Where to relocate for good school in GTA?
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Posted on: 05-06-15 07:15:41
TK
Do not take a "ho·li·er-than-thou" attitude.
Enough is Enough.
It is unbecoming of you to contribute to "Canadian Desi" at this moment when you are not even located in Canada...to understand the on-going daily changes/challenges of helping CD's settle in Canada.
It is time you realise that if all you preach was practised by you...you would have been successful in your endeavour to settle down as an immigrant.
When the intention is to help, be humble to contribute to posts where you claim to have the expertise and not continue rambling based on what you know during your stay a few years back.
I hope you understand the message and look at yourself in the mirror before a response.
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Best regards
Lali
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Originally posted by vips
Hi Cherry,
We can share our experience with you as we went thru the same situation couple of years back. Coincidently we also used to live in Ajax and were looking for a place to move with better education options for our kids. We chose Thornhill(Bayview/John) area and so far it seems like a good option. Our kids are still young(elementary) but the local school here has 8.9 rating and is pretty nice. Best thing we like about this area is a nice balance of cultural mix with no single community in majority....Location wise also its pretty well connected - Finch subway station is 15-20 mins by bus/car,407 is only 2 min drive from here...lots of trails/parks in the neighbourhood....
Hope it helps.
Cheers.
Rekindling one of the threads which had gone off track ..
There's a lot of praise on this thread for schools in Vaughan , Richmond Hill and Oakville .
The above poster has also shared his good experience with a Thornhill school.
Q ~ Is Thornhill not associated more with Muslims esp with regards to recent s/x ed related absence / boycott ..
Or is it that there are only a couple of schools which have a sizable majority of Muslims and the other schools are culturally diverse (like the above one ) ?
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Fido.
just a little clarification Thornhill is a mostly Jews area where as Thorncliff is a mostly Muslim area
You said it !!!
And now that you have .... I wonder I did not realize that till now 
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Fido.
Fido if anyone has to chose a area based upon school rating , it should not be done merely on Fraser reports . One should talk to people living in particular area to gather more realistic pic as things keep changing and so does rating which is a little delayed process .
Mass student background is equally important as no one would want his kid to be singled out regardless how school rating is .
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Originally posted by AshwaniG
Fido if anyone has to chose a area based upon school rating , it should not be done merely on Fraser reports . One should talk to people living in particular area to gather more realistic pic as things keep changing and so does rating which is a little delayed process .
Mass student background is equally important as no one would want his kid to be singled out regardless how school rating is .
Valid points AshwaniG.
If say a new comer / immigrant wants to purchase a house in a good school area in the GTA , how should he proceed ?
a. Is it that certain towns / cities have better neighborhood hence schools than others ?
b. Is it that good & bad neighborhoods exist in all cities viz Mississauga or Newmarket and one should look into individual school ratings .
c. For school ratings , is Fraser a good indicator OR are there any other statistics also which can help.
d. Lastly to your point - having a totally white neighborhood with a school rating of 9 vs a mixed neighborhood having a school rating of 7 .. Which would should be preferred ?
In general what should be the parameters new immigrants / house buyers should keep in mind when selecting the school district ?
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Fido.
Please see my personal opinion between lines .
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Originally posted by Fido
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Originally posted by AshwaniG
Fido if anyone has to chose a area based upon school rating , it should not be done merely on Fraser reports . One should talk to people living in particular area to gather more realistic pic as things keep changing and so does rating which is a little delayed process .
Mass student background is equally important as no one would want his kid to be singled out regardless how school rating is .
Valid points AshwaniG.
If say a new comer / immigrant wants to purchase a house in a good school area in the GTA , how should he proceed ?
Once interested area is determined see if anyone on CD can give more insight and provide personal experience . .
Drive by during school off time and see kids walking to get an idea of ethnicity and mannerism . I personally was against kids who walk with their pants lowered to knees .This was in my top criteria while choosing neighborhood /schools.
a. Is it that certain towns / cities have better neighborhood hence schools than others ?
No idea but York Region has been known for overall good schools .
b. Is it that good & bad neighborhoods exist in all cities viz Mississauga or Newmarket and one should look into individual school ratings .
Please describe good and bad . Its a personal perspective . Many of my friends moved out of Mississauga ( close to Milton border ) due to certain community . It was bad for my friend but good for XXXX . Hope you got the gist .
c. For school ratings , is Fraser a good indicator OR are there any other statistics also which can help.
Fraser is certainly a benchmark but nothing beats opinion from the people in neighbourhood .
d. Lastly to your point - having a totally white neighborhood with a school rating of 9 vs a mixed neighborhood having a school rating of 7 .. Which would should be preferred ?
Its a Million dollor question .My personal choice will be 7 hands down . Pls dont ask to elaborate .
In general what should be the parameters new immigrants / house buyers should keep in mind when selecting the school district ?
Mixed neighbourhood and average income of household .
If average income of house hold is at KT;s benchmark than you know what kind of kids possibly be attending school . We made this mistake initially but we grabbed the first possible chance to rectify it .
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