OT: Any NJ Town (w/ NYC commute) Recommendations
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No, the middle 80. Seems like the reputation was earned on the breadth of AP classes offered and that is protected at all costs.
Special Ed here is very good, my youngest is a beneficiary and doens't have to go out of district for a program that really is perfect for him.
For 2 of my children who were straight CP students, I think there's room for improvement - I don't know how well prepared they are for college level work (and I'm not the only Fair Lawn resident who feels that way). You really have to know what to look for, as I think SAT scores, etc. don't always tell the full story.
I misread your post. May be the same story in a lot of public schools. We are in Rumson, and we pulled our oldest son to go to a private school when they did not have a viable math option for him going into 6th grade. The suggestion was he would take a class by himself. He is now in Biotech High School in Freehold, and we were very happy with what he got out of the private school for math and science. Negated our entire decision to move to Rumson, however, but the area is still nice with great parks, the beach, and fishing options.
A few things:
How well do kids do in college? How much drop off there is in the first year of college from the district?
How are their placements (i.e. how many repeated courses do they have to take)?
Willingness of the district to work with you individually (if your child is between various tracks,etc.) -- you'd have to talk to residents to find out about this.
Opinions of the high school guidance department.
Knight Shift - where does one go to watch an RU football game on the Penninsula?
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Maplewood is borderline the hood. The best bang for your buck go to Roseland. Top 25 schools and phenomenal taxes. You'll have to take bus to NYC or drive to Montclair for train or Harrison for path but that's your best bang for buck and it's not even close. The aforementioned towns if you want a decent home you're looking in the $800k range with insane taxes.
Long story short from reading this thread - everyone who makes a suggestion thinks where they live is the best place to live. The truth is very different, though,
I agree with this. Hell, I live in Lambertville. My advice is change jobs, leave the city & move to Hunterdon County!
Yes, we all think where we live is the best place to live: New Jersey, home of Rutgers!
Borderline the hood? LMFAO. Yes, if you want to make sure you never see a black person, Roseland, Essex Fells, and North Caldwell are all excellent options.
Go Wessex Knights! (Class of 98)
Val's Tavern in Rumson is Rutgers Friendly. They make a very good thin crust pizza. We are big fans of the buffalo chicken and lobster pizzas. Other than that, it is slim pickings on the Peninsula, and if you hear if there is a decent place in Red Bank to watch a game, please let me know. There are other locations in Monmouth County near us, namely the Applebee's on Hope Road/Route 36 in Tinton Falls, and then a lot of places further away. Maybe we could do an away game watch party later int he season. There are quite a few folks on the peninsula--Dpgru, you, me, I think Big Frank. [cheers]
Did anyone even mention how difficult it is to have both parents working in the city with a youngster in the suburbs? While it can be done, it's very difficult to do so unless one of you has a lot of flexibility for working remotely and working off or staggered hours.
Day care closes at 6. that means you're leaving your job at 4:30 for day care pickups or you have in-home babysitting.
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I was having the same feeling. The great grandma and grandma will be involved but I'm afraid I will have to pick up the kid quite a few times from daycare since they would seldom get home before 6:00.
I think the father is trying to find a job in NJ.
It's safe to say OP is probably more confused now than he started.
Storrs, Conn... It's the 6th Borough. Only problem is that there's a state university located in town with a major inferiority complex toward RU.
I drove past Storr on Saturday. I think I clocked it at about 2 hours to hit the GWB from Storrs area. Cakewalk of a drive.
No need to passively aggressively attack me. I grew up in Maplewood and know the town very well. My mother still lives there. The school systems in Maplewood have gone downhill and that is a quantifiable fact. Just check the trends of the rankings over the past 20 years. You may disagree with how the rankings are done or argue they don't matter, but colleges do care and it does matter when you go to sell your house.
Yep. I live across the country and half thought to suggest moving away from the overcrowded overpricing and horrible commutes of NJ to a city/suburb where you can get great schools, a breezy commute, super-affordable cost of living and a higher standard of living in virtually every way possible. But I figured that doesn't help the OP so much, so I held my tongue (well, save for this sidebar).
Not so. I live in Hackensack, but cannot possibly recommend Ridgewood highly enough. Great schools great downtown, houses hold their value, train station and hospital right there, etc. (Yes it's pricey, and no it is not commutable door-to-door in 45 minutes. Not without a helicopter, or unless you work at the foot of the GW Bridge by the hospital, or next to Penn Station).
I'd also recommend Montclair (great downtown, hospital, train stops every few feet, but vicious taxes).
And, yes, Red Bank is great and Rumson wonderful for families. But beware of that commute. It will be long, and costly.
This. I lived through the daycare years and while my wife worked in the City, I worked in NJ about a 30 minute commute. Which one was picking up the kids was something that needed to be planned each week. We were lucky on a couple of fronts - grandma was able to pick the kids up when we had an issue, and second, both of our jobs gave us the flexibility for working at home when needed.
That's basically meaningless in this day and age. My girls both graduated from SJV and a LOT of their friends weren't Catholic.
LMAO - the "Peninsula" - it's been years since I heard the area I grew up in referred to as the "Peninsula".
Agree on Vals - they do make a good thin crust. Unfortunately, I haven't ordered one in years.
In Red Bank - Tommy's Coal Fired in the Galleria is Rutgers friendly.
It is isn't comparable to Millburn or West Essex in terms of rankins, but in an absolute sense it's an excellent school. It also has the advantage of being one of the few good high schools in the state that is not segregated.
Maplewood is probably the single hottest town for young families in North Jersey. Towns like North Caldwell and Franklin Lakes, with their McMansions and cul de sacs and lack of sidewalks, are the past. Maplewood is the future.
Upper montclair on the bus would get you there quicker than 45 mins. walk to the bus which stops all along grove street and you are on route 3 and express to new York. I take a bus home that goes through montclair and it gets to the border of Montclair in just under 30 mins. It'll take a bit longer into new yoek bc of tunnel traffic but it ticks the boxes. Property taxes are unbelievably high though.
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