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New to Austin help??

Hello Ladies!!

I am relocating to the Austin area with my 8 yr old from Cincy in the Spring..I just now have started my search for apts and am looking at schools..Can you ladies give me any suggestions on places..I will be working off of hwy 290 at a local school. I am also looking to put my son in football and in competitive year round swimming as he does those now so again any suggestions would be great..Pretty much any information would be great as this is sooo completely new and exciting for me. Thanks!!

Re: New to Austin help??

  • My brother coaches a competitive year round swim team, but he's in a southern suburb of Austin that would likely be very out of your way!

    Some of the teams his team competes again are: Austin Elite Swimming, Longhorn Aquatics, and Lost Creek Aquatics.  Sorry, I don't remember the names of any others, but I bet you'd be able to find more options on their website.

    HTH!

  • Lake Travis school district has won the state championship for 4a football 4 years in a row! It is a good school district too :)  It wont be the closest to your job though

  • If you're looking South, Eanes ISD gets high ratings.

    I also think Bowie is a pretty good school, with great feeder schools in elementary and middle if you're in the right neighborhood. 

  • what part of 290?  it runs all the way from houston to fredricksburg, so that will make a difference... if you're on the east side of town, I don't know that there are a lot of 'recommended' schools out that way, but you could easily live in pflugerville or round rock and take the toll road to work everyday.  if you're working off of 290 in the south/central or west part of the city, you'll have different schools to choose from and then I definitely wouldn't recommend living in pflugerville! 
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    what part of 290?  it runs all the way from houston to fredricksburg, so that will make a difference... if you're on the east side of town, I don't know that there are a lot of 'recommended' schools out that way, but you could easily live in pflugerville or round rock and take the toll road to work everyday.  if you're working off of 290 in the south/central or west part of the city, you'll have different schools to choose from and then I definitely wouldn't recommend living in pflugerville! 

    Ditto.  There's an 8 mile gap between Hwy 290 E and Hwy 290 W, with 290W being SW Austin and 290E being NE Austin.  If you're south, maybe look around the Monterrey Oaks area.  There's a few complexes there that are nice, in good areas and accessible to everything you need, including both major highways.

  • If your far north (Cedar Park or Leander) I can help with living areas and school ideas. But I only know this north north area. I used to work off 290 west almost to dripping springs and absolutely hated it. Way to far from everything!
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  • Thanks ladies..I don't know if it's far north or far south..I have to look into that more..I will check into it though..My Realtor has found places for us in the Round Rock area..does anybody have any rec's for that area..
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    Thanks ladies..I don't know if it's far north or far south..I have to look into that more..I will check into it though..My Realtor has found places for us in the Round Rock area..does anybody have any rec's for that area..

    Before you decide an area you will want to figure out which part of town you are working. Like purdue said 290 pretty much runs from one side of town to the other. And if you live in Round Rock you could have atleast a 45 min commute or longer. I can imagine that with your childrens busy schedule the shorter the drive time the better. The main North and South travel roads are Mopac and I-35 and during peak travel times they are packed.

    Im sure you dont want to put your place of employment on here, but if you google it and maybe find the closest major road we can help a little more for whats around there.

     Hope this helps!

     

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