Chula Vista better schools and newer construction

[sdduuuude]

And dont EVEN get me started on lot sizes.

Here’s a couple. Asking aren’t quite under 600K on all of them, but closing price may be.

http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4215-Huerfano-Ave-92117/home/6255458
Note – 8300 sq. ft. lot.

A little small, but a nice lot:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4617-El-Penon-Way-92117/home/4945858

Big place. Canyon, but freeway noise.
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4850-Monongahela-St-92117/home/4953906

Like everywhere else – inventory problems. Watch this market, though, and you may find a 4 BR, 2 Bath, 2-car garage house at 1700 sq. ft on a nice, quiet, 8,000 sq. ft canyon lot for $500 – $550.

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[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

[Scarlett]

[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

[Scarlett]

[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

[Scarlett]

[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

[Scarlett]

[quote=sdduuuude]Consider a canyon lot in Clairemont and send the kids to private school. You’ll have a 5 or 10 min commute into La Jolla. Or, give the Clairemont schools a try first, then move them to a private school if you are unhappy. Or, try to choice them into a UC or La Jolla public school.

We live in Clairemont but our kids don’t go to school in Clairemont so I can’t comment on the schools here, but our neighbors seem quite content with their schools, and a couple have choiced into UC. Everyone knows they aren’t North-County schools, but the lifestyle trade-off makes it all better. To the kids, it is just school, anyway. The kids will never know what they are missing. The biggest difference is you won’t be intertwined with more “upscale” parents, which is both good and bad.

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A little off the topic, I would REALLY LOVE to know about how much we are talking in terms of a good private school? Is it like, less than $500 per month for example, or it’s over $1000? Any idea?

[sdduuuude]

My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.

If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.

Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.

Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.

I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?

Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.

Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.

Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.

I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.

Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.

[sdduuuude]

My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.

If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.

Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.

Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.

I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?

Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.

Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.

Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.

I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.

Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.

[sdduuuude]

My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.

If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.

Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.

Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.

I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?

Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.

Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.

Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.

I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.

Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.

[sdduuuude]

My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.

If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.

Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.

Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.

I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?

Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.

Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.

Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.

I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.

Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.

[sdduuuude]

My kids are not in a private school, but I did check once. Google is your friend.

If I recall, the Catholic high school in Carmel Valley was about 10K per year for the first kid. I think there are multi-kid discounts. Private middle schools ranged from well over 10K up to 20K per year per child. Bishop was on the high end.

Personally, I think UC schools would be just as good, if not better then private. Check old threads for discuissions about this.

Private school for anything earlier than Jr. High seems a total waste to me.

I think the most important thing you want in a school is “no violence.” Other than that, is it really going to change your kids life that much ?

Sometimes private schools can attract kids and families that don’t “fit in” very well. Some parents have kids with behavior problems, but are in denial, and pull their kids into private school, as if it is the school’s fault for suggesting the kid may have some well-documented condition.

Some speculate that private school parents feel they can buy special treatment for their kids.

Sometimes class sizes at private schools can creep up a little higher than you might want, too.

I just think paying to get into a school with higher test scores by spending an extra 60 to 90 minutes in the car every is too much to pay.

Send them to a marginal school in Clairemont and spend half of your extra hour reading to them and they’ll be better off than in any Poway school.

[UCGal]

I’m with sdduuuude here. I live in UC and a lot of the kids who attend Curie, with my kids, are from Clairemont – they choiced in. Based on anectdotal evidence it must be VERY doable. Probably 20% of my kids classmates live in Clairemont.

If the choice thing doesn’t work for you, but you pick Clairemont – consider public/charter schools like Muir – it’s a K-12 school over in the Mt. streets… I have friends who send their kids there – and LOVE it.

For location/price/etc Clairemont is a good value.

Clairemont doesn’t have “new” houses… but many have been fixed up very nicely. Since you’re not looking for the 3500 sf mcMansion – you’ll find a lot of 1500-2200 sf houses in Clairemont on bigger lots. And commute to La Jolla is easy.

I also agree with AN – I used to think of Mira Mesa schools as being crappy… But based on things he posted, I went and re-looked at it… They’re pretty darn good, these days. Not perfect – but a lot better than they used to be.

