FWIW we did put kid in the local elementary school when we first moved up there in ’04. At the time Crowne Hill Elem. was not yet finished so EVERYONE and their mother’s nephew were attending Abby Reinke. The place was an impacted mess. There were 35 kids in my kid’s 4th grade class and they had a brand spanking new teacher – it was ugly. Since no one can be discriminated against the 35 students covered the spectrum from ESL students who couldn’t speak a lick of English to GATE students who were bored out of their minds and acting up. My kid fits in the middle somewhere and was totally lost since the shiny, newly minted teacher was so overwhelmed. TVUSD has a homeschool program so we pulled our kid from AR and did it ourselves through the district. It works for us. Then and now our kid was/is working with the school curriculum, I’m supervised by an accredited teacher and our kid’s STAR and CST test scores are now all advanced. The property taxes we paid up in Temecula were still going towards our kid’s education so we weren’t shelling out extra cash for private or even to homeschool and now that we’re doing the same in San Diego while renting it’s almost as if we’re getting school for free since our dear landlord pays the property tax (at least at this place where our rent barely covers owner’s mortgage payment). All in all, good choice for us.
