u/bbk13

Info about Holden Elementary in Bridgeport

Hello. My family (me, wife, 5 y/o son) just went under contract on a house a little bit west of McGuane Park. We're zoned for Holden. From looking online it seems like a really nice school.

My son will be starting kindergarten. We are moving from Atlanta so we've never visited Holden to check it out and we have no experience with CPS elementary schools.

Is there anything we should know about Holden? Is there anything about starting kindergarten in general at a CPS elementary school that would be good to know before the first day of school?

Is Healy Elementary that much "better" than Holden? We just missed out on a house zoned for Healy but we're basically equidistant between the two schools so the "commute" would be the same. I suppose we'll find out if we like Holden during the school year but we aren't sure if we should be focused on trying to get him into Healy for 1st grade through the '27-'28 lottery.

Thanks for all the info. We're so excited to be moving to Chicago and Bridgeport in particular. It seems like a great neighborhood. We're very ready to leave Atlanta.

Hello. My family (me, wife, 5 y/o son) just went under contract on a house a little bit west of McGuane Park. We're zoned for Holden. From looking online it seems like a really nice school.

My son will be starting kindergarten. We are moving from Atlanta so we've never visited Holden to check it out and we have no experience with CPS elementary schools.

Is there anything we should know about Holden? Is there anything about starting kindergarten in general at a CPS elementary school that would be good to know before the first day of school?

Is Healy Elementary that much "better" than Holden? We just missed out on a house zoned for Healy but we're basically equidistant between the two schools so the "commute" would be the same. I suppose we'll find out if we like Holden during the school year but we aren't sure if we should be focused on trying to get him in to Healy for 1st grade through the lottery in '27-'28.

Thanks for all the info. We're so excited to be moving to Chicago and Bridgeport in particular. It seems like such a great neighborhood. We're very ready to leave Atlanta.

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