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Post by specialneedsmom on Aug 27, 2008 18:49:16 GMT -5
My street is definitely a mix - 60/40 kids, no kids. Alot of empty nesters who like the neighborhood and stay because it's a great area. I'm also seeing more blended families with grandparents living in the same house. There are some awfully good house values out there for anyone, and living in a townhouse or condo can be equally expensive as my husband and I learned. We thought when the oldest went off to college we would downsize a bit, but unless you are willing to really downsize you don't benefit financially and give up space. It's cheaper to stay put.
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Post by Arch on Aug 27, 2008 19:04:34 GMT -5
My street is definitely a mix - 60/40 kids, no kids. Alot of empty nesters who like the neighborhood and stay because it's a great area. I'm also seeing more blended families with grandparents living in the same house. There are some awfully good house values out there for anyone, and living in a townhouse or condo can be equally expensive as my husband and I learned. We thought when the oldest went off to college we would downsize a bit, but unless you are willing to really downsize you don't benefit financially and give up space. It's cheaper to stay put. Around us, we have more empty nesters than homes w/ kids. They too have 0 plans to move. To sustain enrollment you have to have as many coming in as are leaving. For a while we had more coming in than left, and that pattern stopped (hence, the bubble people talked about). Nothing's on the horizon w/ this economy to turn this place into an area that again will feed more kids in each August than left the previous June.
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Post by doctorwho on Aug 27, 2008 21:45:01 GMT -5
... and a lot of people also vacated the area since then when the (*$# hit the fan in the housing market because their job went bye bye and they could not tap into equity that is no longer there to sustain living here. You're telling us that the equivalent of families accounting for ~300 kids that were enrolled in 204 have moved away since the winter AND those houses are all sitting empty right now? hard to believe - and, again impossibe to believe that this could have been predicted if it's true my particular neighborhood had a 'waiting list' for years according to my friend from Remax. We have had 5 homes for sale for quite some time in just 3 blocks - 2 of which now have been empty for almost a year...3 more homes went up for sale in the last 2 months or so...nothing is selling. ( and no one wants to hear it but 2 of the last 3 moved to 203 because of the HS issue - total of 6 school age kids between them)- the other lost his job and returned home to North Carolina. between the 5 homes that have been for sale there were 7 school age kids I know of ( 1 may have graduated- not sure) & ( 1 house I am not sure who lived in it) - adding 6 more kids with the last 3 that's 13 kids in 3 blocks - so yeah, I absolutely believe 300 Arch - JB you'llbe interested in this - just pulled up our area on zillow - cropped as best I could - and for the main section of May Watts attendance area - somewhere between 70 and 82 homes for sale right now- depending on where the map crops of those homes here is a sad reason why - 10 pre foreclosure / 2 up for auction and 3 more bank owned -- here's a web site that makes me very sad www.realtytrac.com
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Post by doctorwho on Aug 27, 2008 21:49:17 GMT -5
This is my field of expertise - off shoring of American jobs. It's my role in corporate America. What Arch says is true. almost 8M white collar jobs have left for Brazil /India/ SE Asia over the past 7 years - never to return. I can hite an MBA in Brazil for $600-$700 / month - what executive is not going to sign their life away for that ? It's very sad, and I hate it but it's true. This didn;t start yesterday and won't end tomorrow. the return of the housing market,if ever to previous levels, is a long way off I'm no fan of the outsourcing/global-sourcing/geo-sourcing either. But, the housing market doesn't have to come back with a bang for there to be more houses built here, bringing in more students to 204. there does when the existing housing stock is so high and growing weekly - also if you haven't checked lately on zillow - people are reducing their prices fairly significantly and they are still not selling.
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Post by title1parent on Aug 28, 2008 6:07:11 GMT -5
www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1131719,6_1_NA28_D204BRD_S1.article One more D204 board applicant added to listAugust 28, 2008 SUN By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com Make that 24. Indian Prairie School District 204 announced Monday that 23 residents had applied to fill the board seat vacated earlier this month by Bruce Glawe. But one application - that of Janet Eggenberger - was accidentally left out of the package of application materials presented that night to board members. So, just like the last two times it had to fill a vacant seat on its dais, the board will now choose a new member from a field of 24 interested residents: Karen Ambre, Stephen Calcaterra, Cynthia Cobb, Michelle Davis, Dawn DeSart, Keith Hammelman, Eric Hepburn, Yuming Huang, Suzanne Keating, Michael McGinnis, Robert Morales, Cathy Piehl, Jeffrey Price, Mark Rising, Bryan Scherer, Marjorie Sillery, Alvin Smith, Sherry Tatar, Laura Thomson, Barbara Untch, Janey Wagner, David Wilson, Kevin Yusman, and, of course, Eggenberger. The board will meet at 8 tonight to determine which of these applicants it wants to interview. It will then interview those chosen applicants during a board meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 8. Glawe announced his resignation from the board Aug. 6. He said his decision to resign was based on his desire to spend more time with his family and his need to spend more time at work. He is the president and CEO of a local bank. Glawe was first appointed to the seven-member board in 2004 and was elected in 2005 to serve a four-year term. His current term would have ended in April 2009. Whomever the board appoints to fill the vacancy will serve out the rest of Glawe's term
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Post by JWH on Aug 28, 2008 7:18:45 GMT -5
My street is definitely a mix - 60/40 kids, no kids. Alot of empty nesters who like the neighborhood and stay because it's a great area. I'm also seeing more blended families with grandparents living in the same house. There are some awfully good house values out there for anyone, and living in a townhouse or condo can be equally expensive as my husband and I learned. We thought when the oldest went off to college we would downsize a bit, but unless you are willing to really downsize you don't benefit financially and give up space. It's cheaper to stay put. Around us, we have more empty nesters than homes w/ kids. They too have 0 plans to move. To sustain enrollment you have to have as many coming in as are leaving. For a while we had more coming in than left, and that pattern stopped (hence, the bubble people talked about). Nothing's on the horizon w/ this economy to turn this place into an area that again will feed more kids in each August than left the previous June. We just had 3 houses turn in the last few months one street over. All were empty nesters, and were replaced with young families. Combined, they have 7 kids under the age of 5. I'm hearing the same all around the neighborhood. There will be a steady influx of little ones to keep 204 full.
