Dallas Plano Area
 

I am curious as to the feedback on the general area of Plano/Texas - my husband is going through interviews in the area and I would love any feedback on the best areas to live, schools (High School), best neighborhoods, churches etc.
Thanks so much!

Hi Dawn-

I was just looking at this this morning (I'm always fantasizing/making pretend plans to move) and a city in Texas came in at #5. I don't think it's too far from Plano:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/

My daughter's roomate is from Tyler, TX but that seems to be much further from Plano.

Thank you! You crack me up about pretending to move! Hahahah - ideally back east would be better but at this point we are just in the waiting mode to see what happens. We will know more in the next 2 weeks but he has a very good chance of getting the role and if he does we have tough hard choices to make.

Pretty darn hot in Dallas.

McKinney looks SO cute!!!

Would your husband be working in Plano???

Overall, I would say it is a great place to live if your DH is working up north. Frisco is another area close by.

Here is a link to the Plano accountability rating. You can click on the school for more info. I *think* most of the high schools are broken out btw 12 & 11th grade (Senior high school) and then 9 & 10th at another campus. The graduating classes are usually HUGE and very academically competitive (in a good way)

There are SEVERAL nice neighborhoods - make sure your Plano home is in the Plano school district (some are in Lewisville ISD). I suggest go to www.ebby.com and do a map search in Plano and see what you find.

Best of luck to you. BTW, it is hot this week.

Oops, I forgot to include the link.


http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/cgi/sas/broker

jcb - yes, the company he is currently in interviews with is located in Plano. We will know more in two weeks. He is actually there right now and yes, he said it is VERY hot.

Thank you for the links and the info. We have been tossing around several options and he will most likely move ahead of us and get settled if it comes to that. In these economic times we will be happy for him to get the position.

jcb - are you sure on the link - it is not working for me.

Try this and type in Plano


http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfre...list.srch.html

worked thank you! The one friend we have their sends his children to a VERY expensive private school at almost 17,000 a year.

If I lived in Plano, I would have no problems sending my kids to public school.

BTW, $17,000 is considered normal (if not low) for private school around here. The closest one to me is $22,400 a year for high school. Needless to say, our children will not be attending that school.

JCB - that is a pretty penny~ we live in a pricey area of S. California and thought 12,000 was a costly high school! My friend has three children in that school. Gulp.

I asked them as they were just here for a visit if there was something wrong with the schools and he said no, not at all - that they are actually pretty good.

If he gets the job I imagine I will go in the August to try to figure things out. Fingers crossed!

Best of luck to your husband!!

There are some beautiful homes in Plano and a ton for sale, so you'll find something great at much lower prices than S CA.

Three in private school - ouch!!!! I thought that is why people lived in Plano - so you didn't have to send your kids to private school. Property taxes are high enough without having the extra tuition!!

<Property taxes are high enough without having the extra tuition!!>

don't get my friend started on that...he was ranting about that too ;-)

Thanks for the wishes - I will let you know!

McKinney is #5 on the Top 10 List of Best Places to live in America...according to Money Magazine, I think. It is on yahoo's home page today.

Let me know if you move. I know of a yard boy for hire!

Dawn:

Aren't you a huge Cowboy's fan?! Maybe you could take up cheerleading?

MomDD - Didn't you guys just get moved back in??? LOL... You are much better with change than I!

Mom, we are leaving soon for our vacation but I have several friends and a couple of relatives from the Dallas area. I'll make some calls to get more info for you when we get back next week.

It's hot and humid and flat and Southfork is there.
When I lived there, the area pretty much just looked like Southfork.
Now it's full of subdivisions and shopping and the schools are good out there.
And Southfork is still there.
http://foreverlodging.com/foreverinf...ontentKey=2923

If it looks like the job is going to happen I'll ask someone who works with schools in the area for the "best" re schools and neighborhoods.

Did I say it was hot and humid?