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amother
Honeydew


 

Post Sat, Jun 25 2016, 11:11 pm
What can you tell me about either of these 2 places? What types of families, and general age range? What schools are there? Other frum amenities (mikvah, kosher shopping, etc)? What are housing costs like? Thanks.
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amother
Violet


 

Post Sat, Jun 25 2016, 11:24 pm
Springfield is a largely (and large) MO community. There's also a small Chabad house.
There's a kosher deli, Chinese restaurant, and bagel store. And it's right near West Orange and Livingston (and not far from Highland Park) where there are lots of Jewish/kosher amenities.
Don't know about schools, sorry.
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amother
Aqua


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 12:01 am
No current info, but in the past I knew people from Springfield who sent their kids to JEC/Bruriah.
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amother
Salmon


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 9:47 am
Springfield is a 200 family MO community, broad mix but sliding right. It has a Mikvah, Shoprite, Chinese restaurant, bagels, etc. House prices range from $350k to $1m, but it's tight in the $350-500k range. Apartments and rentals are available too.

It's warm but cliquey, hard to explain: you have to visit to see it. There is just one shul, so take it or leave it. There are a couple of active chabad shuls 2-3 miles away, but in town he only gets a minyan if he brings 5 friends from Crown Heights.

Schools are usually JEC and Kushner. Each just hired an elementary school principal from Springfield.

What specific questions do you have?
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amother
Purple


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 9:57 am
I grew up in Marlboro( township next to Manalapan) I had no clue the community got big enough for people to consider moving there!!!!

That's so cute!!!
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WastingTime




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 10:25 am
Springfield is close enough to Elizabeth Livingston/WO Etc where there are school options (and therefore kids' friends from school are driveable). AFAIK Manalapan is kind of 'out there' in terms of location to other communities and religious life.
Good luck with your decision!
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amother
Aqua


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 11:17 am
I don't know anyone in Manalapan to confirm where they send their children, but it is very close to Shalom Torah Academy in Morganville (part of Marlboro).

You could probably send to the schools in the Highland Park area but it would be a little bit of a drive. It's about the same distance to Lakewood, but if you are looking at MO communities, the Lakewood schools would probably not be a good option.
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amother
Honeydew


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 11:24 am
Basically, Dh works in Lakewood and we're looking to move closer, but we're too modern to actually live in Lakewood. We were thinking Teaneck or Passaic, but those aren't actually that much closer to lakewood than we are now. We wouldn't send to Kushner, JEC we would consider. What other boys schools (elementary) are there in the area?
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amother
Salmon


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 11:42 am
amother wrote:
Basically, Dh works in Lakewood and we're looking to move closer, but we're too modern to actually live in Lakewood. We were thinking Teaneck or Passaic, but those aren't actually that much closer to lakewood than we are now. We wouldn't send to Kushner, JEC we would consider. What other boys schools (elementary) are there in the area?
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You could send to the Passaic schools, but you'd be the only one so you would have to do all the driving. Anything in Highland Park could also work, but may be too modern for you.
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amother
Aqua


 

Post Sun, Jun 26 2016, 11:58 am
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You could send to the Passaic schools, but you'd be the only one so you would have to do all the driving. Anything in Highland Park could also work, but may be too modern for you.


Shaarei Tzion has a boys school.
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