[quote author="usctrojanman29" date=1244684711][quote author="Geotpf" date=1244683028]Wouldn't it make more sense to just live in Riverside? Housing costs are 75% lower, not to mention the time and cost of the commute.</blockquote>
I'd move in a heartbeat if I got a full-time job out in Riverside, but I think the schools for kids would be an issue for most. And then, what about her husband? If he works in OC, his commute will be hell.</blockquote>
That makes sense-I didn't know about her husband's job. I don't think the schools are that bad, to be honest (but I'm biased). The newest is Martin Luther King High, and it gets high ratings-although, IMHO, that's merely because rich people live in it's boundries. It's also why Irvine schools are highly rated, IMHO-schools that have rich people go to them score higher than schools that poor people go to. That is, school ratings are mainly a function of the students and the parents, as opposed to the teachers and the district, IMHO.
Irvine has a double whammy. Not only do rich people live there, but some people move there specifically because of the schools alone. That is, if a parent cares enough to buy a house in a certain district at a higher cost than other places, chances are he or she is very involved in their child's academic career-plus there's probably a genetic factor. Therefore, chances are said student will score high on standardized testing. Have an entire school with students like that, and volia, you have a high scoring school-even if the teachers are below par.