When I first got out of college I lived downtown (before it was trendy) and commuted to Oceanside. It was a reverse commute – 40 miles, 40 minutes… But I swore I’d NEVER commute more than 30 minutes each way again. If I wanted to go to dinner with friends I had to factor in the time to commute home, time to primp, time to get back out again… and would end up having to leave early just to make it work. Soooo not worth it.

[UCGal]

I’m with sdduuuude here. I live in UC and a lot of the kids who attend Curie, with my kids, are from Clairemont – they choiced in. Based on anectdotal evidence it must be VERY doable. Probably 20% of my kids classmates live in Clairemont.

If the choice thing doesn’t work for you, but you pick Clairemont – consider public/charter schools like Muir – it’s a K-12 school over in the Mt. streets… I have friends who send their kids there – and LOVE it.

For location/price/etc Clairemont is a good value.

Clairemont doesn’t have “new” houses… but many have been fixed up very nicely. Since you’re not looking for the 3500 sf mcMansion – you’ll find a lot of 1500-2200 sf houses in Clairemont on bigger lots. And commute to La Jolla is easy.

I also agree with AN – I used to think of Mira Mesa schools as being crappy… But based on things he posted, I went and re-looked at it… They’re pretty darn good, these days. Not perfect – but a lot better than they used to be.

When I first got out of college I lived downtown (before it was trendy) and commuted to Oceanside. It was a reverse commute – 40 miles, 40 minutes… But I swore I’d NEVER commute more than 30 minutes each way again. If I wanted to go to dinner with friends I had to factor in the time to commute home, time to primp, time to get back out again… and would end up having to leave early just to make it work. Soooo not worth it.

[UCGal]

I’m with sdduuuude here. I live in UC and a lot of the kids who attend Curie, with my kids, are from Clairemont – they choiced in. Based on anectdotal evidence it must be VERY doable. Probably 20% of my kids classmates live in Clairemont.

If the choice thing doesn’t work for you, but you pick Clairemont – consider public/charter schools like Muir – it’s a K-12 school over in the Mt. streets… I have friends who send their kids there – and LOVE it.

For location/price/etc Clairemont is a good value.

Clairemont doesn’t have “new” houses… but many have been fixed up very nicely. Since you’re not looking for the 3500 sf mcMansion – you’ll find a lot of 1500-2200 sf houses in Clairemont on bigger lots. And commute to La Jolla is easy.

I also agree with AN – I used to think of Mira Mesa schools as being crappy… But based on things he posted, I went and re-looked at it… They’re pretty darn good, these days. Not perfect – but a lot better than they used to be.

When I first got out of college I lived downtown (before it was trendy) and commuted to Oceanside. It was a reverse commute – 40 miles, 40 minutes… But I swore I’d NEVER commute more than 30 minutes each way again. If I wanted to go to dinner with friends I had to factor in the time to commute home, time to primp, time to get back out again… and would end up having to leave early just to make it work. Soooo not worth it.

[UCGal]

I’m with sdduuuude here. I live in UC and a lot of the kids who attend Curie, with my kids, are from Clairemont – they choiced in. Based on anectdotal evidence it must be VERY doable. Probably 20% of my kids classmates live in Clairemont.

If the choice thing doesn’t work for you, but you pick Clairemont – consider public/charter schools like Muir – it’s a K-12 school over in the Mt. streets… I have friends who send their kids there – and LOVE it.

For location/price/etc Clairemont is a good value.

Clairemont doesn’t have “new” houses… but many have been fixed up very nicely. Since you’re not looking for the 3500 sf mcMansion – you’ll find a lot of 1500-2200 sf houses in Clairemont on bigger lots. And commute to La Jolla is easy.

I also agree with AN – I used to think of Mira Mesa schools as being crappy… But based on things he posted, I went and re-looked at it… They’re pretty darn good, these days. Not perfect – but a lot better than they used to be.

When I first got out of college I lived downtown (before it was trendy) and commuted to Oceanside. It was a reverse commute – 40 miles, 40 minutes… But I swore I’d NEVER commute more than 30 minutes each way again. If I wanted to go to dinner with friends I had to factor in the time to commute home, time to primp, time to get back out again… and would end up having to leave early just to make it work. Soooo not worth it.

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