Anyone live in Toms River?

tinydancer842

DH and I are looking into buying a home in TR. Is TR North the better high school in that area? Anyone go to school in TR - pros/cons? TIA! 

kmslwsmrs

TR is HUGE...but I'm sure you know that since you're looking I wouldn't say one HS is better than another...I will say that if I had to choose one, I'd choose North just for the location compared to south. I know that you can get more bang for your buck the further south you go in terms of housing. 

CakesMommy2114

I work in TR and we will hopefully be moving there during the Spring if we can figure out a solution with our townhouse.

I am a teacher at the Catholic High School, Monsignor Donovan High School.

TR North is pretty good and so is TR East -  South is getting better.

Good luck! 

tinydancer842

We would like to stay on the North end because DH works in Freehold & I will be working in the north end of TR. We considered Howell, but that taxes are almost 2x as high! 

CakesMommy2114

Anything in Monmouth County is going to be crazy with taxes.  If you can afford look at Point Pleasant - smaller cute town... but there are sections of TR that are great "Silverton" for example.

The school are huge but there are other options on the area - a couple of private and Catholic school. 

zarabel

I second Silverton for a nice area!

Bride2004

There was a cancer cluster near the old Ciba Giegy plant near Route 37 (you should be able to find something on Google).  I think the Northern part is nicer anyway.  lol  I agree with pp's, Silverton is nice.

nypdrwj

I am partial to North b/c i went to school there. Lol I think they've put in a lot of additions and renovated because it looks bigger everytime i drive by. We lived off of whitesville which has plenty of new developments and they are really nice. My friend said there is a lot in foreclosure right now and the prices are pretty good. Oh and its closer to rt 9 if your hisband wrks in freehold. Silverton is nice especially by the water. I would avoid anything by rt 37.