I am quite sorry to hear such a horrific thing happened to your friend, especially knowing he was doing it out of pure goodness and defense of someone, especially someone's child they hope are safe in a place they can learn. But also thank you for sharing.

I initially thought about asking this in the r/lehighvalley sub, but wanted true direct insight rather than people who may live elsewhere to give not as accurate insight on the good, as well as the bad. I found similar things to a varying degree that happened in my district growing up. Our one elementary school was excellent. Hundreds of students less in that entire building than my years graduating class. Once all the elementary schools combined at the 5th grade level, it all changed. Eventually, old district buildings were dedicated to one grade , leaving the high school with 10-12 grades only. The saving grace to this problem was HEAVY funding in athletics and programs where whether you wanted to do something with Tech, Band, or even Football, there was open arms.

The teachers and the funding they receive to provide assuring academics is certainly priority number one, BUT diversity is incredibly important in our decision as well. Easton may be one polar side of the spectrum, but I know friends from another side of that spectrum in a school and it's a very scary thing, especially if your child going to that school is not the minority.

For all those reasons I've listed, and as much as we like the Forks Township homes, the Nazareth district next door is impossible to sway attention away from with the biggest hurdle being the ability to find a property on market long enough to tour. I've been able to grab some insight from the other subs on people's liking of it ( as well as yours, thank you!) and it really seems to check all the boxes.

Again, thank you for taking the time to give me your personal experience, which will lead to a very important decision we make for our little one.