king high school 56th st tampa (Temple Terrace: neighborhoods, school district, college)

[emmet8]

my ex wife has agian moved this is about the 5th time in as many years
she was in brandon now shes in tampa.she has my daughter who is 15 attending king high school she is walking to school from home.i read so so things about the school but am more concerened about the area she is walking through.can anyone give me a honest opion about the school and the area i dont live in the usa.also does a student have to attent the school district where she redides or can you choose a different public school.her first day was last tuesday she got on the bus she was the only white person on the bus the other childern would not let her sit and pushed her.her mother now has her walking.please be honest do you see problems ahead for my daughter she is on her own her mother is not a model mom.

[ferret111]

I really wouldn't walk through that area. It's part heavy industrial and part ghetto in the nearby areas. No, she might be able to get special assignment to another high school, provided that the school she's trying to get into isn't overcrowded.

[emmet8]

thank you for the responce,i would like to bring my daughter to live with me in costa rica but the school system here would not accept her until she became a resident which takes years.there are very good private schools here but they cost as much as a good college in the states and im on a limited budget.i did see something online about floridas online highschool program do you know any info about this program

[Mozart271]

I live in Temple Terrace, and my son went to King. The area east of 56th St. is safe as far as living in the district, but walking to the school could be unsafe, as the immediate neighborhoods are not the greatest.

The school itself is OK, although there are better ones in the county. The IB program there is excellent if your kid is a high academic achiever.

There are a lot of African American students there. My son (who is white) never had any problems with any black students, and there were no unusual racial difficulties there at the time (2004). The surrounding neighborhoods are suburban, and not truly "ghetto" in terms of drugs, street violence and danger, but I wouldn't allow a young girl to walk alone to King.

Good luck.