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March 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM #524793March 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM #523871
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Participant[quote=CocoaGoddess]Well, you specifically asked about the Otay Ranch/Windingwalk development and Brookfield Homes, and I happen to fit that bill. We closed on our home last May and moved in in June. [/quote]
Congratulations! I am glad to hear you found good schools and love your neighborhood. It seems to jive with what my friend/co-worker (Asian)who bought in October.[quote=CocoaGoddess]We don’t regret our decision one bit. If you take Olympic Parkway, you’ll be fine.
Our daughter is a teen who attends Eastlake Middle School, and will attend Olympian High in July. Our son has autism and is enrolled in a GREAT program at Parkview Elementary. We came from one of the best districts in the country (Montgomery County Maryland) and also the Coronado School District, and honestly, we’ve been very happy with the schools out here, and I think my kid has been able to maintain the same standard of learning she had in Maryland and in Coronado. [/quote]
Awesome! We will definitely check it out then, the big clincher would be commute, we’d have to test that to see if it works. 45′ one way is not something to take lightly. Perhaps we can figure out a way to work from home some days.
My co-worker was saying that he feels that it has the great potential there, that Otay Ranch/East Lake is going to get more developed and more desirable and the values will increase – in time.
[quote=CocoaGoddess]If you have any other questions about the neighborhood, the quality of Brookfield homes, the association or anything else, please feel free to ask.[/quote]
Thanks, Cocoagoddess! If it passes the commute test, and we like it, I’ll be sure to ask you more! Enjoy your new house!March 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM #524008Participant[quote=CocoaGoddess]Well, you specifically asked about the Otay Ranch/Windingwalk development and Brookfield Homes, and I happen to fit that bill. We closed on our home last May and moved in in June. [/quote]
Congratulations! I am glad to hear you found good schools and love your neighborhood. It seems to jive with what my friend/co-worker (Asian)who bought in October.[quote=CocoaGoddess]We don’t regret our decision one bit. If you take Olympic Parkway, you’ll be fine.
Our daughter is a teen who attends Eastlake Middle School, and will attend Olympian High in July. Our son has autism and is enrolled in a GREAT program at Parkview Elementary. We came from one of the best districts in the country (Montgomery County Maryland) and also the Coronado School District, and honestly, we’ve been very happy with the schools out here, and I think my kid has been able to maintain the same standard of learning she had in Maryland and in Coronado. [/quote]
Awesome! We will definitely check it out then, the big clincher would be commute, we’d have to test that to see if it works. 45′ one way is not something to take lightly. Perhaps we can figure out a way to work from home some days.
My co-worker was saying that he feels that it has the great potential there, that Otay Ranch/East Lake is going to get more developed and more desirable and the values will increase – in time.
[quote=CocoaGoddess]If you have any other questions about the neighborhood, the quality of Brookfield homes, the association or anything else, please feel free to ask.[/quote]
Thanks, Cocoagoddess! If it passes the commute test, and we like it, I’ll be sure to ask you more! Enjoy your new house!March 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM #524449Participant[quote=CocoaGoddess]Well, you specifically asked about the Otay Ranch/Windingwalk development and Brookfield Homes, and I happen to fit that bill. We closed on our home last May and moved in in June. [/quote]
Congratulations! I am glad to hear you found good schools and love your neighborhood. It seems to jive with what my friend/co-worker (Asian)who bought in October.[quote=CocoaGoddess]We don’t regret our decision one bit. If you take Olympic Parkway, you’ll be fine.
Our daughter is a teen who attends Eastlake Middle School, and will attend Olympian High in July. Our son has autism and is enrolled in a GREAT program at Parkview Elementary. We came from one of the best districts in the country (Montgomery County Maryland) and also the Coronado School District, and honestly, we’ve been very happy with the schools out here, and I think my kid has been able to maintain the same standard of learning she had in Maryland and in Coronado. [/quote]
Awesome! We will definitely check it out then, the big clincher would be commute, we’d have to test that to see if it works. 45′ one way is not something to take lightly. Perhaps we can figure out a way to work from home some days.
