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Hi! My family and I are planning to move to Utah in about a year.
We have 5 boys under the age of 10 and are looking for somewhere with a lot of community involvement, many kids, and is safe. We have decided we do not want to raise them in Houston because of so many issues that are going on here, and my husband has just completely fallen in love with Utah. I know that it’s going to be a total change, but we are willing to take the leap. My husband will be working in American Fork, and has epilepsy so he isn’t able to drive. Because of this, we want to live close to that area since I will be driving him to and from work. I have read that American Fork has high violent and property crime, but I was wondering if that was true? We’re also looking into Lehi and Pleasant Grove, but any recommendations are appreciated. and I would love to just hear anything you’re willing to tell me about living there! Honestly, my dream is a place with a small town vibe, very safe, and has many community events and safe things for kids. Hopefully that is possible to find! Lol
Also, one of my sons is developmentally delayed and needs speech and occupational therapy. The school district we are currently living in has an amazing special education department, and I’m hoping I can find that in Utah as well. I’ve read about Alpine school district and wanted to know if anyone has experience in the special needs department there?
Ps we Were LDS, but haven’t been heavily into it in a while because life has just been so busy and crazy, but we are wanting to get back into church again and have our kids become involved.
Hi! My family and I are planning to move to Utah in about a year.
We have 5 boys under the age of 10 and are looking for somewhere with a lot of community involvement, many kids, and is safe. We have decided we do not want to raise them in Houston because of so many issues that are going on here, and my husband has just completely fallen in love with Utah. I know that it’s going to be a total change, but we are willing to take the leap. My husband will be working in American Fork, and has epilepsy so he isn’t able to drive. Because of this, we want to live close to that area since I will be driving him to and from work. I have read that American Fork has high violent and property crime, but I was wondering if that was true? We’re also looking into Lehi and Pleasant Grove, but any recommendations are appreciated. and I would love to just hear anything you’re willing to tell me about living there! Honestly, my dream is a place with a small town vibe, very safe, and has many community events and safe things for kids. Hopefully that is possible to find! Lol
Also, one of my sons is developmentally delayed and needs speech and occupational therapy. The school district we are currently living in has an amazing special education department, and I’m hoping I can find that in Utah as well. I’ve read about Alpine school district and wanted to know if anyone has experience in the special needs department there?
Ps we Were LDS, but haven’t been heavily into it in a while because life has just been so busy and crazy, but we are wanting to get back into church again and have our kids become involved.
Thank you for anything you can help me with!
Hi, there. Could you post the source for your statement that American Fork has high violent and property crime? Honestly, I've never heard that in my life. My gut feeling is that American Fork, Lehi or Pleasant Grove would all work out well for you.
Hi, there. Could you post the source for your statement that American Fork has high violent and property crime? Honestly, I've never heard that in my life. My gut feeling is that American Fork, Lehi or Pleasant Grove would all work out well for you.
Well, now that I look at it, it seems that the statistics that I saw were from 2006. I’m assuming it’s not as bad now! Here’s what I originally looked at :
Hi! My family and I are planning to move to Utah in about a year.
We have 5 boys under the age of 10 and are looking for somewhere with a lot of community involvement, many kids, and is safe. We have decided we do not want to raise them in Houston because of so many issues that are going on here, and my husband has just completely fallen in love with Utah. I know that it’s going to be a total change, but we are willing to take the leap. My husband will be working in American Fork, and has epilepsy so he isn’t able to drive. Because of this, we want to live close to that area since I will be driving him to and from work. I have read that American Fork has high violent and property crime, but I was wondering if that was true? We’re also looking into Lehi and Pleasant Grove, but any recommendations are appreciated. and I would love to just hear anything you’re willing to tell me about living there! Honestly, my dream is a place with a small town vibe, very safe, and has many community events and safe things for kids. Hopefully that is possible to find! Lol
Also, one of my sons is developmentally delayed and needs speech and occupational therapy. The school district we are currently living in has an amazing special education department, and I’m hoping I can find that in Utah as well. I’ve read about Alpine school district and wanted to know if anyone has experience in the special needs department there?
Ps we Were LDS, but haven’t been heavily into it in a while because life has just been so busy and crazy, but we are wanting to get back into church again and have our kids become involved.
Thank you for anything you can help me with!
