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McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. It is located at
the very southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley. As of
2006, the city had a population of 126,411. In 2006 the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission-Reynosa
metropolitan area had a population of 1,700,634. It is the 187th largest city in
the U.S. and the 71st largest metropolitan area. # a bit of culture shock, but
not too bad
# 90% hispanic
# extremely humid - mild winters
# flat flat terrain
# a poor region of the state
# birding paradise
# variety of restaurants
# great shopping
# good hospitals
# low cost of living
# large % of newcomers do not like the area and end up moving
Thank you so much for your input. My husband has signed a 6
month contract to try his new position before we make the move, but I think he
really wants to move permenantly. He has visited the area for 4 days and thinks
what he saw was pretty nice. I wouldn't have a problem moving if it was just me
and him, but I am extremely worried about the kids. I agree that they are at a
tough age and I don't want their self confidence to be affected by name calling
or even worse, physical violence against them. They are happy outgoing children
and I don't want that to change. We currently live in a University town of about
67,000 people. The schools they currently attend have alot of diversity and they
have never had any problems, but they have never been the minority. Is the
Harlingen area any better? Moving from the Midwest to the Rio Grande Valley
under any circumstances is a challenge. Moving with late-elementary/early-middle
school age kids.... eekers. That's gonna be rough on all of you.
Spouse and I moved to the Valley in 1981, and our kids were born there in 1983
and 1985. "Natives" notwithstanding, they had a rough time in school as long as
we lived there. They were a couple of tall, blue-eyed, blond-haired Agnostic
liberal kids in a region that was anything but.
My son was in fights throughout middle school, a result of the harassment and
name-calling from other kids. One of his teachers called him and his parents
stupid idiots, in front of the rest of the class, because we as a family do not
believe in a deity. That was a public school, by the way, not a private or
religious one.
The daughter encountered even more challenging aspects about life in the Valley.
At age 14, she served as a Dama at a friend's Quinceanera. Within a year, the
honoree at the occasion and at least four of the other Damas were either
pregnant or mothers. There is a certain segment of the male population that
appears to take pride in, ah, introducing young ladies to certain activities
that their parents would rather they not encounter until they are older. Be
forewarned.
If you are destined to make this move, take your daughters on visits to as many
school districts as you can. Talk to students, the teachers, counselors,
principals, and, most important, the coaches. Coaches in a Texas school are The
Most Important People in the district. They make as much or more than the
superintendant, and whatever they want, they get. If your daughters are active
and proficient in sports, or in one of the activities that are perceived to be
related to and in support of sports (e.g. cheerleading or band), they are
likelier to be accepted in the district. If they're bookish kids who are happier
in a library than on an athletic field, you, and they, are in for trouble.
Of the districts that have been mentioned in the thread so far, I'd suggest that
you look at Sharyland first. Students in that district tend to be somewhat more
likely to be Anglo and not impoverished, so while your daughters will still be
in the minority, they won't be among the 10% or so of Anglo kids in the whole
district.
I strongly encourage your spouse not to make any immediate long-term commitment
to staying in the region. In this day and age, most employers understand that it
isn't about moving one person, it's the whole family; if the family isn't happy,
the employee won't be either, and that has a significant and deleterious effect
on job performance.