My co-worker was saying that he feels that it has the great potential there, that Otay Ranch/East Lake is going to get more developed and more desirable and the values will increase – in time.
[quote=CocoaGoddess]If you have any other questions about the neighborhood, the quality of Brookfield homes, the association or anything else, please feel free to ask.[/quote]
Thanks, Cocoagoddess! If it passes the commute test, and we like it, I’ll be sure to ask you more! Enjoy your new house!March 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM #524545Participant[quote=CocoaGoddess]Well, you specifically asked about the Otay Ranch/Windingwalk development and Brookfield Homes, and I happen to fit that bill. We closed on our home last May and moved in in June. [/quote]
Congratulations! I am glad to hear you found good schools and love your neighborhood. It seems to jive with what my friend/co-worker (Asian)who bought in October.[quote=CocoaGoddess]We don’t regret our decision one bit. If you take Olympic Parkway, you’ll be fine.
Our daughter is a teen who attends Eastlake Middle School, and will attend Olympian High in July. Our son has autism and is enrolled in a GREAT program at Parkview Elementary. We came from one of the best districts in the country (Montgomery County Maryland) and also the Coronado School District, and honestly, we’ve been very happy with the schools out here, and I think my kid has been able to maintain the same standard of learning she had in Maryland and in Coronado. [/quote]
Awesome! We will definitely check it out then, the big clincher would be commute, we’d have to test that to see if it works. 45′ one way is not something to take lightly. Perhaps we can figure out a way to work from home some days.
My co-worker was saying that he feels that it has the great potential there, that Otay Ranch/East Lake is going to get more developed and more desirable and the values will increase – in time.
[quote=CocoaGoddess]If you have any other questions about the neighborhood, the quality of Brookfield homes, the association or anything else, please feel free to ask.[/quote]
Thanks, Cocoagoddess! If it passes the commute test, and we like it, I’ll be sure to ask you more! Enjoy your new house!March 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM #524803Participant[quote=CocoaGoddess]Well, you specifically asked about the Otay Ranch/Windingwalk development and Brookfield Homes, and I happen to fit that bill. We closed on our home last May and moved in in June. [/quote]
Congratulations! I am glad to hear you found good schools and love your neighborhood. It seems to jive with what my friend/co-worker (Asian)who bought in October.[quote=CocoaGoddess]We don’t regret our decision one bit. If you take Olympic Parkway, you’ll be fine.
Our daughter is a teen who attends Eastlake Middle School, and will attend Olympian High in July. Our son has autism and is enrolled in a GREAT program at Parkview Elementary. We came from one of the best districts in the country (Montgomery County Maryland) and also the Coronado School District, and honestly, we’ve been very happy with the schools out here, and I think my kid has been able to maintain the same standard of learning she had in Maryland and in Coronado. [/quote]
Awesome! We will definitely check it out then, the big clincher would be commute, we’d have to test that to see if it works. 45′ one way is not something to take lightly. Perhaps we can figure out a way to work from home some days.
My co-worker was saying that he feels that it has the great potential there, that Otay Ranch/East Lake is going to get more developed and more desirable and the values will increase – in time.
[quote=CocoaGoddess]If you have any other questions about the neighborhood, the quality of Brookfield homes, the association or anything else, please feel free to ask.[/quote]
Thanks, Cocoagoddess! If it passes the commute test, and we like it, I’ll be sure to ask you more! Enjoy your new house!March 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM #523881Participant[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Private elementary schools in East County are much less than the private schools in La Jolla and Del Mar. Out East for a regular elementary private school you would be looking at $300-$400 per month (…)
If they are highschool age (…)about $1,000 per month.
(…)The current problem with public schools is the “no child left behind”. Most teachers now spend more time bringing up the challenged kids than helping the best ones excel more. Plus, you can’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, possibly Halloween, and other standard traditions in public schools because they offend someone/somewhere. Feel free to ask any teacher in a San Diego public school and they will tell you all this is true.
