Educationally it is hard to beat Paschal HS, but as a whole FWISD is not very good but are any large cities?
Ditto and I refuse to pay the money to live in Tanglewood and then spend the money for TVS or CD for middle/high school. Daughter goes into kindergarten in August. We are about to make the jump to Aledo, Haslet, or Colleyville as much as it pains me.
We've been doing some initial looking too. We painstakingly looked at moving into Tanglewood / LB Clayton vs. going the private school route. We ended up punting by buying a house that we'll turn into a rental in a couple years before our first starts school.
It's hard to think spending all that money ($20k/yr!) is worth it for your 5 year old to learn addition, subtraction, spelling, and the water cycle. We also don't want to / in some instances can't send our (Jewish) kids to one of those private schools where you have to sign one of those uber-Christian conservative statements (a "covenant school").
Anywho, we're looking hard at All Saints and Trinity Valley. I'm interested to see what All Saints' move to TAPPS means for the school as a whole. You know how they say you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep? The same applies to private schools IMO. And All Saints is leaving SPC schools TVS, Country Day, Oakridge, Greenhill, ESD, Cassidy, Cistercian, St. Mark's, St. John's, Hockaday, etc. -- all among the most prestigious academic schools in the region -- for TAPPS schools like Trinity Christian of Cedar Hill, FW Christian, Southwest Christian, Frisco Legacy, the Muslim school in Garland, Grapevine Faith, etc. (which has some great schools but not the elite level of academic schools overall as SPC).
It mostly just frustrates me that FW doesn't have better public schools. Especially as much as property taxes are.
Nolan alum here, and I turned out ok. That was 20 odd years ago though.
Ditto and I refuse to pay the money to live in Tanglewood and then spend the money for TVS or CD for middle/high school. Daughter goes into kindergarten in August. We are about to make the jump to Aledo, Haslet, or Colleyville as much as it pains me.
Why would All Saints move to TAPPS?We've been doing some initial looking too. We painstakingly looked at moving into Tanglewood / LB Clayton vs. going the private school route. We ended up punting by buying a house that we'll turn into a rental in a couple years before our first starts school.
It's hard to think spending all that money ($20k/yr!) is worth it for your 5 year old to learn addition, subtraction, spelling, and the water cycle. We also don't want to / in some instances can't send our (Jewish) kids to one of those private schools where you have to sign one of those uber-Christian conservative statements (a "covenant school").
Anywho, we're looking hard at All Saints and Trinity Valley. I'm interested to see what All Saints' move to TAPPS means for the school as a whole. You know how they say you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep? The same applies to private schools IMO. And All Saints is leaving SPC schools TVS, Country Day, Oakridge, Greenhill, ESD, Cassidy, Cistercian, St. Mark's, St. John's, Hockaday, etc. -- all among the most prestigious academic schools in the region -- for TAPPS schools like Trinity Christian of Cedar Hill, FW Christian, Southwest Christian, Frisco Legacy, the Muslim school in Garland, Grapevine Faith, etc. (which has some great schools but not the elite level of academic schools overall as SPC).
It mostly just frustrates me that FW doesn't have better public schools. Especially as much as property taxes are.
The move to TAPPS is going to be a huge improvement for All Saints' as a whole. TAPPS is more than just an athletic conference, and provides tons of academic and artistic opportunities that weren't available to the school before. Things like conferences, competitions, trips, etc. for students and faculty.
SPC is really just an athletic conference. So while it was good to be associated with the other "prestigious" schools in Texas and Oklahoma, it didn't really impact anything outside of athletics. SPC was once great, but it really seems to be headed in the wrong direction, and member schools are starting to drop out one by one. I honestly think the conference will be dead, or will at least look totally different, within the next 10 years. TAPPS seems to be headed in the right direction and making the changes necessary to thrive in the present day climate.
I know that All Saints' is very excited about the move to TAPPS. We'll see what happens with everyone else.
Why would All Saints move to TAPPS?
Why would All Saints move to TAPPS?
Ditto and I refuse to pay the money to live in Tanglewood and then spend the money for TVS or CD for middle/high school. Daughter goes into kindergarten in August. We are about to make the jump to Aledo, Haslet, or Colleyville as much as it pains me.
If you want to save money, move to W. Seminary area and let you daughter go to Rosemont.Ditto and I refuse to pay the money to live in Tanglewood and then spend the money for TVS or CD for middle/high school. Daughter goes into kindergarten in August. We are about to make the jump to Aledo, Haslet, or Colleyville as much as it pains me.
I love Fort Worth. But if you're going to pay $20,000 a year to go to a private school, (especially for 2 children) why not turn that money into a house in a district where you approve of the schools? Unless of course money isn't an issue.
In my opinion you're paying for who you surround your kids with, it's not necessarily a "better education".
Dirtbag, There are some amazing teachers and programs at Paschall.