Guest SV? Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I am tempted on moving from JC to the town of Binghamton. My main concern is the SV school district. Would you or wouldn't you send your kid there? Explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 SV is a pretty good district. Similar to JC in that there are lots of very poor kids, along with plenty of very rich (South Mt, etc) kids. It's considered a suburban district. The superintendent is pretty decent, taxes not too bad, but a potential time bomb when all the flood re-assessment hits next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Must be your kids not planning to go to college. Or is not into atheletics, Or not into the Arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Patriot Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Your asking here? Why don't you ask actual parents of SV students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Your asking here? Why don't you ask actual parents of SV students. Figured I'd get some parents on here, guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 SV is a pretty good district. Similar to JC in that there are lots of very poor kids, along with plenty of very rich (South Mt, etc) kids. It's considered a suburban district. The superintendent is pretty decent, taxes not too bad, but a potential time bomb when all the flood re-assessment hits next year. Thanks for an honest post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schuster Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I am tempted on moving from JC to the town of Binghamton. My main concern is the SV school district. Would you or wouldn't you send your kid there? Explain. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest token Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 ue is your best choice, especially if your kids in sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 ue is your best choice, especially if your kids in sports cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 ue is your best choice, especially if your kids in sports I your kid is in football, yes to ue...other than that their sports suck...for boys that is...their girl sports are good. For academics, Vestal or ME. Also a lot less negative influences in those 2 districts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I your kid is in football, yes to ue...other than that their sports suck...for boys that is...their girl sports are good. For academics, Vestal or ME. Also a lot less negative influences in those 2 districts Soccer and Academics is what I'm looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Soccer and Academics is what I'm looking for Vestal in a landslide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 SV is a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guesto1 Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 For academics, Vestal or ME. Also a lot less negative influences in those 2 districts I don't quite get this response.... but hey whatever. And NO my kids don't go to SV but I do think it is a good school. Hey.... let's face it. ALL schools have their problems. All schools have rich and poor kids. They did when I went to school, they did when you went to school and they do now. I do know one family that had kids that went to Vestal. They liked the school but it was very hard for kids to make the teams. There are soooo many kids wanting to play soccer and they only take about 14 on the high school teams. It is also very hard to keep up with the jones.... there are very rich kids that go there and kids try to keep up with other kids. I'm sure you will make the right decision.... Just stay an involved parent and your kids will do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccer watcher Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 For academics, Vestal or ME. Also a lot less negative influences in those 2 districts I don't quite get this response.... but hey whatever. And NO my kids don't go to SV but I do think it is a good school. Hey.... let's face it. ALL schools have their problems. All schools have rich and poor kids. They did when I went to school, they did when you went to school and they do now. I do know one family that had kids that went to Vestal. They liked the school but it was very hard for kids to make the teams. There are soooo many kids wanting to play soccer and they only take about 14 on the high school teams. It is also very hard to keep up with the jones.... there are very rich kids that go there and kids try to keep up with other kids. I'm sure you will make the right decision.... Just stay an involved parent and your kids will do fine. vestal had at least 20 on their boys soccer varsity it is harder to make that team than most hs soccer teams jc has a very good soccer program right now with a very good coach who will be there for a while. he lives in jc and his kids go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Every school has it's pluses and minuses. One thing all schools have is the politics in sports. If mommoy or daddy or big bro or sis made a sport team than it is assumed that you are just as good. The kis makes the team without even trying out!! As for academics they pretty much have equal programs. You get out what you put in. All schools have rich and poor, it is just more noticeable in some schools. Vestal has alot of very rich schools. Pretty soon though with this economy we weill all be poor. Move where you feel comfortable raising a family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCGirl Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 i have heard that it is very "click-y" in the high school. If you your kids are not young enough to get in before high school, before the clicks start - they probably will never have many friends. A friend of mine experienced this with her daughter. At her other schools, she was always most popular, on court, ect.. then they moved there and she was an outcast for the last 2 years of her high school career. Im not saying that this WILL happen to your daughter, maybe she will be better at making friends. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SV grad Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I've lived in the Town of Binghamton my entire life. My parents both graduated from SV, my wife and I graduated from SV, and our children are currently SV students (Brookside and the Middle School). Academics: After graduating Salutatorian from SV, I went to Cornell University, spent 7 consecutive semesters on the Dean's list, graduated with honors and started a successful business based in Binghamton. Soccer: Played SV soccer from 7th thru 12th grade, played in a trip to Europe w/ varsity coach, captained intramural team at Cornell, coached SRU soccer club after graduating. Al Mydlinski was my varsity coach at SV and he's still coaching there today (even though my kids play tennis and have no interest in soccer). We are currently building a new house in the Town of Binghamton as we wouldn't even consider leaving the district. I feel I've done pretty well and SV's had a lot to do with it. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 SV is a pretty good district. Similar to JC in that there are lots of very poor kids, along with plenty of very rich (South Mt, etc) kids. It's considered a suburban district. The superintendent is pretty decent, taxes not too bad, but a potential time bomb when all the flood re-assessment hits next year. KIDS ON SOUTH MT. GO TO BINGHAMTON.......LAURIEBROOK E. HAMTON, CYNTHIA DR, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Patriot Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Soccer and Academics is what I'm looking for Then SV is the choice. They have the best soccer coach in the area, probably the northeast. Albert Mydlinski. I believe Mydlinski also coaches for Nike's soccer team during the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Patriot Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 To answer your original question, "Would I send my kid to SV?" The answer is yes. I did. My 3 went to SV. Two are now attorneys and the other is now in her last year of residency as a MD. The staff at SV care about the students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepless in Hillcrest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 To answer your original question, "Would I send my kid to SV?" The answer is yes. I did. My 3 went to SV. Two are now attorneys and the other is now in her last year of residency as a MD. The staff at SV care about the students. Congrats....you and your wife did a good job! Time to settle back and reap the rewards for your effort. I'm getting close myself. My two oldest graduated from Boston U. One is a school teacher, his sister is doing graduate work at Binghamton U. My twelve year old wants to move to Los Angeles and be an actress. She pretty much lives at EPAC. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Patriot Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Good for you Will! Good for you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 I went to SV over all its a good school a very close group we all stuck togeather and are doing pretty well fer our selfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 KIDS ON SOUTH MT. GO TO BINGHAMTON.......LAURIEBROOK E. HAMTON, CYNTHIA DR, etc. No. Not all. It's called a "common school district." You can choose SV or Binghamton.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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