Relo to LA area

[greggd]

Originally Posted by majoun

Actually, the problems with public schools in West LA have to do with the basic problems of the LAUSD in EVERY other nice part of LA. Schools are so overcrowded in certain other areas, so the kids from those areas go to school in West LA. If public schools in West LA were filled with kids from West LA rather than from elsewhere, including from said buildings, there wouldn't be ANY problems. The problem is an LAUSD problem, and that's why if I had kids I wouldn't want to live in an LAUSD area.

BTW, 90025 does not border Palms (90034) It doesn't go south of Olympic Blvd.
After that you're in 90064 until you get to National, when you pass into 90066 (Mar Vista).

Cheviot Hills, OTOH, IS right next to Palms - in fact it's right next to Palms and shares the same schools with Palms. Rancho Park, OTOH, is next to Palms but to a nicer part of Palms.

going back to my first post, that is why i didnt comment on those two other schools. I wasnt sure of how far south attendance was. I do know first hand the brentwood and westwood schools are nice, thats why i only commented on those two.

the busing is a major factor, but so is the neighborhood and all the comes with it. I dont have kids yet either, so Im not really going to get too much more into who goes where, because I dont know first hand except for what I see brentwood and palisades from time to time.

best bet for any parent is to visit and monitor the schools they may have their children attend.

take care,

[majoun]

Originally Posted by greggd

best bet for any parent is to visit and monitor the schools they may have their children attend.

The best bet is for parents to keep their kids out of LAUSD schools except for some of the charters and magnets. FACT.

Since Mayor Tony's plan looks like it's going to fail, that seems to be the best advice. Although I wouldn't be against vouchers as long as there was sufficient oversight of the private schools which recieve them, to prevent Pakistani style madrassas, Scientology schools, KKK schools, Nation of Islam schools, etc. from popping up.