[quote=Tin369]Thanks about the enrolllment informations and thank you all for continuing this discussion with me. I am feeling overwhelmed, but knowing that the school may or may not open and for kindergarten even if it opens we may keep them home.
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Honestly, given the areas you’re choosing from, I don’t think which elementary school your kids go to is going to amount to a hill of beans. Your kid will find delightful teachers and classmates in Carmel Valley, Rancho Penasquitos, 4S Ranch, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, or any of the communities in this area. Within Carmel Valley, there is even less difference. You really can’t go wrong in Carmel Valley.
High school might be different. (Then it might not).
Canyon Crest Academy sent (I heard) 11 kids to MIT last year. And a bunch to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, etc. Kids (and their parents) are very motivated there. Of course, that kind of competition might not be for everybody.
Torrey Pines is also an excellent school. But I would put it a firm notch below CCA academically, especially if you include the students and the atmosphere (as opposed to just the coursework, resources, and teachers).
Torrey Pines is a much more Rah-Rah! kind of atmosphere, more like your typical clique-y suburban high school, whereas CCA is (socially) more modern, diverse, and accepting. And (last I heard) you get to choose between those high schools, so you and your kids have a chance to pick what’s best for them.
I don’t know much about Westview High School, but I have a few friends whose kids went there and I hear great things.
As you go further east, I believe objective measures show that the high schools aren’t quite as good out there. But still very good.
All that said, some will question whether it’s easier to get into a great college from a great high school or not. That might be a debate to follow as your kids get closer to high school.
