Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

They have NJ as N3 and if you think Atlanta real-estate is expensive check out NJ in a good town with good schools near work you will pay over a million for a moderate to less then home. I can't touch a home in my current neighborh00d for under $1.5M and I'm talking about a middle class house.

Forsyth is pretty far away from Lenox....might work for Alpharetta but commuting from Forsyth county to Brookhaven would make you want to find a new job (even if your T one was good!)

Lots of North Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett but not enough mentions of Forsyth which is pretty loaded with good schools as well. Here's some additional info from Niche.com.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/m/atlanta-metro-area/

Housing is insanely expensive in greater Atlanta area and commutes are insane. Agree with person who stated Atlanta has a N3 price but is zoned by N2 geographical area for some insane reason. You don't get N2 living in greater Atlanta until you are about 100 miles from the city. Meaning unless you are coming from a N3 area you are going to see a salary cut. If you can afford it, best schools are in East Cobb county and North Fulton county. Heard South Forsyth is good as well. Southern & Western Cherokee county is fair.

Woke public school.

I would avoid Atlanta and metro Atlanta all together. Working on my exit plans from it.

If you like the teachings of Paolo Friere, renowned and celebrated Brazilian Marxist Philospher and Educator, who is widely hailed as the primary influencer on all recent programs to manipuate the minds under the education system's thumb today, then youre going to love how they have stringintly instituted SEL (Socio Economic Learning) curriculum into the school system in Atlanta.

Good luck.

All of the best neighborhoods in Atlanta are as follows:
Mechanicsville, English Ave. and Vine City, Adair Park, Oakland City, Lakewood Heights, Center Hill, West End, Adamsville, Grove Park, and Adams Park.
You definitely want to make sure you move to one of these 10 neighborhoods. Your coworkers will laud you for your cultural diversity and inclusivity.

Buford City Schools

Before you get too ahead of yourself the brand new information is that all the desks in Atlanta re full with local RTO employees. There are a very very large number of people working from home in the metro that need those desks. All company buildings are full up. Dallas same issue.

Fulton (North Fulton area) - Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell, John’s Creek
Cobb - East Cobb specifically - Walton, Pope, Lassiter, Wheeler - West Cobb has some good schools also, but commute would ki-l you.
Cherokee if you can move that far north, probably only Alpharetta office people

Honestly some areas can be pretty awful and should be avoided (most of Fulton, Dekalb, Gwinnett), there are pockets here and there in those clusters for good elementary, but then you better go private after (Buckhead/Brookhaven/Decatur are examples of this) and that gets to be huge bucks for private. Check greatschools website.

Get ready to break out the wallet though, none of those places are cheap unless you are coming from California or NYC. Why Atlanta is considered an N2 market when it’s closer to upper end of an N3 is a great HR secret.

Downtown Atlanta is a good school district.

"OP, what would you do if you moved to Atlanta, and 3 months later were surplussed? "
... That's not the only question .. hidden among the FAQ's is the notice they , 'in time', may consolidate even the WA/GA/NJ centers - and who knows where.
As in, it's possible if you move north of Alpharetta (finding non-heart attack inducing housing), that in another year T will close down that office and require everyone to report to the Lenox Park Campus in Atlanta (Where J.Legg currently has his office). Or even a totally new location.
Same goes for Bothell/Redmond and Middletown/Bedminster.
Not a chance I'm moving when it's my time. Definitely other options in my area than T, and I like where I live. Good luck to you.

it varies greatly....ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.....assuming that you are being told Alpharetta, most schools in the area are safe.

But again, having a great teacher is kind of just luck and can make all the difference in the world.

a bright spot is college, several good colleges in state that can be near free with the lottery funded Hope Scholarships.

Check the schools in three zero zero six eight zip code. Walton High School will compare favorably with any comparably sized HS in the country.

Johns Creek and Buford High School are excellent public school districts for High School.
Alpharetta High, Milton, Northview, Lambert are also very good High School public districts. Best Private Schools, Lovett, Wesleyan, PACE, Westminister.

Just try and avoid districts that ban books.

Atlanta-area school districts are by county (except that Atlanta and a few small cities have their own school districts), so you really need to zoom in - the right level to look at this is probably the individual high school.

OP, what would you do if you moved to Atlanta, and 3 months later were surplussed? It's a real question you need to consider. Following AT&T to its grave isn't the wisest choice, but hey, more power to you.

Counties:
North Fulton
Cobb
Gwinnett

Although every county has its own issues to some degree. U need to research towns within those counties . A ton of folks are moving to ATL not affiliated with T. The metro is getting extremely crowded and expensive.

Good luck!

In the public system the teachers have no control.

My kids are grown - private school was the only choice here in ATL. If you can afford it, do it. I know in my county the public schools do use textbooks. I could not believe it when my neighbor told me. The kids are given worksheets to fill in the blanks. That is their form of note taking. I suggest doing a great deal of research.