In addition, if you are Christian or Catholic, public schools don’t teach religion, and it is important for them to build these morals and values at a young age to help carry them through life, in my opinion.
There is less drugs and alcohol problems, on average in private schools. Not to say these issues don’t exist, it’s just that they are much less than your regular public schools.
Scarlett, you’ll have to drive up here to Sky Ranch to check it out and talk to the sales office. It’s a nice community, and it’s building as new homes sell. Yes, by the way, you get a brand new home. No problems to mess with like plumbing, roof, electrical, etc.
You can take the 52 straight to La Jolla when it is finished. (…)
Also, they plan to build a Fast Track lane on the 52, so in a few years when this is complete, the commute should be even faster![/quote]I agree to what you are saying about “no child left behind”. Not sure how academically inclined my kids will be, so maybe I don’t want to stress them too much. But I’d like if they could go to a Christian/Catholic school, at least when they are young. Even at UCSD, they didn’t celebrate Halloween last year… so yes, I know about the religious holidays.
Santee is certainly a possibility and I must say that a new house is very appealing (beside liking to not have to deal with issues mentioned, we don’t want to mess around with home improvements, re-painting, re-carpeting and such. We are not handy at all and pretty busy too). Of course, we have to weigh everything – commute, schools (and their ranking and cost). But we’ll be sure to give it a look this year, we are in no hurry. (We hope to buy something in a year).
March 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM #524018Participant[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Private elementary schools in East County are much less than the private schools in La Jolla and Del Mar. Out East for a regular elementary private school you would be looking at $300-$400 per month (…)
If they are highschool age (…)about $1,000 per month.
(…)The current problem with public schools is the “no child left behind”. Most teachers now spend more time bringing up the challenged kids than helping the best ones excel more. Plus, you can’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, possibly Halloween, and other standard traditions in public schools because they offend someone/somewhere. Feel free to ask any teacher in a San Diego public school and they will tell you all this is true.
In addition, if you are Christian or Catholic, public schools don’t teach religion, and it is important for them to build these morals and values at a young age to help carry them through life, in my opinion.
There is less drugs and alcohol problems, on average in private schools. Not to say these issues don’t exist, it’s just that they are much less than your regular public schools.
Scarlett, you’ll have to drive up here to Sky Ranch to check it out and talk to the sales office. It’s a nice community, and it’s building as new homes sell. Yes, by the way, you get a brand new home. No problems to mess with like plumbing, roof, electrical, etc.
You can take the 52 straight to La Jolla when it is finished. (…)
Also, they plan to build a Fast Track lane on the 52, so in a few years when this is complete, the commute should be even faster![/quote]I agree to what you are saying about “no child left behind”. Not sure how academically inclined my kids will be, so maybe I don’t want to stress them too much. But I’d like if they could go to a Christian/Catholic school, at least when they are young. Even at UCSD, they didn’t celebrate Halloween last year… so yes, I know about the religious holidays.
Santee is certainly a possibility and I must say that a new house is very appealing (beside liking to not have to deal with issues mentioned, we don’t want to mess around with home improvements, re-painting, re-carpeting and such. We are not handy at all and pretty busy too). Of course, we have to weigh everything – commute, schools (and their ranking and cost). But we’ll be sure to give it a look this year, we are in no hurry. (We hope to buy something in a year).
March 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM #524459Participant[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Private elementary schools in East County are much less than the private schools in La Jolla and Del Mar. Out East for a regular elementary private school you would be looking at $300-$400 per month (…)
If they are highschool age (…)about $1,000 per month.
(…)The current problem with public schools is the “no child left behind”. Most teachers now spend more time bringing up the challenged kids than helping the best ones excel more. Plus, you can’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, possibly Halloween, and other standard traditions in public schools because they offend someone/somewhere. Feel free to ask any teacher in a San Diego public school and they will tell you all this is true.
