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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thx for the insight.  The house is on the other side of gallows across from Woodburn.  I'm not sure their is a development name.[/quote]

First PP here - Oh, off of Aston Rd.? Very close to where we are. We like it a lot!

Just to second what the previous PP said, the neighboring schools are all much higher income. You're comparing Jackson with Thoreau (and this is where you hear a lot of negative comments, from people who didn't want to send their AAP kids there), Kilmer, etc. Same with FCHS. If you are ok with the fact that there will be some poor kids at the school and English isn't their first language, it's fine. There are still AP classes, extra curriculars, etc. I went to a HS similar in demographics, and opportunities were there for those who wanted to make use of them. It didn't really impact the high fliers that some kids were going to community college or not even. It's not like FCHS is dangerous, and once you get to the high school level, classes are pretty segregated in terms of the ambitions of students anyways (i.e., kids with college plans are on the same track, so to speak).  I don't see any big negative impact, and it only seems good to be comfortable in diverse environments. It's not like this area is getting any less diverse. [/quote]

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