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Participant[quote=UCGal]Did you exclude charter schools (which are still public.)?
Some SD Unified Charter schools scored very well:
Preuss: 899
San Diego International Studies: 873
Kearny International Business: 860I know Preuss limits who can attend based on meeting demographic statistical needs. But I’m pretty sure that any student can apply to go to San Diego HS or Kearny.
I see Beatrix already mentioned her daughter’s school.[/quote]
Thanks, UCGal. I did not include Preuss because it is primarily VEEP and also application only.
I will check out Kearny. I know this school went from a low-scoring HS/adult education/GED center to a “niche school.” If the Int’l Business program is the only program it has, then this school should have made it into the top 12, even though it likely draws its business program students from all over the City.
Participant[quote=beatrix]Have to plug my daughter’s school, San Diego High’s School of International Studies, 873, as one of top schools in county. Great international baccalaureate program too.[/quote]
beatrix and UCGal, I agree and have been touting this program on this forum. But isn’t this school just ONE portion of SDHS overall? My understanding is that this particular IB program within SDHS requires that the student and parent sign contracts to join it and ensure their student keeps up with the rigorous work. If the student is unable to, he/she is dropped from the program. How many students of SDHS are actually enrolled in their School of International Studies? And how many students are enrolled in ALL the schools of SDHS collectively??
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.
Participant[quote=beatrix]Have to plug my daughter’s school, San Diego High’s School of International Studies, 873, as one of top schools in county. Great international baccalaureate program too.[/quote]
beatrix and UCGal, I agree and have been touting this program on this forum. But isn’t this school just ONE portion of SDHS overall? My understanding is that this particular IB program within SDHS requires that the student and parent sign contracts to join it and ensure their student keeps up with the rigorous work. If the student is unable to, he/she is dropped from the program. How many students of SDHS are actually enrolled in their School of International Studies? And how many students are enrolled in ALL the schools of SDHS collectively??
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.
Participant[quote=beatrix]Have to plug my daughter’s school, San Diego High’s School of International Studies, 873, as one of top schools in county. Great international baccalaureate program too.[/quote]
beatrix and UCGal, I agree and have been touting this program on this forum. But isn’t this school just ONE portion of SDHS overall? My understanding is that this particular IB program within SDHS requires that the student and parent sign contracts to join it and ensure their student keeps up with the rigorous work. If the student is unable to, he/she is dropped from the program. How many students of SDHS are actually enrolled in their School of International Studies? And how many students are enrolled in ALL the schools of SDHS collectively??
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.
ParticipantI work out at a gym 12-15 hours week. This includes 3-4 classes, weight training 4+ days per week and swimming. I started this regimen in Jan ’09 and feel much better and stronger. Before that, I was just getting my exercise from manual labor (akin to scaredy’s slope/weedwacker job) and it really wasn’t enough and was not hitting the right muscle groups.
My kids mostly walks the dog but I would say I walk it about 1 hr per week. I have a very small dog who can’t walk that far. I took her on a 3 mile walk once and had to pick her up and carry her a couple of times. Then she wouldn’t drink and nearly went into shock on the car ride home :={
ParticipantI work out at a gym 12-15 hours week. This includes 3-4 classes, weight training 4+ days per week and swimming. I started this regimen in Jan ’09 and feel much better and stronger. Before that, I was just getting my exercise from manual labor (akin to scaredy’s slope/weedwacker job) and it really wasn’t enough and was not hitting the right muscle groups.
My kids mostly walks the dog but I would say I walk it about 1 hr per week. I have a very small dog who can’t walk that far. I took her on a 3 mile walk once and had to pick her up and carry her a couple of times. Then she wouldn’t drink and nearly went into shock on the car ride home :={
ParticipantI work out at a gym 12-15 hours week. This includes 3-4 classes, weight training 4+ days per week and swimming. I started this regimen in Jan ’09 and feel much better and stronger. Before that, I was just getting my exercise from manual labor (akin to scaredy’s slope/weedwacker job) and it really wasn’t enough and was not hitting the right muscle groups.
