Peanut. Might want to add we're also looking for a great community. Stacy

Hi Peanut,

Congratulations on your upcoming move. I am a transplant from the Boston area and settled in to Silicon Valley 8 years ago. I think you will really appreciate the weather. I know I do everyday.

Regarding your move, there are lots of great high schools in the area. I am pasting the Santa Clara County Academic Performance Index for your reference. This benchmark will give you an idea as to how the testing scores are from school district to school district.

http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2009/2009GrthAPICo.aspx?cYear=2…

What is your definition of an easy commute? Do you judge an easy commute by distance or by time? What would be your comfort level as far as distance and/or time?

A little more detail would help in guiding you on areas that you may want to focus on. I noticed you indicated you are considering 95070. Is that one area you already have an interest in? Saratoga has a great high school and a lovely community. I think the commute to Fremont is reasonable from Saratoga probably ranging from 20 minutes - 30 minutes depending on the exact location and the time of day.

For the 2008-2009 school year, US News & World Report ranked Saratoga High School as 80th in the entire nation. Saratoga High achieved an impressive 928 API Score (California State Academic Performance Index) for the 2007-2008 school year.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Congratulations,
April Tavares, GRI, ASP
Realtor, DRE License #01742179
April@AprilTavares.com
408-309-5471

HI Peanut,

You are right, San Ramon and Dublin are more affordable than Cupertino & Saratoga. And San Ramon does have good schools too, and is accessible to Fremont. They are still developing Cities with a lot of new homes coming up too in the Windimere homes there.
Cupertino & Saratoga are the much older more established neighborhoods/suburbs, and would also be fine for commuting to Fremont. Schools are fabulous here too. So depending on your budget, and which City you like the look/feel off, you need to make a personal choice. You will also have to mentally adjust to the higher prices of homes in the Bay area than Illinois.
I work with Coldwell Banker and am Certified to do Re-locations, settling families in and out of the Bay area.
I have re-located 5 countries myself and understand the complete needs of the move!
Please see attached website with information on different Cities, and another one for schools info:

RELOCATION LINK: http://www.californiamoves.com/relocation/communityguides.aspx

Community Information for 31 California Counties. Useful Re-Location Information.
1000’s of helpful web links to local information and resources including everything from local school districts, sports teams, museums, shopping and family attractions.
Links and contact information for local municipal resources and government agencies.
Real community information, including unique and detailed descriptions of the area – not just web links.
Gives you real time access to public and private school information with direct information links to school districts and direct links to California S.T.A.R. testing information.
You can link to local arts and sports venues, and check schedules or order tickets online.
Families can use the links to see their favorite attractions and plan a day at the zoo or find information on visiting little known historic sites.
• Newcomer information includes everything you need to know to move to the area and get settled. There is everything from registering pets to registering children in school.

API SCORES WEBSITE FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS….

http://api.cde.ca.gov/reports/page2.asp?subject=API&leve…

Please do get in touch with me before you land here and use any corporate stay you can get to explore the Bay area a bit before you buy. Each persons needs are very personal and on getting to know each client, their needs can be better met!
Travel safe,
Nina Daruwalla

Peanut

welcome to California, great place to live. Look into Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Mateo and Burlingame, over the bridge however great schools too!!!! Not sure what your price range is however those areas all have great hight schools and great resale opportunity.
If you need further information about these areas, give me a call or email.
Good luck to you and your family.
Denise Laugesen
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If schools is your only criteria then yes you could go with San Ramon or Dublin, but as mentioned below the commute can be a drag. Have you been able to spend any time in the different communities? If you haven't already check out http://www.greatschools.net for more school info, test scores, parent recomendations etc. If money wasn't an object I would go with Saratoga out of the four choices. You might want to rent for awhile to get a good feel for where you truly want to be. Let me know if I can get you any further info.

Glen
Broker

It's more of a commute issue. The traffic is really bad from Fremont to both of those places. They are nice communities and you will definetly get more house for your money but will be frustrated with how long it takes to get to and from work. How great of a high school are you looking for?