Highland Park ISD

Cheap(ish) Homes, Great School Districts

By Bethany Erickson / May 12, 2017 /
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It’s not unusual — many of the great school districts in the Dallas/Fort Worth area are also in the priciest cities and neighborhoods. So when the website Niche advertised that it could help folks find the best schools in your metro area, we decided to take a gander at their list, and then go on…

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LitFest Tempest: How Can Highland Park High School Students Refute Jamie Ford?

By Bethany Erickson / February 27, 2017 /

By now, you are probably aware of the contretemps that occurred when author Jamie Ford spoke at an assembly for freshman and sophomores at Highland Park High School as part of  the school’s annual LitFest. It’s been making the rounds on Facebook, CandysDirt.com, and the Dallas Morning News covered the story almost minutes after Ford…

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University Park Contemporary Remodeled to Perfection

By Karen Eubank / February 13, 2017 /

HGTV, are you paying attention? Not only do we have an incredible University Park contemporary for you, we’re pretty certain we have your next design stars. John and Whitney Coke own this terrific two-story home at 2941 University Boulevard. It’s just across from Burleson Park and a few blocks from SMU. It didn’t look anything…

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Nobody Likes You: A Through F Gets an F When it Comes To Measuring a School’s Success

By Bethany Erickson / January 12, 2017 /

It’s been about a week since Texas released its first “what-if” A through F grades for school districts and schools — a measure adopted by the last Texas legislature, ostensibly as a way to tell parents how their district and schools were doing. And in that time, 219-and-counting school districts have adopted resolutions against it.…

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Sneak Peek at Highland Park Mediterranean on Southern Avenue

By Karen Eubank / June 23, 2016 /

  We know you love getting a sneak peek at properties as much as we do, so we’re giving you an inside look at 4517 Southern Avenue in Highland Park today. Jason Couch with Epic Direct Realty is listing this gorgeous three-story, five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 5,766-square-foot Mediterranean on June 30 for $2.449 million.

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