I have only worked in one of the school districts and not in American fork but schools as a whole are very underfunded and I personally found any kind of Special ed provision poor in mainstream schools. Lack of training, investment, classroom support to name a few things. Friend has gone the other way from Utah to Texas outside of Houston and found education fabulous in Texas compared to Utah. Lots more funding amongst other things
I came from Europe and found the special ed provision and classroom support for children in general severely lacking and my kids do not have a need but I have worked in education for over 10 years and with children in mainstream education that need support due to lots of different reasons
Lots of volunteer parents which is good but not many paid qualified support staff and a lack of understanding of needs and generally of children and what they need support wise. The money just isnt there
I have only worked in one of the school districts and not in American fork but schools as a whole are very underfunded and I personally found any kind of Special ed provision poor in mainstream schools. Lack of training, investment, classroom support to name a few things. Friend has gone the other way from Utah to Texas outside of Houston and found education fabulous in Texas compared to Utah. Lots more funding amongst other things
I came from Europe and found the special ed provision and classroom support for children in general severely lacking and my kids do not have a need but I have worked in education for over 10 years and with children in mainstream education that need support due to lots of different reasons
Lots of volunteer parents which is good but not many paid qualified support staff and a lack of understanding of needs and generally of children and what they need support wise. The money just isnt there
Yes, the area of Houston that I am in has an amazing program. That’s upsetting to hear about Utah being underfunded and understaffed in that department. Do you know if many moms do homeschooling instead?
Yes, the area of Houston that I am in has an amazing program. That’s upsetting to hear about Utah being underfunded and understaffed in that department. Do you know if many moms do homeschooling instead?
Lots do but thats more of a cultural thing not a special ed thing. There are specialist schools in Utah but again not enough places. Thing is some of the issue I personally found is because so many parent volunteers state probably feels great why pay people when you can have them for free regardless of whether they are qualified or not. Are some good volunteers however also some who have their own agenda.
The system is largely underfunded as a state where big families are quite norm, the state gives families tax breaks for the more kids you have, therefore more kids going through the system yet less tax dollars into the system so a family putting 5 kids through the state system pays less tax yet uses more resources ! Plus the fact the state generally under funds the system . The schools do well with the funds they are allocated and also rely on the fact that alot of people don't leave Utah so they keep good teachers in the state. However less and less are signing up to teaching in the state even with huge cash incentives . Also alot of support staff have little hours and not a great wage, they cap hours in the state so they don't have to give any extra benefits or perks to staff ! This results in a huge lack of subs etc when needed
Checkout the planned community called Daybreak in South Jordan. Lots of activities in walking distance from homes. Whether you purchase a home, condo, town home or decide to rent a place, you are within a 5 minute walk to either a park or the manmade lake. I lived in Sandy, UT back in the mid 90s and then relocated (for work) to CA. I enjoyed living in the SLC so much I retired and moved back this year. I've been living in Daybreak for a few months now and love the diversity of housing they've built, proximity to the manmade lake, parks and the various activities "LiveDaybreak" puts on. The only negative so far is the only decent coffee is Starbucks - I miss their CA competitor, Peet's Coffee.
Checkout the planned community called Daybreak in South Jordan. Lots of activities in walking distance from homes. Whether you purchase a home, condo, town home or decide to rent a place, you are within a 5 minute walk to either a park or the manmade lake. I lived in Sandy, UT back in the mid 90s and then relocated (for work) to CA. I enjoyed living in the SLC so much I retired and moved back this year. I've been living in Daybreak for a few months now and love the diversity of housing they've built, proximity to the manmade lake, parks and the various activities "LiveDaybreak" puts on. The only negative so far is the only decent coffee is Starbucks - I miss their CA competitor, Peet's Coffee.
You been to Kneaders, great coffee and even better cake !
The only negative so far is the only decent coffee is Starbucks - I miss their CA competitor, Peet's Coffee.
I dislike Charbucks and Peet's. But then again, I roast my own. Currently, I'm enjoying an Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Wonago Town that I roasted to about 1 minute past 1st Crack. The cupping notes:
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Brown sugar and molasses flavors build, with baking spice and lemon rind hints, a subtle floral note, and with raisin, cinnamon spice, and cane juice notes in the finish. City+ to Full City. Good for espresso.
Checkout the planned community called Daybreak in South Jordan. Lots of activities in walking distance from homes. Whether you purchase a home, condo, town home or decide to rent a place, you are within a 5 minute walk to either a park or the manmade lake. I lived in Sandy, UT back in the mid 90s and then relocated (for work) to CA. I enjoyed living in the SLC so much I retired and moved back this year. I've been living in Daybreak for a few months now and love the diversity of housing they've built, proximity to the manmade lake, parks and the various activities "LiveDaybreak" puts on. The only negative so far is the only decent coffee is Starbucks - I miss their CA competitor, Peet's Coffee.
The only issue is that the OP stated working in American Fork and husband having a disability and needing to be close to work. DB has excellent TRAX access but Redline only runs between DB and the U. He would have to ride redline to Murray central then catch frontrunner to AF and then hopefully his employer is within walking distance to the station. I also assume this is a 60-70 min commute given the line changes.
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and I would love to just hear anything you’re willing to tell me about living there! Honestly, my dream is a place with a small town vibe, very safe, and has many community events and safe things for kids. Hopefully that is possible to find! Lol
