Check before you go. I’d say there’s a decent chance the roads are gonna be super bad early in the day.

You seem like good people. Hope you don’t get murdered.

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I’ve got a medical appointment tomorrow morning. I’m sure they’ll cancel school so my preschooler and toddler will be with me. I’m dreading the drive already. My tires are good and I’m a good driver, but I’ve got a minivan. Just hoping the roads are cleared enough to go fast enough to not be an obstacle, slow enough not to slip off the road.

I am a student at Greenwood Lab. I have been bullied by a few people in the past because I am transgender. I would say the majority of kids (in my class, at least) are respectful and kind. I can’t speak for the kindergarten teacher; I don’t know her.

Greenwood is definitely overpriced, but considering you are recieving a reduced tuition it may be worth it. I don’t know if you plan on keeping your child here until he graduates, but since Greenwood is a smaller school we generally don’t have the classes that a larger high school would have, ie shop class, home etiquette, etc. You can only take college classes on MSU campus once you are a junior or senior.

However, Greenwood is a very safe school. With Bearpasses required to enter the building, it ensures no random bypassers can come in. I’m not sure if college students’ Bearpasses allow them to enter Greenwood. There are cameras everywhere except for classrooms and bathrooms.

I hope this helps you in your decision.

That’s a great question!! I saw a post on Facebook where a woman had an eviction on her record from like 17 years ago and she is living in her car in Springfield even though she has good income AND credit. I really really hope she found a place. Luckily a broken lease is easier to deal with but no, it doesn’t disappear. I don’t know why it doesn’t and I don’t know how to make it go away but it is on the record probably forever. I was always told that stuff falls off but that isn’t what has happened in my case and for others that I’ve heard of.

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That's cause we are expecting 10-12 inches of snow and everyone went into panic mode

Sorry too hear about that! Definitely has its share of douchebags!

Don't issues like breaking leases and evictions fall off at 7 years? Why is that still on your record from 2012?

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Ah, marionville, where I got cornered in the parking lot of a girls basketball game by 5 football players who were informing me about how "people think they can just come to marionville, but we'll kick your ass we don't even care" before some friends noticed my predicament and escorted me to my car.

Sounds like their history of non-payment and broken leases are keeping them down more than the system.

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"Taco Bell from Wish.com" 🤣🤣 -accurate

Farmer Gastropub is where you go for Fish&Chips Nonnas used to be good, not so much anymore (there really isn't good Italian in town, just so-so American Italian) Jose Locos and Caesars - Good Calls Corner 21 is actual Chinese, and tasty Coffee Ethic, Mudhouse, or Architect - for excellent coffee Progress is your best bet high-end spot Skully's for Ramen City Butcher or Getting Basted for BBQ

I've had children in local schools for over a decade here and I'll tell you what people call "good schools" around here is about the same as "good Mexican" (Mexican Villa). Personally Republic or Ozark is your best smaller but not too small outskirt area schools. They are big enough to have some diversity without your kids getting lost in the systems. Willard is a tiny, refuse-to-grow town with a penchant for calling themselves the best in the area. Incredibly overpriced real estate with no real commercial infrastructure. It's quiet, but just about nothing in town you need other than a gas station.

Ah I see. We are in Clever and it always shocks people when I say one of the kindergarten teachers has her doctorate in education and a ton of them have Masters degrees as well.

I guess they think the whole school/area is a bunch of “country bumpkins” who only travel by tractor or something.

That being said, I am not from here originally. My husband grew up in Bolivar but I grew up in Hawaii so my school experience was different.

The small towns do have a very welcoming sense of community but I do feel sometimes it is on the surface. We have had several school functions where it seems every knows everyone, they all went to school together and while I don’t know that they mean to, sometimes it does seem like they are all in a group facing inward talking. Not exactly welcoming to “outsiders”. I am a pretty big introvert though and our kids are NOT lol. So the kids seem to still have 0 issues, despite us knowing almost no one here.

Especially with that username

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I meant university more in a broad term, not just MSU. I appreciate the comment though!

Coke and Pepsi both start $20 and up

I agree completely.

I graduated from Greenwood about 15 years ago and the education is great, and the ability to easily dual-enroll gets you a nice head start in college. You get individualized attention and the classes (in general) are not dumbed down. High academic attainment is the norm. As a result of my education from Greenwood, I earned a handful of academic scholarships.

I was only there for high school, and the social dynamic was strange. 24 of the 29 people I graduated with had been together since kindergarten. There was a prevalent “bullying” problem in the early 2000’s that the administration turned a blind eye to. Some of the kids were outright malicious, and had the financial ability to get away with (metaphorical) murder because of their parents. While it might not be the “real world”, it does give some insight into how the world is different for the top earners in our community.

Fuck Russia indeed, but there are sound practical reasons for wanting to learn that over Ukrainian. There are far more Russian speakers than there are speakers of Ukrainian, for starters. And if you went to Ukraine, you could probably find your way about with some basic Russian, whereas Ukrainian would only get you around in Ukraine.

That's every dollar general