My kids mostly walks the dog but I would say I walk it about 1 hr per week. I have a very small dog who can’t walk that far. I took her on a 3 mile walk once and had to pick her up and carry her a couple of times. Then she wouldn’t drink and nearly went into shock on the car ride home :={
Participant[quote=earlyretirement]. . . You’re right it can be done more affordably. Check out http://www.homeexchange.com if you can. While we would never swap with our primary residence we live in, we have all of our rental properties we own up and we get exchange requests just about every day for all over the world.
Airline tickets are still very expensive flying for 4 but at least most of the times we don’t stay in hotels anymore. Some of the places are incredible. Never had a bad experience doing a lot of screening. And in many places people have offered to let us use their car.
We don’t do the car swap just for liability reasons but the home swap is a GREAT way to travel in retirement. We are spending next summer in Paris and in the French Riviera all on home exchanges….. January in Lake Tahoe on a home exchange and February in San Francisco on a home exchange.
Check it out if you haven’t already…. the way to travel…[/quote]
Thanks, ER. I have thought of this. My home is in a walkable community with a lot of public transportation nearby and only 10-11 miles from dtn SD and about 9 miles from the Int’l border. I actually COULD lock up file cabinets and “stage” my home for a “Home Exchange.” However, I have issues with pets being cared for at home while I’m out of town and also a resident kid attending year-round school, so this idea is unworkable at the moment. As I posted here last year, I have stayed in South Lake Tahoe a few times as guests in other parties’ timeshares – for the sole purpose of skiing Heavenly.
see: http://piggington.com/what_of_your_net_income_goes_to_saving
These opportunities will always be available because timeshare owners cannot often use their weeks and need reimbursement for their 1/52 portion HOA dues and property taxes that they have to pay every year, whether they use the property or not. This route is more comfortable, has more amenities, sleeps more people and MUCH cheaper than commercial lodging, due to the high transient occupancy tax in Lake Tahoe (to fund needed firefighting services and improvements).
I LOVE both Lake Tahoe and SF. I can stay in SF for free with my kid(s), who have free slant pkg and also are on bus line(s). One can ride ALL DAY in SF (bus/streetcar/cablecar/BART) for just $2!
Participant[quote=earlyretirement]. . . You’re right it can be done more affordably. Check out http://www.homeexchange.com if you can. While we would never swap with our primary residence we live in, we have all of our rental properties we own up and we get exchange requests just about every day for all over the world.
Airline tickets are still very expensive flying for 4 but at least most of the times we don’t stay in hotels anymore. Some of the places are incredible. Never had a bad experience doing a lot of screening. And in many places people have offered to let us use their car.
We don’t do the car swap just for liability reasons but the home swap is a GREAT way to travel in retirement. We are spending next summer in Paris and in the French Riviera all on home exchanges….. January in Lake Tahoe on a home exchange and February in San Francisco on a home exchange.
Check it out if you haven’t already…. the way to travel…[/quote]
Thanks, ER. I have thought of this. My home is in a walkable community with a lot of public transportation nearby and only 10-11 miles from dtn SD and about 9 miles from the Int’l border. I actually COULD lock up file cabinets and “stage” my home for a “Home Exchange.” However, I have issues with pets being cared for at home while I’m out of town and also a resident kid attending year-round school, so this idea is unworkable at the moment. As I posted here last year, I have stayed in South Lake Tahoe a few times as guests in other parties’ timeshares – for the sole purpose of skiing Heavenly.
see: http://piggington.com/what_of_your_net_income_goes_to_saving
These opportunities will always be available because timeshare owners cannot often use their weeks and need reimbursement for their 1/52 portion HOA dues and property taxes that they have to pay every year, whether they use the property or not. This route is more comfortable, has more amenities, sleeps more people and MUCH cheaper than commercial lodging, due to the high transient occupancy tax in Lake Tahoe (to fund needed firefighting services and improvements).
