Recent content by chilenita

We are going to be moving into our first house this weekend, and moving out of a private rental where we have been living for four years.  Based on information we have received from the landlord, we are fairly certain that he is going to try to keep our security deposit ($4350).  We have...

We are in the process of moving out of our rental (thanks to the help of IrvineRealtor on our first house purchase), and we are having nothing but grief with our landlord.  Just curious what your experience was that led you to never want to rent again.  You said it was a story in itself...I...

I don't deny that the study load can be high, but the students also tend to take all of the hardest classes in every subject. When they have 7 AP classes, it leads to a crazy amount of work...similar to taking 7 college classes (which nobody does). It's hard to have a balanced school...

Thanks to IrvineRealtor, we are in escrow on a house in the VoC, Irvine. Our twins will be starting kindergarten in the fall at Stone Creek. I just saw it was ranked 7th in the OC Register article, but I was wondering if anyone on here has more firsthand knowledge of the school. How do you...

We live across from the park and my kids have been there a few times now. We didn't go to the grand opening, but went on Friday and Sunday. Tons of people there of all ages. A lot of people were using the trail to the top of the grove. Nice views from up above. There were a few "fights" in...

I am a science teacher at Troy HS. It is true that students must take an exam to get into the Troy Tech program as an interdistrict transfer. I used to be one of the coaches for Science Olympiad (before I had kids, which made it harder). The competition to get onto the team is fierce! The...