[ali74]

We r moving to las vegas by mid august. My husband's company has its headquarters here and he was doing a lot of traveling back and forth from Atlanta.Traveling from coast to coast is getting very hectic for him and we've decided to move here. I have a 5 yr old who would be starting kindergarten. Schooling is our main priority. Once we decide on that we can look for apartment or condo in that school zone.
Please..please send your thoughts on the following elementary schools:
Selma f batlett , john Vanderburg , frank lamping and neil Twitchell.
We r even considering private schools. Which is THE BEST PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
If we decide on public schools, should i enroll my son in private tutorials like Kumon , score or some such things?
Any input is greately appreciated.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by ali74

We r moving to las vegas by mid august. My husband's company has its headquarters here and he was doing a lot of traveling back and forth from Atlanta.Traveling from coast to coast is getting very hectic for him and we've decided to move here. I have a 5 yr old who would be starting kindergarten. Schooling is our main priority. Once we decide on that we can look for apartment or condo in that school zone.
Please..please send your thoughts on the following elementary schools:
Selma f batlett , john Vanderburg , frank lamping and neil Twitchell.
We r even considering private schools. Which is THE BEST PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
If we decide on public schools, should i enroll my son in private tutorials like Kumon , score or some such things?
Any input is greately appreciated.

Well you got number 1,2, 10 and 15 of the 190 schools in Las Vegas.

The Meadows School and a couple of Catholic Schools are probably as good but no better. You can also look into Henderson International...which is probably almost as good as the public schools for $12,000 per year.

Note that the problem you may find is that rentals in those school district may be hard to come by or expensive.

[lvkewlkid]

Its not hard to find rentals in Green Valley Ranch, its hard to find a good rental in Green Valley Ranch, one that isn't ruined by renters or EVEN the landlord...

[WOHR]

Before I moved here, those were the schools we were looking at. We also thought about renting. There are no homes (well there could be, but wasn't at the time) to rent in any of those schools. I found the Green Valley to be splotchy in schools. One side of the street you could be districted for a good school, the other side you could be stuck in a crummy school. Have you thought about the 9 month vs 12 month school out here? Lamping is a 12 month school, with breaks every 9 weeks. If you have more than 1 child, when one goes to middle school they can be on completely separate vacation schedules since middle schools are on the 9 month schedule. Also if you live under 2 miles to any of the schools they are required to walk or you drive. Personally, 1.5 miles, during May and August/September it is way to hot to walk at 3:30 in the afternoon. Depending where you pick to live, the child may have to cross very busy intersections.
Some of the elementary schools (not sure if any of the ones you list) offer all day kindergarten. I have my 5 year old set for that in the fall. Cost's $300 a month, which is much cheaper than day care for the half days.
I do not know what schools are like in Atlanta, but I found the schools here to be a few months behind where we were in OH. I'm assuming all states and cities have different curriculums.
You can not depend on schools alone to educate your child though. A lot of work needs to be done at home also. My older son was required to read 20 minutes a day in OH, here they told him 10 minutes. Like I was going to let that happen. In fact I usually make him read 30-40 minutes minimum.
I think you should give a school a chance before you enroll your child in a program like Kumon's. You might be surprised at how much you child is learning.
Someone on this forum once told me that you should also investigate the middle and high schools too. I am glad I did, because back to the side of the road you live on, your child could end up at a completely different middle/high school than most of their friends.

[amber55]

What area did you choose, and which school is in the district. Moving from Atlanta in June 2009 with first grader and 4 year old. Are there any rentals in Green Valley at this time.