Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :)

Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :)

• barbbhoww member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I live out that way.  Plainfield schools are pretty good but I would put them up there with Oswego (however, Oswego East would be my better choice).  Most around here I would be fine with putting my kids in....just not East or West Aurora.  

  
  

  I would KILL to be able to afford to send my kids to 204 schools (Indian Prarie).  I also love Geneva, 203 (I just LOVE Naperville) and 204.

  
  

  
  

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• MrsMLRB

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_moving-north-plainfield-orland-park-need-adivce?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:7c7f9068-a4e2-4273-ba54-fc54d742d174Post:b83493ed-1d63-4122-b041-23993dd77b9b">Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :)</a>:
  [QUOTE]I live out that way.  Plainfield schools are pretty good but I would put them up there with Oswego (however, Oswego East would be my better choice).  Most around here I would be fine with putting my kids in....<strong>just not East or West Aurora</strong>.   I would KILL to be able to afford to send my kids to 204 schools (Indian Prarie).  I also love Geneva, 203 (I just LOVE Naperville) and 204.
  Posted by barbbhoww[/QUOTE]
  
  First off, I work in East Aurora. You can get a great education at both schools (really any school). And our top students go to top schools (one of my Scholastic Bowl players who was in the top 10 of our class is in her second year at Yale). And a lot of our elementary schools are really great. While we absolutely have problems, a lot of schools have the same problems. And West Aurora is definitely better than any of the Plainfields.
  
  Second, the Plainfield schools are not that different than from the Aurora schools. We have a few new teachers who subbed there last year who talk about how much they hated it there. Fights breaking out and no one doing anything to stop it, things like that.
  
  The Naperville schools are awesome. So is Geneva. If price is an issue (Naperville and Geneva are very expensive), Batavia might be a good option.
  
  Here is a website that had the different school report cards. You enter the name and then you can look up how the schools are doing.
  <a href="http://iirc.niu.edu/" rel='nofollow'>http://iirc.niu.edu/</a>
  Just keep in mind that at this point, the majority of high schools are failing NCLB because the standards are a little ridiculous (Naperville North is considered a failing high school which I cannot understand).
  
  Also, make sure that you quadruple check what school district you would go to as the school boundaries are super weird. There are kids who live in Oswego who go to Naperville #203, kids in the same subdivision in Aurora who go to Waubonisie (#204) and East Aurora (#131) and Oswego (#308). It's really bizarre.
  
  But I want to emphasize that you can get a great education at any school if you are involved in your child's education.

  

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• aimers1525 member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm from OP originally! There are newer/older parts of Orland, so it just depends. All t eh D135 schools (elementary-junior high) are great, but I guess I would be biased to the Prarie/Liberty/Jerling.  Centennial/Meadow Ridge/Century are the newer schools.  Also, know that if you live west of 80th and north of 159th (closer to Tinley) it might be Tinley SD there.

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• barbbhoww member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_moving-north-plainfield-orland-park-need-adivce?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:7c7f9068-a4e2-4273-ba54-fc54d742d174Post:942e7fcf-d156-4e4d-a9d9-dcd06455794a">Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :)</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :) : First off, I work in East Aurora. You can get a great education at both schools (really any school). And our top students go to top schools (one of my Scholastic Bowl players who was in the top 10 of our class is in her second year at Yale). And a lot of our elementary schools are really great. While we absolutely have problems, a lot of schools have the same problems. And West Aurora is definitely better than any of the Plainfields. Second, the Plainfield schools are not that different than from the Aurora schools. We have a few new teachers who subbed there last year who talk about how much they hated it there. Fights breaking out and no one doing anything to stop it, things like that. The Naperville schools are awesome. So is Geneva. If price is an issue (Naperville and Geneva are very expensive), Batavia might be a good option. Here is a website that had the different school report cards. You enter the name and then you can look up how the schools are doing. <a href="http://iirc.niu.edu/" rel='nofollow'>http://iirc.niu.edu/</a> Just keep in mind that at this point, the majority of high schools are failing NCLB because the standards are a little ridiculous (Naperville North is considered a failing high school which I cannot understand). Also, make sure that you quadruple check what school district you would go to as the school boundaries are super weird. There are kids who live in Oswego who go to Naperville #203, kids in the same subdivision in Aurora who go to Waubonisie (#204) and East Aurora (#131) and Oswego (#308). It's really bizarre. But I want to emphasize that you can get a great education at any school if you are involved in your child's education.
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  </div><div>I didn't mean to offend you...our center caters to ODonnell and Johnson, I just wouldn't want my kids in that district.  I went to Geneva for cripes sake...my idea of "great" education with most money spent on a child is a little biased.  Sorry if I offended you!</div><div>
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• lmg1115 member

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I can't think of a bad part of Orland Park, really. I grew up there, my parents still live there. There's the older house section of town, generally east of LaGrange and the newer, giant house section of town - out by wolf road. My parents live in the older section, 143rd and 86th Ave, over by Riviera Country club and its great - they have wonderful neighbors, well maintained homes & roads, and great parks.
  
  A previous poster is correct - there is a very small section of Orland Park that does not feed into Orland Schools/Carl Sandburg High School... Instead they feed into Oak Forest High School and District 228. I work in District 228. Not sure of the actual boundries of that...

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• MrsMLRB

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_illinois-chicago_moving-north-plainfield-orland-park-need-adivce?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:72Discussion:7c7f9068-a4e2-4273-ba54-fc54d742d174Post:12847ea9-b7d1-4aad-8757-b53b39323088">Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :)</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Moving to North Plainfield or Orland Park need adivce :) : I didn't mean to offend you...our center caters to ODonnell and Johnson, I just wouldn't want my kids in that district.  I went to Geneva for cripes sake...my idea of "great" education with most money spent on a child is a little biased.  Sorry if I offended you!
  Posted by barbbhoww[/QUOTE]
  
  I understand. But you really can get a great education. The problem is the majority of students don't take advantage of their options which then makes us look bad.
  
  Also, a lot of the schools are different. The high school I went to where I never saw a fight in four years now has fights once a week.

  

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• bstengler

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I lived in Orland most of my life and went to district 118 for elementary school (palos west and palos south) and district 230 (stagg) for high school. I was on the border over by Sandburg but went to stagg. Loved it always had great teachers and a great time

  

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• Soon2baW

  

  November 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm a little biased having gone to McAuley and would tell anyone to send their daughters there...

  
  

  But I do have a co-worker with kids at Sandburg. She is also on the board for the school district and likes to brag about her kids getting a great education without having to pay the thousands of dollars my parents paid to send me to McAuley...

  
  

  I'm not familiar with Plainfield though.

  
  

  
  

  

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