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Old 03-17-2014, 02:59 PM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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Penn Hills is ranked above Woodland Hills, though both are towards the bottom of the pack in the state. Woodland Hills has a quite higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students.
IIRC, Woodland Hills offers more AP classes/a generally better magnet program. That information could be dated, however. Although it showed a promising prospect at (some) recovery a few years back, mismanagement may have brought it back to square one. Or worse.
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Old 03-18-2014, 08:23 AM
 
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IIRC, Woodland Hills offers more AP classes/a generally better magnet program.

This is my understanding as well. From what I've read, there are some good programs in the Woodland Hills district, and students can get a good education. However, the space in the AP classes, and the Propel schools is limited, and in high demand, so only a few can take advantage of these opportunities.
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Old 03-18-2014, 09:01 AM
 
Location: O'Hara Twp.
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If Woodland Hills is to make a come back it will need more kids from Churchill, Wilkins and Edgewood to stick around and attend middle and high school there.
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:25 AM
 
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If Woodland Hills is to make a come back it will need more kids from Churchill, Wilkins and Edgewood to stick around and attend middle and high school there.
There is no doubt about that, unfortunately that isn't likely to happen.
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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There is no doubt about that, unfortunately that isn't likely to happen.
The only way it could have happened is if they transformed Woodland Hills Academy into a more merit-based magnet and made it K-12. Instead they seem to be moving towards a 100% school choice based model. While this might seem like a good thing in theory, in practice it is not. Magnets/charters tend to perform better than average because they weed out the parents too ignorant/lazy/unconcerned with education to apply (who tend to have kids who will also be ignorant, lazy, and unconcerned with education. Offering magnet like programs as automatic, and just offering parents the choice of which school to apply to defeats this entirely.
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Old 03-18-2014, 10:54 AM
 
Location: O'Hara Twp.
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There is no doubt about that, unfortunately that isn't likely to happen.
A few years ago someone told me the number of kids from Churchill currently attending Woody High and I was shocked at how few actually did. Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on where to find information like that?
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Old 03-19-2014, 07:40 PM
 
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I would personally skip Blackridge and Forest Hills and consider moving to the Crescent Hills neighborhood of Penn Hills. They have an active Civic Club/neighborhood group, their own park and the homes are very well taken care of. The homes in that plan were built in the 1930's and 40's. I personally think it's the nicest neighborhood in Penn Hills.
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Old 03-20-2014, 10:17 AM
 
Location: O'Hara Twp.
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I would personally skip Blackridge and Forest Hills and consider moving to the Crescent Hills neighborhood of Penn Hills. They have an active Civic Club/neighborhood group, their own park and the homes are very well taken care of. The homes in that plan were built in the 1930's and 40's. I personally think it's the nicest neighborhood in Penn Hills.
That is a nice suggestion. We had neighbors that moved there about 10 years ago.
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Old 03-21-2014, 08:33 PM
 
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I don't know what your price range is, but here are a couple of very nice homes in the Crescent Hills section of Penn Hills that are for sale:

140 Spring Grove Road, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 988271) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

147 Spring Grove Road, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 987003) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

156 Glenfield Dr, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 999700) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

Crescent Hills has held its own thanks to the residents and its Civic Club. The lots are large and wooded for the most part and the homes all seem to be very well taken care of.
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Old 03-22-2014, 07:45 AM
 
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I don't know what your price range is, but here are a couple of very nice homes in the Crescent Hills section of Penn Hills that are for sale:

140 Spring Grove Road, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 988271) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

147 Spring Grove Road, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 987003) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

156 Glenfield Dr, Penn Hills (Pittsburgh), PA 15235 (MLS# 999700) - Penn Hills (Pittsburgh) PA Real Estate - PittsburghMoves.com

Crescent Hills has held its own thanks to the residents and its Civic Club. The lots are large and wooded for the most part and the homes all seem to be very well taken care of.

Those are some nice houses, but paying $100K+ for a home in a dying municipality is not for the faint of heart. You would be lucky if the home has an appreciation rate that can even keep up with inflation.
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