Reviews & Comments
Wellington, FL
Not all as it looks -
2/21/2011We were NY transplants that moved to Wellington, FL after having lived in Southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton and Delray Beach) for several years. Having 3 young children with medical issues we looked hard at schools, hospitals, and doctors in the area.
At first we thought that we had moved to a place like my cousins lived in CT. The holiday parade that closed the main road in town, that residents would line the swales with blankets and chairs to watch. The yearly fireworks that folks would spend hours waiting for the start, just to get the best views! Mayberry it is not, people are phony and think they are better than anyone else there, they are not by nature kind to your neighbor for the most part. Wellington once it shows it's true self is more like Westchester County in NY. Full of people with to much money and those who pretend that they have money and don't.
After a few years and renting a few houses, we purchased our dream home in the Pinewood area off the corner of Southern Blvd. & Wellington Trace. We purchased at the close to the height of the housing boom and paid way more than we should have.
As far as the schools go, Wellington Elem. and Landings middle schools both did right by my children, but Wellington High School (my oldest graduated from there) was a different animal. The students seemed to run the place, yes there were a few great teachers, but if your child was within a gray area of education it took begging and threats of legal action to get what is required by law actually done.
My family and I moved out of the state of Florida in 2002 and could not be happier.