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So many decisions to make for the family! We currently live in southern CA and pulled our daugther out of private school last year because it was too expensive 15K!!!! This year we were able to do an interdistrct transfer to the best public school district in CALIFORNIA!!! STAR testing is at 985!!!
I want a better life, new community living environment, and I understand from all the research I have done thus far Wake county has the best schools.
BUT, I have read many negative things about busing, and transfers and that worries me. If we were to buy a 500,000 home in Heritage, Wake County our daughter might be bussed to a school farther away?? Are there any gurantees?
Public Schools are most important! We would also love a lower mortgage and a NEW HOME! It is so insane the prices in CA! Taxes just went up and pink slip for layoffs are flying around everywhere. We even want a slower pace of life. I am so over the Los angeles scene!!
I want a better life, new community living environment, and I understand from all the research I have done thus far Wake county has the best schools.
BUT, I have read many negative things about busing, and transfers and that worries me. If we were to buy a 500,000 home in Heritage, Wake County our daughter might be bussed to a school farther away?? Are there any gurantees?
I would not move all the way across the country, knowing nothing about the area, based on schools alone. Wake's get high marks but so do many others all over the place--I have never heard the Wake county has the best schools in the whole US (seems like they would be brandishing that title all the time if that were true!). First and foremost, make sure you will be able to get jobs here, considering NC's high unemployment, and that you actually want to be here for reasons other than the schools, which yes, are in the process of changing (google "wake county school board" to see the new board who've just been voted in and plan to revampe the whole system).
Wakefield is close to a cluster of schools and would likely be assigned to the nearby ones, but no, there are never any "guarantees" about which school you will be assigned to.
The family is coming in July to "look" and get a feel for the environment. My sister and her husband looked last summer and LOVED it! And they were both born and raised in Pasadena, CA!! They said incredibly friendly people and great quality of life. Their realtor took them to Apex, Wake Forest, Raleigh and they were impressed with ALL 3. They do not have children yet.
We would never make a move without a job! I have been in pharma sales and would love to work in a hospital. There are alot of jobs available at Rex and Duke!!! But, I want to see if I can handle the humidity in July!
And actually Orange county (Chapel Hill) schools are considered the best in NC (better than Wake). And UNC hospital is in Orange, with Duke nearby. When you visit, be sure to check that area as well.
There are no guarantees in Wake County Schools but I would feel very comfortable that if you lived in Heritage your kids would go to Heritage High or Wake forest Rolesville HS which is being completely remolded and is scheduled to open for the 2010 - 2011 school year. Both my kids transfered into HS without any issues and did better here then in NY. Wake Forest is a great place to live and raise a family.
There are no guarantees in Wake County Schools but I would feel very comfortable that if you lived in Heritage your kids would go to Heritage High or Wake forest Rolesville HS which is being completely remolded and is scheduled to open for the 2010 - 2011 school year. Both my kids transfered into HS without any issues and did better here then in NY. Wake Forest is a great place to live and raise a family.
I probably should have worded my response better, and your reply helps me say what I should have said in my first post - I don't know if you meant this, but I would say whatever you do, don't try to transfer High School aged kids to an inside-the-beltline school!
I probably should have worded my response better, and your reply helps me say what I should have said in my first post - I don't know if you meant this, but I would say whatever you do, don't try to transfer High School aged kids to an inside-the-beltline school!
Can I ask why? Did move them from another Wake Co school or from out of state? if there was an issue with a particular school would you feel comfortable sharing so we'll all know? Thanks!
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