I LOVE both Lake Tahoe and SF. I can stay in SF for free with my kid(s), who have free slant pkg and also are on bus line(s). One can ride ALL DAY in SF (bus/streetcar/cablecar/BART) for just $2!
Participant[quote=earlyretirement]. . . You’re right it can be done more affordably. Check out http://www.homeexchange.com if you can. While we would never swap with our primary residence we live in, we have all of our rental properties we own up and we get exchange requests just about every day for all over the world.
Airline tickets are still very expensive flying for 4 but at least most of the times we don’t stay in hotels anymore. Some of the places are incredible. Never had a bad experience doing a lot of screening. And in many places people have offered to let us use their car.
We don’t do the car swap just for liability reasons but the home swap is a GREAT way to travel in retirement. We are spending next summer in Paris and in the French Riviera all on home exchanges….. January in Lake Tahoe on a home exchange and February in San Francisco on a home exchange.
Check it out if you haven’t already…. the way to travel…[/quote]
Thanks, ER. I have thought of this. My home is in a walkable community with a lot of public transportation nearby and only 10-11 miles from dtn SD and about 9 miles from the Int’l border. I actually COULD lock up file cabinets and “stage” my home for a “Home Exchange.” However, I have issues with pets being cared for at home while I’m out of town and also a resident kid attending year-round school, so this idea is unworkable at the moment. As I posted here last year, I have stayed in South Lake Tahoe a few times as guests in other parties’ timeshares – for the sole purpose of skiing Heavenly.
see: http://piggington.com/what_of_your_net_income_goes_to_saving
These opportunities will always be available because timeshare owners cannot often use their weeks and need reimbursement for their 1/52 portion HOA dues and property taxes that they have to pay every year, whether they use the property or not. This route is more comfortable, has more amenities, sleeps more people and MUCH cheaper than commercial lodging, due to the high transient occupancy tax in Lake Tahoe (to fund needed firefighting services and improvements).
I LOVE both Lake Tahoe and SF. I can stay in SF for free with my kid(s), who have free slant pkg and also are on bus line(s). One can ride ALL DAY in SF (bus/streetcar/cablecar/BART) for just $2!
September 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM in reply to: Shrinking Labor Force May Curb U.S. Expansion for Two Decades #727176ParticipantI’m a “baby boomer” but I’ve only had exposure to the stock market for about 18 years (thru retirement accts). I have recently gone “all-cash” and will not reinvest.
If one is nearing retirement and can no longer risk potential loss of principal, then it stands to reason that they will pull out of the stock market if they have exposure to it in these volatile times.
I have no doubt that many of my “compadres” agree with this.
September 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM in reply to: Shrinking Labor Force May Curb U.S. Expansion for Two Decades #727264ParticipantI’m a “baby boomer” but I’ve only had exposure to the stock market for about 18 years (thru retirement accts). I have recently gone “all-cash” and will not reinvest.
If one is nearing retirement and can no longer risk potential loss of principal, then it stands to reason that they will pull out of the stock market if they have exposure to it in these volatile times.
I have no doubt that many of my “compadres” agree with this.
September 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM in reply to: Shrinking Labor Force May Curb U.S. Expansion for Two Decades #727863ParticipantI’m a “baby boomer” but I’ve only had exposure to the stock market for about 18 years (thru retirement accts). I have recently gone “all-cash” and will not reinvest.
If one is nearing retirement and can no longer risk potential loss of principal, then it stands to reason that they will pull out of the stock market if they have exposure to it in these volatile times.
I have no doubt that many of my “compadres” agree with this.
Participant[quote=pri_dk]Keep it coming BG! – I always get a good laugh out of the arguments made by attorneys who got their law degree through the internet.[/quote]
pri_dk, if you’re referring to me, I don’t have a law degree. And FWIW, the “paralegal” degree I obtained was thru hard work in a “brick and mortar” school taught by well-qualified humans :=]
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