![]() Word to wise, dont take what is written on greatschools as gold. The cutoff date is August 31, so your daughter would go to preschool this year, and kindergarten next year. Wednesdays are half-days though (for all K-12 students), at least in Bellevue and Lake Washington (not sure about other districts). ![]() Kindergarten is free, you are guaranteed a spot in your local school, and I believe full-day kindergarten is now standard everywhere in Washington. Strangely enough, you can even send your kids to a preschool in a district where you don't live. You may or may not be able to get your kids into the local school for preschool. Preschool you have to pay for (unless you are low income, in which case it will be free - and "low income" is pretty high on the Eastside), and there's waiting list. it kind of depends on where you want to live, but Kirkland is in the Lake Washington School District, and the schools are fine there, so you might as well live there. That said, the Eastside districts - especially Bellevue, Lake Washington (Kirkland and Redmond), and Mercer Island - are generally considered to be the "best". Before moving here a few years ago, I lived in Pennsylvania (where the school funding system is similar to Illinois), and I really stressed out over school quality over there. Consequently, the public schools are not too different between different districts here. The funding disparities you would see in Illinois between different school districts do not exist in Washington. There's a big difference between Illinois and Washington: in Illinois, school funding varies widely by district, as it's reliant on local property taxes, whereas in Washington all the money comes from the state budget, and every district in the state gets the same amount for operations (depending on how many students etc). I went to high school in the west suburbs of Chicago (in Glen Ellyn), and I have kids in the Bellevue School District right now. Not too concerned with high schools yet because we're renting year one and because I don't think I'll ever be able to bring myself to buy one of these crazy expensive houses I should have clarified- I've been looking for places to rent and seeing some weirdly low school scores for elementary schools so that was my impetus for asking. thanks in advance!Įdit: thank you everyone for all of the great information. if any midwesterners can chime in as far as similarities between eastside schools and nw chicago suburb schools that would be great. ![]() Want to make sure it's a well rated school without the stuffiness of private. So my main question is- any recommendations on public elementary schools? Anything I should know about them? i.e., around here a lot of kindergarten classes are only half days, etc. I'll be working at the Google Kirkland office and we'll be renting for at least our first year, so gives us some flexibility. My daughter will be turning 5 next Spring so good elementary schools are top of mind when we're looking for places. Greetings everyone- will be moving to the east side soon from the NW suburbs of Chicago.
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