Central Islip

[l1995]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

Things have been heating up a little bit of late.
Today:
Remains Of Fifth Teenager Found In Brentwood « CBS New York

Originally Posted by dman72

You apparently missed the MS13 gang members hacking up teen aged members of rival gangs.

Yeah I'm aware of that and it's sad. However I was just stating my observations that it seemed like a normal place, even at night. In response to that "just drive around at night and look comment.

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Those ratings are based only off of test scores in relation to the rest of the state. A 5 means that a school is straight in the middle in terms of test averages in comparison to the rest of the state and doesn't mean that the school is bad. It doesn't take school programs, graduation rates, student makeup or anything else into account. Great Schools even has a section explaining this. Ratings | GreatSchools

http://www.greatschools.org/gk/wp-co...ogy_Report.pdf

The murky middle: What an average school rating means | Parenting

10 key questions to ask when choosing an elementary school | Parenting

Thanks for the info! Is that the site most CDers use when judging a school district?

[loribell38]

Well the news said this morning that a woman was shot in Brentwood around midnight. Will this ever STOP already?

[OhBeeHave]

Originally Posted by l1995

Yeah I'm aware of that and it's sad. However I was just stating my observations that it seemed like a normal place, even at night. In response to that "just drive around at night and look comment.

One person's observations vs ongoing issues. A family friend and her children are in Brentwood. They've graduated HS but when they were still in school (last child graduated in 2014) they begged to be sent elsewhere. They speak and dress like guttersnipes and have to concern themselves with what colors they wear -- heaven forbid it is offensive to a neighborhood gangsta. These are white, non Hispanic young men and women. With respect to diversity, there is a rainbow of friends surrounding them. That's the positive I see.

Thanks for the info! Is that the site most CDers use when judging a school district?

I would recommend utilizing the NYS report cards. https://data.nysed.gov/ It gives a wide array of data from demographics to test scores for districts and by school.

[nfg33]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

^^ With that kind of $ I would get over the "brand new" feeling and buy a starter house in a decent school district.

Have a suggestion that's actually reasonable LIRR commute to Manhattan? Living 15-20+ min to a train plus the ride doesn't really work on our end.

[limaman]

Originally Posted by nfg33

Have a suggestion that's actually reasonable LIRR commute to Manhattan? Living 15-20+ min to a train plus the ride doesn't really work on our end.

What about Deer Park or Kings Park, East Northport?

[rocafeller05]

^^ Also look at Lindenhurst and West Babylon for that price range.