Comments on: Lemme see if I got this straight, Davidson County http://fixinsupper.com/2009/10/30/lemme-see-if-i-got-this-straight-davidson-county/ Sometimes about food. Always random. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:26:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill http://fixinsupper.com/2009/10/30/lemme-see-if-i-got-this-straight-davidson-county/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Bill Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:54:10 +0000 http://fixinsupper.com/?p=1052#comment-1291 I would be very very very careful about exactly what area of Brentwood or Franklin you decide to move to. There are some rezoning issues going on right now that are mindblowing. Some areas parents feel are "immune" from rezoning, while others have been rezoned multiple times. The mainstream local media has glossed over the story. Read the story "1 Family, 4 kids, 9 schools" and check out videos of the <a HREF="http://www.coolsprings.com" rel="nofollow">Williamson County Schools Ravenwood Rezoning</A> meeting. I would be very very very careful about exactly what area of Brentwood or Franklin you decide to move to. There are some rezoning issues going on right now that are mindblowing. Some areas parents feel are “immune” from rezoning, while others have been rezoned multiple times. The mainstream local media has glossed over the story. Read the story “1 Family, 4 kids, 9 schools” and check out videos of the Williamson County Schools Ravenwood Rezoning meeting.

]]> By: Laura Creekmore http://fixinsupper.com/2009/10/30/lemme-see-if-i-got-this-straight-davidson-county/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Laura Creekmore Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:34:56 +0000 http://fixinsupper.com/?p=1052#comment-1275 Yes, good. This is helpful. Thank you. I have a lot more chewing-things-over-in-my-head to do before we make any real decisions, obviously. But once we've made the decision to leave East Nashville [which isn't a done deal -- that's by far our first choice, to stay here, and move into the Lockeland district -- we just don't think it's very likely], then it gets harder for me to distinguish between Bellevue, Fairview, and Brentwood. Yes, good. This is helpful. Thank you.

I have a lot more chewing-things-over-in-my-head to do before we make any real decisions, obviously. But once we’ve made the decision to leave East Nashville [which isn't a done deal -- that's by far our first choice, to stay here, and move into the Lockeland district -- we just don't think it's very likely], then it gets harder for me to distinguish between Bellevue, Fairview, and Brentwood.

]]> By: Paul Nicholson http://fixinsupper.com/2009/10/30/lemme-see-if-i-got-this-straight-davidson-county/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Paul Nicholson Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:15:35 +0000 http://fixinsupper.com/?p=1052#comment-1274 And yes you can attribute my misspelling of "centennial" to the awesome Williamson Co school system ;-) And yes you can attribute my misspelling of “centennial” to the awesome Williamson Co school system ;-)

]]> By: Paul Nicholson http://fixinsupper.com/2009/10/30/lemme-see-if-i-got-this-straight-davidson-county/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 Paul Nicholson Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:14:35 +0000 http://fixinsupper.com/?p=1052#comment-1273 * Good schools. Period. Better? Yes. "Good"...eh. Depends on the education you want them to get. I went to Brentwood HS and my wife went through all 12 grades in Brentwood. I love my wife dearly, but to say that her education failed her in the areas of math and science would be an understatement. I'm a firm believer (admitting that i'm a father of one 7-month-old) that your child's education is based more on what you do and how involved you are then their school. * Good housing value for the dollar is available in some parts of northern Williamson County. I'm not a financial adviser... * I don’t hear any bitching in Williamson County about spending on parks and schools. From the outside, those “amenities” of the community seem to be highly valued by a large part of the population. That would be because they don't spend anything on parks. Last time I checked, Brentwood has a few nice soccer and baseball fields and one park with a band shell... Compare that to Percy Warner, Rador Lake, Centtennial, East Park, etc, etc. They also don't have anything that compares to the practically free community centers with workout facilities, pools, etc. In Williamson Co these are mostly private or barely public subsidized. They all cost more to use. The biggest difference I can think of is the library system. Davidson Co's is awesome. Big, has an easy way to order and reserve books online, or for that matter download eBooks and audiobooks online. They also have tons of great activities at the downtown library especially. * They aren’t talking about mortgaging the city or county’s future on a convention center that is difficult to demonstrate the concrete value of. No doubt making it even more difficult to spend on parks and schools in the future than it is now. Brentwood will see the benefits of the convention center w/o having to spend the money. True. Same goes for the stadiums, arenas, etc. Of course, it also means you're a 30-45 minute drive from any of those things instead of a 10-15min drive. If you don't think you'll ever attend. For us, proximity to events, the Zoo, children's museum, downtown library, etc. is one of the main reasons we moved to East Nashville in the first place. Growing up in Williamson Co (and living there while in college) was *boring*. There is nothing to do out there, and the car rides in to anything interesting are a pain. Oh - and that too....absolutely no mass transit is available out there. We want out kids growing up riding mass transit and living in as diverse and area as possible. For us, the diversity, sense of community (which Brentwood could never dream of) and opportunity to easily participate in all sorts of things going on is a major part of our child's education. To us, those things plus what we do with them at home far exceeds the perceived benefit of a better teacher for a few hours a day. It is a tough call though. It isn't as easy as I make it sound above. That's just been our reasoning. * Good schools. Period.

Better? Yes. “Good”…eh. Depends on the education you want them to get. I went to Brentwood HS and my wife went through all 12 grades in Brentwood. I love my wife dearly, but to say that her education failed her in the areas of math and science would be an understatement. I’m a firm believer (admitting that i’m a father of one 7-month-old) that your child’s education is based more on what you do and how involved you are then their school.

* Good housing value for the dollar is available in some parts of northern Williamson County.

I’m not a financial adviser…

* I don’t hear any bitching in Williamson County about spending on parks and schools. From the outside, those “amenities” of the community seem to be highly valued by a large part of the population.

That would be because they don’t spend anything on parks. Last time I checked, Brentwood has a few nice soccer and baseball fields and one park with a band shell… Compare that to Percy Warner, Rador Lake, Centtennial, East Park, etc, etc. They also don’t have anything that compares to the practically free community centers with workout facilities, pools, etc. In Williamson Co these are mostly private or barely public subsidized. They all cost more to use. The biggest difference I can think of is the library system. Davidson Co’s is awesome. Big, has an easy way to order and reserve books online, or for that matter download eBooks and audiobooks online. They also have tons of great activities at the downtown library especially.

* They aren’t talking about mortgaging the city or county’s future on a convention center that is difficult to demonstrate the concrete value of. No doubt making it even more difficult to spend on parks and schools in the future than it is now.

Brentwood will see the benefits of the convention center w/o having to spend the money. True. Same goes for the stadiums, arenas, etc. Of course, it also means you’re a 30-45 minute drive from any of those things instead of a 10-15min drive. If you don’t think you’ll ever attend. For us, proximity to events, the Zoo, children’s museum, downtown library, etc. is one of the main reasons we moved to East Nashville in the first place. Growing up in Williamson Co (and living there while in college) was *boring*. There is nothing to do out there, and the car rides in to anything interesting are a pain. Oh – and that too….absolutely no mass transit is available out there. We want out kids growing up riding mass transit and living in as diverse and area as possible. For us, the diversity, sense of community (which Brentwood could never dream of) and opportunity to easily participate in all sorts of things going on is a major part of our child’s education. To us, those things plus what we do with them at home far exceeds the perceived benefit of a better teacher for a few hours a day.

It is a tough call though. It isn’t as easy as I make it sound above. That’s just been our reasoning.

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