Another day of getting acquainted with the area and looking at houses. Had another high school visit today. Where yesterday there was a beautiful school with people that weren't really friendly the high school today was totally different. The principal met with us answered all our questions, then gave us a tour of the school. Highlights:
1. The principal said that they really ignore standardized tests. He said he felt that the level that the tests assess is much lower than the expected level of acheviment for the students.
2. 2 years of required American History
3. A lot of intership opportunities for students
4. Framed art prints in the high school hallway
5. The cafeteria actually cooks all the food! Nothing is brought in and reheated.
6. The school has about half the student body that our current high school has.
We saw a few more houses today. One that was nice enough, but right on a busy street. We might put in an offer on the house we saw yesterday, still the frontrunner.
We looked at a few new areas today, some less populated and more like a typical suburban town. Didn't like it as much as the other cities we were looking at.
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