Cary - which area is best, especially schools? (Raleigh, Apex: credit, neighborhoods)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Hi there! We live in Boston and will soon have to move to NC as our jobs are being shifted to RTP...
I went through many forums and have realized that Cary comes most recommended in terms of basic needs like good schools, safety, family feel neighborhoods and generally close to RTP and as a good area to live... coming from boston we are used to crowd and fast paced life so we dont mind that...My question is which area/district in Cary is good, school district being the first criteria, .. Any suggestions will help us begin the search...Many thanks..
If you've been reading around, then you'll know there is no school district, we are on county schools down here. I suggest you search "Wake County Schools" because there are threads ad nauseum here and it's a process to learn the system here - not a quick "where is best" thing!
Cary is not fast paced. We have a lot of friends from the Boston area and they all love it here.
Basically all Cary schools are good. Better test scores are seen on the west side of Cary as you get closer to the RTP. Top Elementary schools are Carpenter, Green Hope, Mills Park, Highcroft, and many others. YOu can't really go wrong with any of them. Also consider Morrisville right next door, schools Alston, Morrisville Elementary, and a few others that are slipping my mind.
If you can afford to send your kids to a private school I would opt for that. Don't know where you are coming from, but if it is the Western Suburbs like Sherborn/Dover, Medfield, Wellesley, you will find the public schools in NC a far cry from the MA public schools in the 'burbs.
While Cary is fine, a nice place, there are many other options here. Cary borders Morrisville and Raleigh. I think Morrisville is a great option as another poster suggested and it's a bit closer to RTP. Raleigh is also close to RTP and has even more amenities than Cary, it being the capitol. if you looked at North Raleigh near I-540 (loop) you could be near Falls Lake, close enough to downtown Raleigh for shows/concerts, etc. and the airport would be a short commute.
If you can afford to send your kids to a private school I would opt for that. Don't know where you are coming from, but if it is the Western Suburbs like Sherborn/Dover, Medfield, Wellesley, you will find the public schools in NC a far cry from the MA public schools in the 'burbs.
wow. they must be good.
my kids went to Apex High and started at one of the top 5 public universities in the country with a year of college credit, based on uniform, national AP exams. in other words they started college as sophmores, and at the most competitive public university in the state, which is also ranked as one of the most competetive in the country. and this is common for every high school in Wake Co.
this was based on the uniform AP tests that every kid from every state takes, which tests for knowledge of college level courses
how does that compare to the Boston schools that a a far cry better?
I've always found it remarkable that NC allegedly has weak public schools, but then UNC is alwasy ranked alongside Michigan, UVA and Cal as the top public universities in the country. 80%+ of Carolina students come from NC. and frankly the kids that go to State have to be just as smart or smarter to get through engineering.
must go through some magic transformation between HS and college
and there are no public universities in the Northeast regarded anywhere close to UNC or UVA, and there are millions more people in the big metro areas, obviously all of which can't be sending their kids to the Ivy League
I've always found it remarkable that NC allegedly has weak public schools, but then UNC is alwasy ranked alongside Michigan, UVA and Cal as the top public universities in the country. 80%+ of Carolina students come from NC. and frankly the kids that go to State have to be just as smart or smarter to get through engineering.
must go through some magic transformation between HS and college
and there are no public universities in the Northeast regarded anywhere close to UNC or UVA, and there are millions more people in the big metro areas, obviously all of which can't be sending their kids to the Ivy League
Ever date someone, break up for some sad reason like one of you had to move away, then compare your new girlfriend/boyfriend to the one you lost?
OP?
Come down and visit. I live in Cary. I love it here. I've lived in Raleigh. Loved it there. I'm a native. Believe me, you cannot figure this out via City Data. You'll know which city/town near RTP suits your family best only by visiting and seeing for yourself.
As far as learning about Cary? We've got enough threads here about Cary to keep you reading for months.
I've always found it remarkable that NC allegedly has weak public schools, but then UNC is alwasy ranked alongside Michigan, UVA and Cal as the top public universities in the country. 80%+ of Carolina students come from NC. and frankly the kids that go to State have to be just as smart or smarter to get through engineering.
must go through some magic transformation between HS and college
and there are no public universities in the Northeast regarded anywhere close to UNC or UVA, and there are millions more people in the big metro areas, obviously all of which can't be sending their kids to the Ivy League
Yeah, and they have to quota the kids from Wake County....wonder why???
I moved here from one of the top districts in NY, where it's always touted, "we are the best schools in the WHOLE COUNTRY!!!" Let me tell you my kids are a whole lot more stressed out by the work here in NC than they were in NY. And I can't even compare the one-on-one interaction that we get here, even with the dreaded larger class sizes. As someone on the LI board once said, smaller class sizes benefit the unions up there.
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