SperlingViews - McDonough, Georgia

I love this school. My kids have thrived in the environment and academics. We are not part of the staff or the church. Everyone has been very good to us. Both of my kids SAT scores are through the roof. They are being taught correctly. I don't mind it being a bit more firm with the discipline, considering public schools that let you behave however you want it seems. We actually left the school for a year and both of the kids did poorly on their report cards and their testing. We are back and love it![read more...]

As a native of Henry County for almost 30 years-I have watched McDonough grow from a very attractive small town into an even more attractive medium sized town. I like being far enough away from the hustle & bustle of both Atlanta & Macon yet, close enough anytime I want to kick off the cowboy boots and put on a pair of high heals. I grew up here and left a couple of times but, I always keep coming back to good ole' Henry County! I don't know of any other place that I would rather raise my child than McDonough, Ga. [read more...]

We moved to McDonough in 2000 for my husband's new job. It is very boring. There is no decent Mall anywhere nearby. Is it me,or isn't that crazy for a fast growing city(more like a town) only 25 miles south of Atlanta?? I have lived in other cities in both the north and the south, but never have come across anything like this. We finally got a movie theater a couple of years ago. The nearest good malls are in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, which takes a good hour to drive to, and the traffic is pretty bad. I wish we could have moved to the northside suburbs of Atlanta. The quality of life up there is so much better. True, it is more expensive, but I would have settled for a smaller house up there, however, it was no where near my husband's job. It is a shame because the weather and the countyside is beautiful....just so boring.[read more...]

We are only minutes from downtown Atlanta and the Atlanta Airport yet it feels like the country. We have beautiful subdivisions and parks. We do not have to leave our town for great shopping and resturants and the schools are great.[read more...]

Spring and Fall are my favorite seasons here. Spring comes early -- our daffodils and flowering trees started blooming last week (late February). We had freezing temperatures just a few days ago, but now it's sunny and in the 70's. We'll still have cold days off and on through spring, but for the most part, we should be finished with Winter. We'll be able to start our vegetable garden in early April and have fresh tomatoes, squash, and bell peppers all summer long and into the fall.[read more...]

I have not lived in Georgia for over 10 yrs but I am amazed every time I go back to Mcdonough. Somewhere that use to be one red light is now a full community with every department store. So you can still be near everything and you can still get out to the country.[read more...]