[quote=deadzone]Although I don’t know much about Mt Helix area in terms of schools, etc., it doesn’t seem that isolated, pretty central in the scheme of things. It is clearly not popular for young professionals (or anybody else apparently right now) based on the current housing prices. That is probably it’s downfall, schools and it seems like a very old neighborhood that wouldn’t appeal to younger people in general. . . [/quote]
DZ, I agree that the base of Mt Helix is totally urban. I DO know people in LM and Mt Helix and I DO think the overall population may be aging there. These several long-time residents who still live there would be a minimum of 57 years old. There are a LOT of restaurants and things to do in LM Village, which is also accessible by trolley. It is very charming and Grossmont Center has been remodeled at least 3 times in my memory. It’s a VERY nice mall now with lots of restaurants and other “big box” stores surrounding it and down the hill, where the trolley station has a coffee bar and little store 🙂
The schools for both addresses are:
Murdock Elem: API 918
Spring Valley Middle: API 765
Helix High: API 795
On Mt Helix, I believe the school buses stay lower (Lemon Ave in this case). They don’t go up the winding roads, esp since some are so narrow they can’t turn around. The kids have to walk up/downhill to catch a bus or walk home.
I recall 3 fairly recent instances of young teachers coming on to students at Helix. All were prosecuted. The district (and teachers) should have learned their lesson by now. I think Helix is probably fine now. I only know several adults (over age 50) that graduated from there and they are good people 😉 I don’t know any young people who did. I DO know that for many years, Helix accepted <100 inter-district transfers (in each grade) from the adjacent Morse magnet (SDUSD) attendance area (west of 69th st and south of SR-94). Not sure if this is still the case.
Edit: The high school for these properties is actually Grossmont (API 763). Sorry for the error. I had thought Grossmont attendance area was on the East side of Mt Helix (east of Fuerte Dr).
