living across the street from a middle school

[Anonymous]

thoughts? pros/cons etc. thanks!

[Anonymous]

I live next door to an elementary school. We hear a LOT of shrieking and yelling. Plus they only turn the bell system off in the summer. Thanksgiving? Hear the bells all day. Random snow day? Hear the bells all day. Lastly, there's a lot of food garbage on the sidewalks around the school.

[Anonymous]

Noise.

[Anonymous]

We used to own a house across the street from a MS in a different state/different real estate market. We didn't mind it so much and the summers and holidays were especially nice. The biggest drawback we had is when we went to sell it. A lot of people take issue with this. Although in the DC area market, it may be less of a concern due to the strong market. Also, where is drop-off/pickup in relation to the house? If you're on the right side of the school, it may not be as bad. Only other annoyances were the cars constantly parked in front of our house, and the trash/candy wrappers in our front yard. Whenever this got out of hand, we just went to the principal and the problem quickly went away.

[Anonymous]

Not sure of middle school but the elementary school get a lot of traffic and parking issues during pick up / drop off and also during evening events

[Anonymous]

We live across the street from an elementary school, and during pickup and dropoff (and especially back-to-school night) there's a lot of traffic. But it lasts a total of 5 minutes at very predictable times of day, so it's not a problem.

[Anonymous]

We have lived behind an elementary school and the traffic was a killer. People dropping off and picking up at the "alternate" location do not care about stop signs and speed limits.

[Anonymous]

We live next to an elementary school and love it. We get parking on our street for special events and occasionally have a driver speeding through the neighborhood, but the access to the school and green space well balance this out. Also, driving/parking issues with individuals can be reported to the principal who will follow up on it with the individual parent.

[Anonymous]

We live down the street from an elementary school. The neighborhood looked "tucked away", and we thought there would be a huge advantage to being able to walk to school. Turns out, it is a cut-through neighborhood - not only at school time, but also for commuters. And no sidewalks!

Seriously, reassess, OP.

[Anonymous]

ES and MS aren't the same thing. I'd like to hear from people near a middle school.

[Anonymous]

Well our yard backed up to the back of a MS with about a 20-30 yard buffer of woods. There was noise and traffic but it was not unbearable. TBH, the biggest problem was the kids using the woods as the venue for their vices. They would also use our yard as a shortcut when the dogs were not out there.

[Anonymous]

FYI, MS is not a population that drives themselves. You are dealing with traffic. Period.

It will get old fast. I grew up next to a MS, and there was always traffic, parking issues, and the occasional jerk who blocks your driveway.

[Anonymous]

My brother lives near one in another city and he bitches about the litter the kids drop on his yard and sidewalk when they're walking home.

[Anonymous]

I lived one short block in from a middle school.

Traffic sucks in the morning if you leave when their buses, parents arrive to drop off.

Definitely trash in front yard.

On the occasion I was home at dismissal time (rare), definitely roving bands of walking middle schoolers.

All that said, it wasn't a huge deal. No trouble selling. We weren't directly across the street though. There were only 3 houses on the short block separating us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother lives near one in another city and he bitches about the litter the kids drop on his yard and sidewalk when they're walking home.

The public schools in good areas of virginia and Maryland have better well behaved children that pick up after themselves.