That must've been quite a decision to transplant yourselves from Chula Vista to Idaho....
It's changed soooo much here in the last several years.
Unfortunately the Hilltop schools aren't anywhere near as good anymore...our son graduated from Bonita Vista
in '96 and our daughter from Coronado last year.
I'm still a Colorado girl in my mind, where I grew up...
my husband's a Navy brat from San Rafael.
Yep, we do hear the Hilltop band!
You must be so proud of your son in Kuwait.
Talk about the ultimate Boy Scout! Is he married?
My son is 20. He's still working on his degree in astrophysics. He's not married yet. The court decision that shifted school funding from the local property tax base around the school (Carlin I think), caused the available funding to drop drastically. Now California has a state full of mediocre to poor schools. Even though my son graduated with a 4.33 GPA, I'm not convinced the quality of the education he received as a 2001 graduate of Mira Mesa High school compares to what I had as a 1973 graduate of Hilltop High.
Frankly, I think the Carlin decision did far more harm to school quality than prop 13. Rampant illegal immigration added significantly to the decline.
My son's Boy Scout activity was interesting. He joined a troop in Mira Mesa that was sponsored by the Catholic Church. It was a much larger troop than the tiny group at our LDS ward. More like what I experienced as a scout. He earned his Second class and First class ranks so fast that they were presented at the same Court of Honor. The scoutmaster told him he needed to slow down. He followed that advice and left the scout troop. I'm still ticked off about the way that happened.