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School Districts?
Hi Ladies! DH & I are thinking of moving to the San Diego area. We have one DD right now, but plan on having more in the future.
What school districts or specific schools are the best? Any areas to avoid?
Thank you!
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Re: School Districts?
I went 4 different districts out here- San Diego Unified, Poway, Escondido Unified and Escondido High School (yes....the high school is separate from the elementary and middle school district)
Out of all of them, I like San Diego Unified the best. They have a magnet school program that is wonderful. They offer language immersion schools, math and science, performing arts, etc. I did grades 1-5 in a Spanish Immersion school- all of my schooling was in spanish with the exception of 1 hr a day of english starting in 3rd grade.
Poway Unified is CRAP! I am sooooooooooo SICK of people touting about how wonderful the Poway School district is. I was in it and it was crap! All of my friends who managed to stay in that district through high school did not get anything out of their education- the counselors didnt really give a crap about them and made no attempts to put them on the right educational tract to get into college.
The Escondido High school district isnt too bad IF you take an active roll in your childs education. Orange Glen high school is in the top 1000 high schools in the US. When I was there, the school had a good mix of educational programs geared for both the college bound and the kids who were not college material. We had a full service auto shop, metal shop, wood shop and print shop on campus. The honors program and AP tract had awesome teachers and you could get a great education if you put the effort into it.
There arent too many of us on here that actually grew up in the San Diego area and the majority of people who grew up out here went to the San Diego Unified district.
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And San Marcos High School is also in the top 1000 High schools in the country! I drive by it every day on my way to work and see their blinking marquee. They also the new high school Mission Hills (not quite sure on the name) on the east side of town.
South Escondido will be LR Green or Juniper for Elementary School, Bear Valley or Del Dios Middle school and San Pasqual High School unless you are in southeast Escondido north of the 78- then it will be Orange Glen.
Good luck on the house! And if you get it, welcome to the neighborhood. We live in Old Escondido and love it.
I think this is the key point regardless of how "good" or "bad" a school district is. I'm an elementary teacher in a district in San Diego County and I know teachers/administrators in most of the districts. There are good and bad points about every school district. Do your research for different districts and schools and be an involved parent.
I went to Escondido high school and IMO I don't recommend any of the schools in Escondido. It was just bad all around.
Alot of my friends who went to San Marcos school district turned out pretty well, so i'd recommend it!
I'm also a teacher and I think it's more about the individual schools/admin/teachers than the district. There are some massive districts (San Diego) and some tiny ones so you can't really lump a whole district together and say it's good or bad.
As a PP said, do your research and DO be an involved parent. Teachers love it when parents give a hoot about their child's education! Ask questions, go in and meet principals (call ahead but now is probably a good time since school is out), search for school/parent reviews online, talk to friends in the area...
You can also go onto the CDE (California Department of Ed) website and check out a school's API (Academic Performance Index) and AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). Teacher jargon, I know, but those scores will give you some idea of how different schools in the areas you're looking at are performing.
The API score is based mostly on the scores the students receive on the annual STAR (state-wide standardized) tests. AYP is based on how much the school improved from one year to the next. They are given a goal based on API and other factors each year (high school grads, attendance at testing, etc). If they meet all their goals, they "meet AYP." After a number of years (I think it's 2 or 3) not meeting AYP, a school goes into what is called "Program Improvement" and then has a couple years (again, I think 3) to get their numbers up before facing consequences.
Here's a link to the CDE website. Ooh, there's a handy parent guide on there
Probably more help than me since I'm just a teacher/not a parent and tend to spew out all kinds of funny language!
My parents own a home in S. Escondido. It's a lovely area
Good luck with your home and school search!