u/espoir07

Hello,

We recently moved to West Palm Beach from another state.

We are planning to buy home within a year, and we are visiting open house almost every weekend. Since we have a preschool-aged child, good school district is the most important factor.

We are thinking about sending our child to private school from either middle school or high school. Of course, if we are accepted at top private Kindergarten (we prefer schools which have until 12th grade), we would like to send our child to private school from Kindergarten but we assume for Kindergarten entry, unlike middle school or high school, most of seats are reserved for legacy family and it would be difficult for us to get in because both of us are not originally from here.

Which area do you recommend, Wellington, Jupiter, or Palm Beach Gardens (or somewhere else)? Since we are completely strangers, we appreciate any inputs, both positive and negative.

Below are our thoughts.

- Wellington and Palm Beach Gardens

We liked a number of gated communities.

However, we are concerned that when we check school rating for the past 20 years on Palm Beach County school district website, there are some schools which are constantly A-rated while some schools rating fluctuate between A and B every few years.

Also, for some reason, there are a number of areas where elementary school and middle school are constantly A-rated while its high school is mostly B-rated (even sometimes C-rated) for the past 20 years. For example, Wellington High School is constantly A-rated while Palm Beach Central High School is not always A-rated. This is the biggest concern in case our application to private schools fail and we need to send our child to public high school.

In the state where we used to live, geographic exception was very common. Is it allowed in Palm Beach County?

- Jupiter

Gated communities are a little over our budget. I haven't checked thoroughly yet, but Jupiter looks better as it looks like they have more A-rated schools evenly for elementary, middle, and high schools.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Hello,

We recently moved to West Palm Beach from another state.

I am interested in sending my child to Oxbridge Academy, preferably from 6th grade.

Which schools, both private and public, feed to Oxbridge Academy?

Since Oxbridge Academy is 6th to 12th grade school, is 6th grade their main entry point?

We are thinking about buying our house in Wellington (considering Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens as well). Is it better to send our child to private school unitil 5th grade to be accepted for Oxbridge Academy, or is it still possible to get accepted from Oxbridge Academy as a public school student?

Many thanks in advance for your advice and information.

Hello,

I need advice for a gift to ship (something nice to eat) for my very good friend.

I recently moved in to West Palm Beach from another state and I wanted to send a gift to a very good friend who was very nice to me while I was living there.

She recommended we go to The Brakers. We just went there for Sunday Brunch the other day. I went to the News & Gourmet, and their chocolate looked very good, but considering it's summer and high temperature, I decided not to buy it.

Could you recommend some famous souvenir to ship to her?

Many thanks in advance for your suggestions.