As a Realtor in the area, I routinely show properties to families. They always want to know about our schools, and I always say we have great ones.

Recently, however, a family came in that had done some research online. Using http://www.schooldigger.com/, they found our schools to be in line or just behind several schools in Cumberland County. I was not impressed with SchoolDigger, but I wasn't able to give any other recommendations either. In particular, Southern Middle School did not look very good, compared to other schools.

My girls attend Sandhills Classical Christian School, so I don't really have a way to evaluate the area schools personally. That's where you come in. I need your help.

It would be very helpful to me, and perhaps many others, if you would respond to this blog with your comments on our area schools. If you have a negative comment, please try not to grind the axe to hard. :)

 When Dan isn't drinking coffee at Panera, he sells real estate with Fore Properties.

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Soon, my son will be taking the End of Grade tests here in NC for the first time.  We are from Florida, where from the first day of school, they TEACH for the FCAT (our version of EOG).  Each paper the kids bring home is titled something to the effect of Practice FCAT math, writing, spelling, ect.  Here it has not been that way.  They just started talking to him about it after Easter.  I am dreading the test.  He did not do well on them in Fla, but he did pass.  But in Fla, we got lots of extra help for them.  They had classes before and after school to help the struggling kids.  Here, there is NOTHING.  No help at all.  If you ask for help, they tell you to go to Sylvan.  What is with that?  Do they have stock in Sylvan here?  The teachers do not give you extra papers for the kids to do,  they tell you to go to the kids school store and buy a book.  That is not what I am looking for.  I am looking for them to care about a stuggling kid.  I know that mine is not the only one struggling, so what do the other parents do?  Do they all send their kids to Sylvan?  If I had $5,000 for the cost of it, I would do it.  But I think there should be another way to help.

End of grade tests...they never had them when I was a kid. 

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