In addition, if you are Christian or Catholic, public schools don’t teach religion, and it is important for them to build these morals and values at a young age to help carry them through life, in my opinion.
There is less drugs and alcohol problems, on average in private schools. Not to say these issues don’t exist, it’s just that they are much less than your regular public schools.
Scarlett, you’ll have to drive up here to Sky Ranch to check it out and talk to the sales office. It’s a nice community, and it’s building as new homes sell. Yes, by the way, you get a brand new home. No problems to mess with like plumbing, roof, electrical, etc.
You can take the 52 straight to La Jolla when it is finished. (…)
Also, they plan to build a Fast Track lane on the 52, so in a few years when this is complete, the commute should be even faster![/quote]I agree to what you are saying about “no child left behind”. Not sure how academically inclined my kids will be, so maybe I don’t want to stress them too much. But I’d like if they could go to a Christian/Catholic school, at least when they are young. Even at UCSD, they didn’t celebrate Halloween last year… so yes, I know about the religious holidays.
Santee is certainly a possibility and I must say that a new house is very appealing (beside liking to not have to deal with issues mentioned, we don’t want to mess around with home improvements, re-painting, re-carpeting and such. We are not handy at all and pretty busy too). Of course, we have to weigh everything – commute, schools (and their ranking and cost). But we’ll be sure to give it a look this year, we are in no hurry. (We hope to buy something in a year).
March 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM #524555Participant[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Private elementary schools in East County are much less than the private schools in La Jolla and Del Mar. Out East for a regular elementary private school you would be looking at $300-$400 per month (…)
If they are highschool age (…)about $1,000 per month.
(…)The current problem with public schools is the “no child left behind”. Most teachers now spend more time bringing up the challenged kids than helping the best ones excel more. Plus, you can’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, possibly Halloween, and other standard traditions in public schools because they offend someone/somewhere. Feel free to ask any teacher in a San Diego public school and they will tell you all this is true.
In addition, if you are Christian or Catholic, public schools don’t teach religion, and it is important for them to build these morals and values at a young age to help carry them through life, in my opinion.
There is less drugs and alcohol problems, on average in private schools. Not to say these issues don’t exist, it’s just that they are much less than your regular public schools.
Scarlett, you’ll have to drive up here to Sky Ranch to check it out and talk to the sales office. It’s a nice community, and it’s building as new homes sell. Yes, by the way, you get a brand new home. No problems to mess with like plumbing, roof, electrical, etc.
You can take the 52 straight to La Jolla when it is finished. (…)
Also, they plan to build a Fast Track lane on the 52, so in a few years when this is complete, the commute should be even faster![/quote]I agree to what you are saying about “no child left behind”. Not sure how academically inclined my kids will be, so maybe I don’t want to stress them too much. But I’d like if they could go to a Christian/Catholic school, at least when they are young. Even at UCSD, they didn’t celebrate Halloween last year… so yes, I know about the religious holidays.
Santee is certainly a possibility and I must say that a new house is very appealing (beside liking to not have to deal with issues mentioned, we don’t want to mess around with home improvements, re-painting, re-carpeting and such. We are not handy at all and pretty busy too). Of course, we have to weigh everything – commute, schools (and their ranking and cost). But we’ll be sure to give it a look this year, we are in no hurry. (We hope to buy something in a year).
March 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM #524813Participant[quote=SkyRanchOwner]Private elementary schools in East County are much less than the private schools in La Jolla and Del Mar. Out East for a regular elementary private school you would be looking at $300-$400 per month (…)
If they are highschool age (…)about $1,000 per month.
(…)The current problem with public schools is the “no child left behind”. Most teachers now spend more time bringing up the challenged kids than helping the best ones excel more. Plus, you can’t celebrate Christmas, Easter, possibly Halloween, and other standard traditions in public schools because they offend someone/somewhere. Feel free to ask any teacher in a San Diego public school and they will tell you all this is true.
