Private schools in savannah area for my child

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I will be relocating to savannah between December of this year and June of next year. We will be moving in with my boyfriend. The public school system has horrible ratings and I'm not thrilled placing my daughter in a high school with a 4/10 score. I'm looking into private schools. She will be in 8th grade this year (if we move in December) and 9th grade if we move next June. Anyone have any suggestions on which private schools are the best while not being too costly? And on that same note, I am an RN working on a med surg floor and will have 2 years experience this coming November. What am I looking at as an approximate starting pay at Memorial or St Joseph's/Candler? Having a hard time trying to figure out what I can afford if I don't know what the average pay rate is there and a Google search is all over the board between $24-35 an hour.

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You will have better luck investigating schools via other means- does GA have a list of private schools on the Department of Education website or are there other resources for parents looking for private schools?

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Starting pay would probably be the lower end of your range there. New grads have been around $22/hr, or so I have been told. I found St. Joseph's/Candler had a better base pay and lower shift differentials, while Memorial had lower base pay and higher shift differentials. Good luck!

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I was offered $22/hr for critical care and a $2/hr differential for night shift at Candler as a new grad BSN.

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Wow Savannah does seem to pay low. Coming from a much smaller city 3 hours away, and working at a smaller hospital, I thought it would be a little better. Starting pay at my hospital is 22 an hour with a 4 shift diff for nights and another 2 for weekends. Guess I better tighten up my budget lol. With all the money I will be saving (rent, lights, electric, etc) looks like it will go towards the cost of private school 😕 I did a quick search of local private schools and they all seemed to be about the same cost. I will contact them and see about a tour before the move. Thank you for the replies!

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Is there any chance you could live outside of Savannah/Chatham County? Bryan County has wonderful schools, so I'm told by all my military peeps with kids - they all move to Bryan County for the schools.

Memorial was supposed to be bought by Novant from NC, but the deal imploded last month. What a mess. Lean times ahead!

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No. My boyfriend owns his own home on the southside. It's paid for so he wouldn't dream of moving and having another mortgage. Well I hope not to have a ridiculously hard time finding employment when I do move there. The memorial situation is discouraging í ½í¸•

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I figured as much, it sounded like he was in a set spot. I own a house on the southside (Georgetown), it's a nice area! I don't think you'll have a problem finding a job.

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I got a position as an LC at memorial and got a decent rate but it's a non nurse position so no shift diff. But was told based off my L&D experience if I could float it would be 28.35/hr with 3.75 shift diff nights during the week and $10 during the weekend! Far much better than I get here in Richmond va!!! As far as schools I put my 2 high schools in an online charter school

Called connections academy of Georgia. It's online home school with a set curriculum based off the state of Georgia and taught by Georgia accredited teachers. Check it out. Or look up Georgia charter schools to see if there are any bricks and morter schools. I move in less than 2 weeks and can't wait to get here it's so gorgeous!!

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