I lived in Allen (S. of McKinney ) for quite a while. At least at the time, the Allen Valedictorian was already slated to go to Harvard Med. after he finished u

I lived in Allen (S. of McKinney ) for quite a while. At least at the time, the Allen Valedictorian was already slated to go to Harvard Med. after he finished undergrad. Dunno how that worked out.. The academics were outstanding there, but about 1/3 dropped out before graduation. Wasn't a lot of effort put into retention, either. We left around the the they were building that massive Allen sports complex and the new high school. My youngest was still in high school at the time, and moving her out of it was the best thing we could have done, as it turns out. But I think that's mainly that she got to reinvent herself, and she really liked where we moved to. Plus, the Internet was beginning to make social media (MySpace) available, which really helped her socially. I'm pretty sure the land for the Allen monstrosity was donated by the founder of one of the companies I worked for. Guy lives extremely frugally, but he was worth untold millions. The whole Dallas area has dumbed down a lot in the wake of the first dotcom bust. It's all $20 an hour contract Java work now; $30 if you're lucky.