Good morning Alan,

The Paloma Lakes area will be a Hot area over the next several years as development and growth occurs. That said Georgetown as you probably are aware has experienced tremendous growth over the last 10 years and will continue to do so as well as. The Shell road corridor is poised to continue to grow as in- miagration is projected to continue at record levels through 2015. Georgetown will offer you a more reasonable commute.

Village Elementary and Benold Middle Schools are EXCELLENT education centers. I can speak with authority as both my Children attended these schools. Teachers are committed to learning and preparing students for the next level in their academic endeavors.

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I live in the Georgetown area and Georgetown Village has a great Elementary school - Village Elementary, in the subdivision. Georgetown is a much smaller school district than Round Rock. The town is awesome to live in - still has the small town feeling and culture. It is great for raising your family.

Feel free to email me or give me a call if you are interested in getting more info on Georgetown.

Pam Jernigan
Keller Williams Realty
512-635-7592
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Alan,

The Round Rock ISD Boundaries were re-drawn for the 2010 -2011 school year and that puts Paloma Lake in the Hopewell Middle School District. The district has purchased land for an elementary school inside the Paloma Lake Development but a bond election has not been held yet to fund the building of the school.

Hopewell is currently the northernmost middle school in the district. In a city with fast growth like Round rock, school boundaries can be a tricky thing. Usually it is not a matter of if the boundaries will change, it is a matter of "WHEN" they will change. The round Rock ISD administration has said that they are confident that the boundaries that will be in place beginning in the 2010-2011 school year will be sufficient for a while and will probably not require any further alignment for 4-5 years at least.

The northeast quadrant of Round Rock where Paloma Lake is located will most likely be a very fast growth area over the next few years which should be a good thing for property values.

I hope this information helps.

Mike Freeman
512-694-9769 http://www.FreemanCentury21.com

In Georgetown Village the schools are Elem - Village / Middle - Benold / High - Georgetown
In Paloma (RR) the schools are Elem - Teravista / Middle - Flukes / High Stoney Point

Teravista is rated Exemplary and the others recognized or academically acceptable.
I doubt there is enough of a difference to make that a major deciding factor.

My crystal ball is broken, so predicting future resale value is difficult, however, I think both areas will likely appreciate at about the same rate. GreatSchools.net is a good website for rating the various schools and districts..

We give 1% rebates to customers that we help with new homes and our services are paid for by the builder :-)

Georgetown Village is a bit closer regards your commute to Fort Hood. Here are the school ratings for the Austin area.
http://www.alamotitle-austin.com/library/23/Public_and_Priva…

Let me know if I can help you in your home search! Have a wonderful Wednesday morning

Best regards,
Alex Booth