First of all, I really like Skinner North's strong points. It's a bigger school with two classes per grade (vs. one class K-8 at Edison) and it's new, so if you want to be involved, you can definitely have a hand in shaping the school, and many, many parents are very involved, so you definitely feel like part of a new thriving community. The principal is fantastic.

I'm not actually sure why we chose Edison, because IMHO because they are both very top CPS schools, logistics should have trumped all else. Although we haven't even started the school year at Edison, I can say strong points include a new building, great facilities such as the science lab and also very involved parents, and also a track record of getting kids into competitive CPS high schools. SN's highest grade is still only 6 but will go up to 8, and based on current test scores should also do very well.

If anyone else ever has to choose between the two, I would recommend to choose whichever makes more sense transportation-wise, as they are both great schools from what I've seen.

Eric