[jwally]

I've been in Dallas since '07, and I still don't understand the school system / hierarchy here; but it is fascinating when you look into it.

Big money seems to go to Highland Park (public, but not Dallas despite being surrounded by it), or private (St. Marks, Jesuit, Hockaday). The fascinating part is when you look at school data, there are some stellar elementary schools in areas you wouldn't expect (lakewood), but the same area has sub-par middle-schools. I've known parents to send their kids to public elementary schools for this reason then put them in private afterwards. Then there are the magnet schools which is where my eyes start to cross and I lose interest (why is a 7 year old going to an engineering oriented school? Shouldn't they all be exposed to this?).