Little of the Californian BS about schools, either. If you move into a well-run town, you’ll have good schools, and you can generally rent something OK for cheaper than in San Diego. [/quote]
Clearly you don’t have children that have ever gone to school in NJ. More BS in NJ than CA – and less science. For instance, our district spent $15,000 for a math consultant (and idol of our superintendent) to help them choose math books. There were 4 math book publishers, the district already used one. There were only 950 students in the district; couldn’t the teachers figure out if another publisher was better . . .? For 950 kids, there were three principals, 2 assistant principals, 3 schools, and a 2:1 ration of admin to teachers (and a whopping 13 custodians – Del Mar Union Elem. SD has 19 for 8 schools.) They once allowed K-2nd children to come to school even though the school had no power, and no working toilets (no one had bothered to check after the weekend storm . . ) The kids had to walk over to another school to use the bathroom. My kindergartner came home one day and told me that a classmate had threatened “to kill [her] mommy and daddy.” Although the administration was aware of this incident, no one bothered to tell us. My blood pressure was off the charts at least once a week. And hence, we returned to SD. They must insert a chip into NJ residents at birth that makes them love the place – I can’t figure it out.
