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Anonymous
| What is the elementary school in Forest Estates - the neighborhood near Holy Cross? One thing our realtor told us is that it can be tricky to get a house with a garage in Silver Spring. Is this true? |
Anonymous
We have a garage and a driveway but not all my neighbors do. (We live in Forest Estates, the neighborhood across from Holy Cross Hospital). I think the elem. school might be Oakland Terrace. |
Anonymous
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OP again - I think there are some neighborhoods where garages are common, others (Woodmoor) where they are not. That one isn't a dealbreaker for me, we don't have one now and I don't really care. From my own limited observations so far, the places with garages are in further-out areas of Silver Spring, like Stonegate.
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Anonymous
| Stonegate would be an easy commute to College Park -- you would be a stone's throw from New Hampshire and could either take that or take Randolph/Cherry Hill. Plus, I think parts of Stonegate feed into Blake HS, right? FWIW, you don't want to be in the Kennedy cluster. FWIW, you could easily find a brick ranch with a garage on a huge lot in Olney --- and take back roads out to Laurel/College Park. |
Anonymous
| Woodside is great (close to downtown, nice houses, great elementary school), but definitely more expensive than Woodmoor. |
Anonymous
| Oakland Terrace is the school for Forest Estates. There was just an article in yesterday's Post about the principal and test scores and how good they are. |
Anonymous
not the OP - but why not? |