Education for Expats in Mexico ~?

Question

My ex husbands family are living in San Bartolome Aguas Calientes, Guanaguato. San Bartolo (for Short). It is a very small town about 20 minutes outside of Queretaro-Queretaro. From my understanding, Queretaro has wonderful schools and colleges. I have 3 children, a 6th grader, 9th and 10th grader. I am in the research stage of finding the right place to live and for them to continue their education. It seems smart for us to live near my ex husbands family. However I'd like to know of other areas wher the kids can continue their educatioin and go on to collleges where they will recieve degrees they can take to the US in the future.

Thank your for your kind anwers.

Love, light and lots of salsa!

Cheers,

Gigi

Answer 1

Bravo bagalood !!

Answer 2

I don't understand what is "Expats".

But now I can see what you are meaning. San Bartolomé Aguas Calientes (in Guanajuato state, NO in Aguascalientes state, I've noticed!) is a very small town.

I live at the present moment at the farm, in a small town in Jalisco state (population 4'500, so it is twice to San Bartolo), this is not a municipality itself (as San Bartolo, that belongs to Apaseo el Grande), and it is 30 minutes to Aguascalientes city (as San Bartolo is to Querétaro!). Many people from this town is working in USA (as it happens to San Bartolo). Now, as you can see, there are a lot of similarities between two towns (including that the big city close to them is the capital to another state), so I can tell you some advices.

First: At a small town like those there is NOT a good school. Your kids must go to a city (Querétaro) to get education.

Second: The services in mexican towns like those are very bad (usually), it means: water, pavement roads and streets, police, health, emergency, schools, urban cleaning, and all you can be used to is defficient or inexistent.

Third: BUT, at a city like Querétaro, Aguascalientes, León and others, you can have the SAME services than in the USA, even in the same quality. Living in a city would be more comfortable (it doesn't mean to live in the downtown!, there are many residencial areas. If you can, it's better to be in a closed residencial)

Fourth: Beeing in Querétaro is good to get education, maybe a job or start a business. It is good, also, to LIVE in a more comfortable life (all it includes: theather, movies, cafes, restaurants, museums, cultural activities, and more).

What I would do is to look for a house in Querétaro city, in a nice and safe residencial zone in order to have access to "modern life" and better schools; and keep in touch with the family on weekends or holidays. This is what I'm going to do this very year: move to Aguascalientes to send my children to better schools and live better.

Small towns, also, tend to be "lawless" in México, many people from Mexico in USA think that their towns are the same those were 15 or 20 years ago; but those are not. Small towns have (as i see) too much alcohol and drugs for young guys (teenagers) and a huge lack of education and culture. Many mexicans that come back expecting to have their sons in a "better enviroment" get surprised once they realized that here we have the same dangers that in USA for teenagers; and, sudenly, their kids go back to USA looking for a low paid job. BUT, in the other hand, at the cities, they have access to get good education, learn languages and get skills. Mexican people well educated is not migrating, only low educated; they can get a good job or start its own business here; or if they go to other country they won't be only low paid workers.

Education is the right path, not going to USA