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CtownMikey-- Thank you so much for the response! What's your comments about the Woodridge/Meshanticut area? Is it a very safe and quiet place? Thanks in advance!

David

I'm soo sorry.. I never came back to this thread and did not see your question

I love cranston and the school system. As far as I know.. all levels of Cranston schools have been improving in the past 4 or 5 years, and I have been with the cranston school system since day one.

As far as neighborhoods go...Egdewood is a beautiful but pricey area. I live in the Stadium area and wouldn't trade my childhood for any other.

No matter where you go in Rhode island, the prices may seem a little bit ridiculous. In the past 4 years, house prices have gone up 95% in the state (Newsweek magazine)

Overall, I can't compare the elementary level schools to other cities, but for high schools. Cranston East won the state title in 3 different sports... 2 years in a row. Men's Basketball, hockey, and girl's basketball. The choir and band are growing into regional and nationally known groups. When the choir goes to europe or canada, they always bring home at least one 1st place award. When I went with the band to Virginia 02' and Florida 04', we swept every single award both times, as well as best overall band. 

The community is great too! The mayor and school committee tried cutting all extra-curricular funding (sports, music, arts) in all school levels.

WELL WELL.. we didn't stand for it. The two rival high schools got together and had a walk out during school and went to city hall to protest. We also had a silent walk in at the town meeting.. wearing our band/football/cheerleading uniforms. And we won..

so the community is pretty tight.. and the city gov't has gotten its act together in the past few years and is making tremendous strides financially. (about 4 years ago, cranston had the 2nd lowest bond rating in the country)

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Hi CtownMikey,

Nice to know you living in Cranston. What do you think about the elementary schools there? Do you have any communities to recommend? Thanks for your input!

David

i live in cranston:)

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Thanks a lot, Recchia.

David- you might wanna check out Warwick.  In the northern end, towards Cranston, there are some houses on small lots that are pretty cheap.  And the schools (especially elementary level) are overall very good.  The taxes are much lower than Cranston too, not that Cranston would be bad either, but I think certian sections of Warwick are more affordable (Lakewood, Norwood, Hoxsie, Conimicut).

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Frankie811--Thanks. Do you have any ideas about Ridgewood, Oaklawn, and the Western area? I'll look into East Providence, hopefully the traffic on the bridge will not be that bad. Thanks.

David

I would recommend looking in Edgewood or Pontiac areas of Cranston. East Providence is nice with good schools and quality of life.

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Thanks, Garris. If I choose to live in East Providence, will the traffic in rush hours be a big problem because of the bridge?

BTW, You are right that this thread should be in "Considering miving to Providence". In fact I have posted again in that forum. I clicked the "new topic" button when I posted, so it went here.

Thanks.

David

Hum, if schools are the big concern, from what I've heard, I'd choose East Providence over Cranston.  Also, don't rule out Barrington.  Its schools are considered a level above either of the above towns and you can still find small (emphasis on small) fixer upper starter homes for under 300K.  A co-worker of mine just sold his house for slightly under that, and I looked at a fixer-upper there 2 years ago that was going for 250K within walking distance of main commercial strip and the water.  Check out http://www.riliving.com and browse.  Look at East Greenwich as well (the only school system in RI to crack the Newsweek top 1000 high schools in the nation, at number 670 or something like that), but it'll be tougher to find houses in your range there.

- Garris

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Hi all,

It's so nice to be in this wonderful place!

My family is planning to move to Providence in August, and I have a 6-year-old kid who will be in the first grade in the fall. Since almost everyone here says that the public school systems in Providence is not good, I am considering nearby cities (maybe within 20-30 minutes drive). Barrington and East Greenwich have excellent schools, but the housing price there seems unaffordable (I am looking for a single family in the range of 200-300k). I found that Cranston has decent schools, and the housing price there looks reasonable. Are there anyone here familiar with the city Cranston? Can hou recommend some communities which is safe and quiet and also has good schools? Thanks in advance!

David

[Thinking about moving to Providence?]

Hi all,

It's so nice to be in this wonderful place!

My family is planning to move to Providence in August, and I have a 6-year-old kid who will be in the first grade in the fall. Since almost everyone here says that the public school systems in Providence is not good, I am considering nearby cities (maybe within 20-30 minutes drive). Barrington and East Greenwich have excellent schools, but the housing price there seems unaffordable (I am looking for a single family in the range of 200-300k). I found that Cranston has decent schools, and the housing price there looks reasonable. Are there anyone here familiar with the city Cranston? Can hou recommend some communities which is safe and quiet and also has good schools? Thanks in advance!

David