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Post by Arch on Aug 28, 2008 7:42:07 GMT -5
Around us, we have more empty nesters than homes w/ kids. They too have 0 plans to move. To sustain enrollment you have to have as many coming in as are leaving. For a while we had more coming in than left, and that pattern stopped (hence, the bubble people talked about). Nothing's on the horizon w/ this economy to turn this place into an area that again will feed more kids in each August than left the previous June. We just had 3 houses turn in the last few months one street over. All were empty nesters, and were replaced with young families. Combined, they have 7 kids under the age of 5. I'm hearing the same all around the neighborhood. There will be a steady influx of little ones to keep 204 full. Each neighborhood will have its own unique cycle. Going forward it will be interesting to see who can afford the tax bill.
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Post by doctorwho on Aug 28, 2008 8:36:02 GMT -5
Around us, we have more empty nesters than homes w/ kids. They too have 0 plans to move. To sustain enrollment you have to have as many coming in as are leaving. For a while we had more coming in than left, and that pattern stopped (hence, the bubble people talked about). Nothing's on the horizon w/ this economy to turn this place into an area that again will feed more kids in each August than left the previous June. We just had 3 houses turn in the last few months one street over. All were empty nesters, and were replaced with young families. Combined, they have 7 kids under the age of 5. I'm hearing the same all around the neighborhood. There will be a steady influx of little ones to keep 204 full. let's see - just the opposite of us - maybe has more to do with a certain school placement than people want to admit ? Nah - just coincidence I'm sure.
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Post by eb204 on Aug 28, 2008 9:20:53 GMT -5
We just had 3 houses turn in the last few months one street over. All were empty nesters, and were replaced with young families. Combined, they have 7 kids under the age of 5. I'm hearing the same all around the neighborhood. There will be a steady influx of little ones to keep 204 full. let's see - just the opposite of us - maybe has more to do with a certain school placement than people want to admit ? Nah - just coincidence I'm sure. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's a nice area. Close to I-88, relatively close to the train station for those that might work in the city, several restuarants nearby, close to shopping, still close to downtown Naperville, most of the homes still considered "new" or "newer"- lots of pluses. If they have a combined 7 kids under the age of 5, I'm not sure how much they are looking at the HS being a "pro" for them right now. When we were looking at houses with kids that young, my first thought was the location of the ES and then MS. We weren't even looking at HS location with kiddos that young. Who knew if we would even be in the same house by then? It might simply be a nice location for a good price. But if you want to turn it into "it's all because the HS is in their back yard", feel free. I don't know what that has to do with school board candidates though. If anyone would like to start a thread on housing trends, please do so. Going forward in this thread, let's keep to the topic of SB candidates.
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Post by Arch on Aug 28, 2008 9:47:41 GMT -5
I believe this started off track back on page 2 with the mentioning of CFO spreading half-truths, etc... then we went on to enrollment numbers and peak values, etc.
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Post by wvhsparent on Aug 28, 2008 9:51:36 GMT -5
I believe this started off track back on page 2 with the mentioning of CFO spreading half-truths, etc... then we went on to enrollment numbers and peak values, etc. and now...better late than never...we are trying to get it back on track......is that OK with you?
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Post by Arch on Aug 28, 2008 9:54:30 GMT -5
I believe this started off track back on page 2 with the mentioning of CFO spreading half-truths, etc... then we went on to enrollment numbers and peak values, etc. and now...better late than never...we are trying to get it back on track......is that OK with you? I'll assume that's not a rhetorical. Sure. 3rd time's a charm.
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Post by eb204 on Aug 28, 2008 10:08:21 GMT -5
I've heard a few more things about a few more of the candidates - Ambre, Morales, Piehl -- all are supposed to be extremely intelligent and fair-minded and uninfluenced by friends, neighbors, other SB members, etc. Morales and Piehl have both been involved in the Parent's Diversity Advisory Council and their respective PTA's at different levels of involvment. So we know a few things about the following so far:
Morales Piehl Ambre Tatar Calcaterra
I know I'm missing some that have been discussed here....Others can add. Again, not sure what difference it makes now, but in April, it might be good to know if these same people choose to run in the election.
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Post by WeNeed3 on Aug 28, 2008 10:12:37 GMT -5
I don't know her but I believe Suzanne Keating is an attorney.
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Post by Arwen on Aug 28, 2008 10:28:45 GMT -5
It is great to see there are a number of good candidates stepping forward for this opening. I am somewhat surprised that there are 24 souls with enough passion for our kids, our schools and our community to take on this time consuming volunteer commitment. With all the abuse that has been heaped on the current SB members, I wasn't sure there would be a large pool. It is great to hear that several of them are not only passionate but also qualified and not single issue candidates too.
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