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  1. Memorial is an excellent academic school. But I think it you are really concerned about the "snotty" factor, then I would recommend looking at other options. The reputation of Memorial by some is that it is the public "private" school. That is of course to say (and more or less rightly so) that most kids there have a lot of money, and for lack of a better way of putting it, many are not afraid to let you know that. Now, part of that is just the mere fact that Memorial is a very nice area and as such, most of the people that live there with kids are rather well-to-do by most people's standards. Thus, while it might seem overly "snobby" to some one without a significant amount of disposable income, it's probably less so for kids that grow up there and that is more or less their world and it seems relatively "normal" for them (i.e. their peer group). As far as other schools in Spring Branch, Stratford is significantly less "snotty" using those standards. The school population and the zoned area are less pricy than those zoned to Memorial and as such, kids there (on average) tend to exhibit less characteristics most people would associate as rich or uppity. There aren't as many kids with nice cars, most don't get to go to Europe every summer, etc. Additionally, Stratford is more ethically diverse, although it is still a predominantly "white" school, whereas Memorial is pretty much an exclusively white school. Stratford, like Memorial, also has an excellent academic reputation. I would say that both of the schools have strong school pride and high levels of parental involvement which is a definitely plus. Outside of those schools, the only other in-the-city public schools most people consider are Lamar, Bellaire, and Westside, as several have mentioned here. Both Lamar and Bellaire are similar in some ways and different in others. Both have strong academic reputations, although Bellaire is considered the stronger of the two. Unless your child is extremely academically motivated (in addition to being intelligent to begin with), it will be harder for him or her to excel at Bellaire than it would be at Lamar. Lamar tends to be a little more well rounded in terms of diversity and school experience. Lamar has the overall stronger sports program. While Bellaire is know for their great baseball teams, Lamar has a very strong (although less than Bellaire's) baseball program as well. However, Lamar tends to run circles around Bellaire in just about every other sport. Most notably football where Lamar regularly sends kids to NCAA D-1 football teams (and even the NFL), the school also very good basketball, track, swimming, lacrosse, tennis, and other teams most of which tend to be significantly better than Bellaire's teams in those respective sports. Several people mentioned that kids from Lamar don't want to drive all the way over to Butler for football games. Yes and no, I've been to Butler to see Lamar play a number of times and their games are generally slightly better attended than most schools they play (although not all schools they play) which are mostly other HISD schools. Lamar and Bellaire also play several games a year at Delmar stadium (290 and 6-10) and the attendances at those games are more or less comparable. Regarding the "snotty factor", both schools can have some kids like that, but by and large they tend to be less so than Memorial tends to be. I would put them more or less on par with Stratford in terms of comparison to perceived levels of student arrogance or humility. I don't know a great deal about Westside, but I think the school makeup is similar to that of Stratford as well, as it is close to the same area of town, although south of where Stratford draws students, but still in what is a nice and rising Westchase area. Hope this as of some help to you.
  2. I posted this replay on the other thread, but in case anyone missed it, the old Westbury Square sign is still up, but no one has bothered to change the marquee since 1994
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