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I would be intersted too in knowing if there are any plans to open "Shady Canyon 2" by IC. I've heard rumors that it was in developing stages.

I just wanted to give an update for our struggle to decide what to do with our boy. He finished 1st grade. Academically he exceeded all benchmarks for the 1st grade, socially he did not. We decided to switch schools and keep him again in 1st grade. He definetely feels better and safer with...

It's actually 2 2-hour sessions per week. One session is with instructor learning new things and another session is called "Lab" - supervised practice. It comes down to about $10 per hour. There are not so many kids in each class. What days are you planning to take? We took Wed 5 to 7 and...

I started this thread back in early summer hoping to find something and with not so much luck. Guess what, I finally found it last week! There is a school in Irvine called k12 Math-Robotics-Computers located near Jeffrey and the 5 freeway. Here is their websitehttp://www.mathobotix.com/...

Do you really think that $8,000 credit affects the state of Irvine housing that much? This credit starts to fade away once annual income reaches $150,000 and after $180,000 there is no more credit. Do you think that all these houses in $800,000 range are being bought by people making less than...

Thank you - that's interesting.

Even if you type "Harvard Square" you get a million irrelevant threads. I admit - I'm not the savviest internet user :(

Recently we came across Harvard Square community in Irvine. Does anybody has any experience with this community? How does feel noisewise, amenities, neighborshood divercity, is it family friendly, etc? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Recent sales for 14 Rockwren was over $1,300,000 and that house is smaller - about 2500 sq ft. It will sell for about $1,300,000

I'm an urban child who saw live chicken in my twenties for the first time. With the urban life and 24 horus a day conviniences our kids do not know how and from where our food is coming from. I wish I had experiences like that in my childhood. First, we thought of camping out somewhere in...

Hello all, We are planning our family vacation for the last week of August and got sold on the idea of "farm vacation". Have any of you vacationed like that before and if you have what was your experience like? we have 3 and 6 years old who love animals and nature and we thought "farm...

Thank you for your suggestions - these are good ones. It's been a few weeks since I psoted and things changed a little bit. I overheard my daughter talking to her English speaking friend and realized that her Englsih impoved a lot. Now she builds sentences and speaks in much clearer English...

Thank you for sharing your story. May I aks for a referral to the specialists you saw and liked? My biggest problem to find a right specialist who knows what they are doing. I have a feeling that we need a psychologist, not speach pathalogist. My daughter has been talking since 18 months and...

Thank you! I jsut contacted IUSD office and was reffered to speach pathologist in our home school area. We might not be able to see her until start of school year but it should be OK. I would never think to turn to school district for these issues!

Dear Tmare, Thank you for your quick reply. My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and is not school age yet. She attends private daycare. Do you think she will be able to get help from school district?