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Schools can be a big issue in FL. Friends of ours coming from a quality suburban district here had to move for 2 years for work and had to put their kids in private school to get a quality education and the the classes/resources they were looking for.
I would start looking at school districts to see which have decent ratings for top college admissions as well as some of the special subjects you're looking for. |
"I am a native Oregonian and when DH and I got married, he got orders to FL. Moving from here to FL was a HUGE culture shock!!!!"
mms and I have both been through this (we've compared notes on this forum more than once ;-) ). It is indeed a huge culture shock. You don't say what part of Oregon you're from, but I can tell you that you will not find comparable public schools here in Florida. The lower taxes that people want equal lower quality/nonexistent services. So that's your trade-off. |
I repeat, the public schools in Tampa are some of the best in the country. Generalizations like the one above are useless.
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NewbE, have you ever lived in Oregon or gone to school there?
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The OP may find this useful: School District data from the Florida Dept. of Education http://www.fldoe.org/schools/k-12-pu...-dis-data.stml
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emalloy - thanks for the schooldigger site -- very interesting!
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Originally Posted by bivette
(Post 12774268)
Thank you for all of your replies.
We moved to Oregon in 2000 due to job relocation. We have visited Florida many times, usually every other year, since like I mentioned in my post we have family in FL. It has been really hard being far away from family and friends. The major reason to move to FL is to be near to the family. We have no family in Oregon, even though our friends here have become family. Kids are "whatever" to move, they are just only asking to have the same or some of the same classes they are taking right now. For example advance math, calculus and chemistry for example. Also a school that offers a filming curriculum will be great, (any advice in a school that offers filming?) Also even though in Oregon there is not sales tax, the income tax, state taxes and all the taxes that you can imagine are really high and for everything there is a raise in taxes: for schools, zoo etc. Thank you so much for your input. Did you move to Florida? How has it been compared to Oregon? I'm in Oregon (born and raised) but looking to move to Florida. Definitely for better weather IMO. I love how beautiful the PNW is, but I prefer more sun and less rain! Anyways, just curious what you ended up doing, where you ended up, etc. |
Originally Posted by lindseygarcia1776
(Post 17341663)
Hi Bivette,
Did you move to Florida? How has it been compared to Oregon? I'm in Oregon (born and raised) but looking to move to Florida. Definitely for better weather IMO. I love how beautiful the PNW is, but I prefer more sun and less rain! Anyways, just curious what you ended up doing, where you ended up, etc. Welcome to Fodors lindseygarcia. We'll never know if Bivette moved or not because she never returned - she hasn't posted since Oct 2016. Instead of tacking on to a 6 year old thread it would be better to start a new thread of your own with your specific questions. |
Originally Posted by janisj
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Welcome to Fodors lindseygarcia. We'll never know if Bivette moved or not because she never returned - she hasn't posted since Oct 2016. Instead of tacking on to a 6 year old thread it would be better to start a new thread of your own with your specific questions.
If you want more sunshine (less rain) come over to the "dry side" of Oregon. Bend has over 300 days with at least some sunshine per year. Bend is the second fastest growing city in the US I just heard. When considering Florida, you must consider how many hurricaines hit it within a 30 year period. Right now there is a big wildfire in the Florida panhandle that is getting into a large area that the trees were killed by Michael. |
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