In addition, if you are Christian or Catholic, public schools don’t teach religion, and it is important for them to build these morals and values at a young age to help carry them through life, in my opinion.
There is less drugs and alcohol problems, on average in private schools. Not to say these issues don’t exist, it’s just that they are much less than your regular public schools.
Scarlett, you’ll have to drive up here to Sky Ranch to check it out and talk to the sales office. It’s a nice community, and it’s building as new homes sell. Yes, by the way, you get a brand new home. No problems to mess with like plumbing, roof, electrical, etc.
You can take the 52 straight to La Jolla when it is finished. (…)
Also, they plan to build a Fast Track lane on the 52, so in a few years when this is complete, the commute should be even faster![/quote]I agree to what you are saying about “no child left behind”. Not sure how academically inclined my kids will be, so maybe I don’t want to stress them too much. But I’d like if they could go to a Christian/Catholic school, at least when they are young. Even at UCSD, they didn’t celebrate Halloween last year… so yes, I know about the religious holidays.
Santee is certainly a possibility and I must say that a new house is very appealing (beside liking to not have to deal with issues mentioned, we don’t want to mess around with home improvements, re-painting, re-carpeting and such. We are not handy at all and pretty busy too). Of course, we have to weigh everything – commute, schools (and their ranking and cost). But we’ll be sure to give it a look this year, we are in no hurry. (We hope to buy something in a year).
March 10, 2010 at 12:14 PM #523966briansd1
Guest[quote=Scarlett]We are in our 40s, white, work in La Jolla area, kids in kindergarden/preschool. Or shall we look elsewhere? We want good schools, and to keep the commute under 45′.
[/quote]If I were you, I’d stay in the UTC area. Are you in 92037 or 92122?
The schools are good and the diversity is cool.
There are lots of professors, visiting scholars, grad students, tech workers from abroad, well-to-do families from Mexico who bring their kids here. They invariably end up living in UTC at least for a couple years before moving on. The exposure to a variety of cultures from children of educated families is not available anywhere else in San Diego.
March 10, 2010 at 12:14 PM #524103Guest[quote=Scarlett]We are in our 40s, white, work in La Jolla area, kids in kindergarden/preschool. Or shall we look elsewhere? We want good schools, and to keep the commute under 45′.
[/quote]If I were you, I’d stay in the UTC area. Are you in 92037 or 92122?
The schools are good and the diversity is cool.
There are lots of professors, visiting scholars, grad students, tech workers from abroad, well-to-do families from Mexico who bring their kids here. They invariably end up living in UTC at least for a couple years before moving on. The exposure to a variety of cultures from children of educated families is not available anywhere else in San Diego.
March 10, 2010 at 12:14 PM #524544Guest[quote=Scarlett]We are in our 40s, white, work in La Jolla area, kids in kindergarden/preschool. Or shall we look elsewhere? We want good schools, and to keep the commute under 45′.
[/quote]If I were you, I’d stay in the UTC area. Are you in 92037 or 92122?
The schools are good and the diversity is cool.
There are lots of professors, visiting scholars, grad students, tech workers from abroad, well-to-do families from Mexico who bring their kids here. They invariably end up living in UTC at least for a couple years before moving on. The exposure to a variety of cultures from children of educated families is not available anywhere else in San Diego.
March 10, 2010 at 12:14 PM #524640Guest[quote=Scarlett]We are in our 40s, white, work in La Jolla area, kids in kindergarden/preschool. Or shall we look elsewhere? We want good schools, and to keep the commute under 45′.
[/quote]If I were you, I’d stay in the UTC area. Are you in 92037 or 92122?
The schools are good and the diversity is cool.
There are lots of professors, visiting scholars, grad students, tech workers from abroad, well-to-do families from Mexico who bring their kids here. They invariably end up living in UTC at least for a couple years before moving on. The exposure to a variety of cultures from children of educated families is not available anywhere else in San Diego.
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