Nicholasville that you are uncomfortable with your child attending a school so far away, that it will make for longer days in before/afterschool care than you’d like, and overall feel it will be better for your child’s wellbeing and education to attend one of their schools. Some districts also have a tuition option.
Naturally, since you haven’t committed to living there yet, my recommendation is also that you’d be better off getting a home in the district of the school you want your child to attend. Housing prices, whether for purchase or rental, reflect the quality of the schools serving the area for a reason.
I have a question about the Fayette school district. We are moving from Louisville KY to just outside Lexington Ky, to a farm called Bryan Station Farm. The elementary school assigned to that area (Deep Springs Elementary) has an extremely low rating. My son is 9 and in 3Rd grade with an IEP for ADHD and SPD. And honestly, a school with that low of a rating will not be able to provide him the help he needs. The other reason being is We will be driving in to Nicholasville for our jobs everyday. I would like for him to attend one of the better schools in town where I work like Clays Mill Elementary, Liberty, or Rosa Parks. Does the school district approve out of area requests like this for that reason? We will be spending most of our time in Nicholasville/Lexington because of work. I don't want to secure this home at Bryan Station Farm without knowing for sure.
Thanks!
Hi! Welcome to Lexington forums here at City Data!This is a really nice area of the state to raise a family.
I am from Louisville also, but moved to Lexington over 30 years ago.
My son is grown now, but also had an IEP for ADHD...and the public schools in Lexington did an excellent job.
My Son had an impressive SAT score when he graduated from High School (was IT student of the year)and was accepted into University of Kentucky's College of Engineering. (His schools were Stonewall, Jessie Clark and Lafayette/Eastside Technical)
I am not sure about the transfer request, because those were all neighborhood schools, but I can understand your wanting to get a quality education for your Son.
Oops just noticed Oldhag1 posted before me, while I was typing my reply.
She answered your question far better than I would be able to.
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Naturally, since you haven’t committed to living there yet, my recommendation is also that you’d be better off getting a home in the district of the school you want your child to attend. Housing prices, whether for purchase or rental, reflect the quality of the schools serving the area for a reason.
And I would have to say I think I would go with that if I were you.
I would suggest looking for a home in the school district that you hope your child will be able to attend. I grew up in Lexington, and went to Clays Mill, my grandchildren were/are students there now and their ratings are well deserved. Most people look for property on the south side of town for several reasons, established neighborhoods, schools, and most of the hospitals and shopping seem to be on the south side. You can always look for homes in the surrounding counties too, since property is a little less expensive and many of their school systems are excellent.
My kids are older now, but school was a number one priority. Live were your children get the best education and take a very active role in the school and education. Everything else is secondary in my opinion.
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