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I know these questions get old, but here goes.... We are going to be moving to N. Raleigh/Wake Forest area next year. We might be renting prior to buying but I want to get into the school district we would want to stay in. What would you suggest for a public elementary school to focus on in this area?? Thanks so much for any help!! It is overwhelming!!
Brassfield is a good school, I think the neighborhoods that go there are in the six forks road area, and even some off of new light - the ones off of new light tend to be less neighborhoods per say and more homes on an acre plus.
I am in wake forest and my kids go to North Forest Pines Elementary (the district for that tends to be in and around the purnell road area, stony hill, jenkins, etc). I absolutely love the school, the administration is strict and fair, the teachers are wonderful. My kids are on track 4, they will start school at the beginning of August, and will be in first and third grade.
My sister's kids (plus many friends) go to jones dairy. I have heard both great and medium things about it. Some parent frustration regarding the teachers changing classes and tracks, and some lack of communication from the teachers to the parents...........BUT, take that with a grain of salt, because overall they are very happy with their school.
I also have many friends with kids at Heritage Elementary, and they are very very pleased with it as well. I can say the same for Wake Forest Elementary.
In other words, I have not heard any thing terrible or even close to bad about any of the elementary schools in wake forest.
Brassfield Elem is a good school--very caring staff and very involved PTA.
Most of the neighborhoods/subdivisions around Brassfield Elem are on larger lots (acre or more) because of watershed issues. The nodes assigned to this school are mostly subdivisions--not many apartments in the area. But an option could be to find a house to rent.
I second leighbe's opinion on North Forest Pines as well. Best of luck to you!
Thank you so much for your feedback. I really appreciate it!! We've read that Wake County is working on rezoning to make more community schools. Do you think this will affect either of these schools. So glad to hear about N. Pines Elementary, because that is another one that has come up in our research.
I think it's hard to tell at this point how all the schools will be affected with the Board's changes. Brassfield is located in a more mature, fully developed area--but not everyone who believes they are "close" to this school will be able to go there (schools can only hold so many kids). The area that serves North Forest Pines is newer--still experiencing growth, (the school's only been open since 2007)--so it's hard to say how that will pan out. It's not an easy decision to make with all the changes going on :-)
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