Albert Einstein HS in SS
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You can get a very nice house for that amount. The area that is walking distance to the Forest Glen metro is nice- Forest Estates, Forest Glen, and maybe some of McKenney Hills. |
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| The Woodside neighborhoods (woodside park, woodside forest, north woodside) and nice and close to downtown silver spring. They are a little more expensive than near the Forest Glen metro, but you can find a house for under $550k. |
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OP: what a great resource this forum is!
thank you, all posters. |
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| If you are willing to have Silver Spring International MS and Northwood HS be your assigned schools, you should look in Indian Spring. Strong community, and nice houses in that price range. Just make sure you are in bounds for Highland view elementary, not New Hampshire Estates. |
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| Woodmoor, Northwood, Forest Knolls, |
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| Einstein has various programs (arts, business, IB), and from what I hear the quality of education depends on the program. I hear good things about the IB program, less good things about some other aspects of the school. I don't have a kid at Einstein, however, so this is all second hand. |
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20902. We are in Forest Estates - absolutely love it. You can definitely find a great house for 550K. We can walk to the Forest Glen metro. My husband works in SS and I work downtown DC so we really are loving the commute, and the neighborhood, like I mentioned, is great. We are slated for Oakland Terrace elementary school and have heard great things about the school, though there is also an elementary school opening in 2012 I think. |
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| We are in Forest Estates too and I second the PP. We have a child at OTES now and we are very happy with the school. The neighborhood is great, so many children and interesting people. I love that we are in walking distance to the Metro. There aren't too many HS kids in the neighborhood though, and the only one I can think of goes to Blair (in one of the magnets). This is because the neighborhood has a ton of younger kids and older folks- not because people are moving away at high school age. |
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This is incredibly helpful! thanks OP for your question!
I'm about to make an offer on a home in 20910 and we have a 3 mo. old baby. I just sold my condo in DC and went back to work FT at the same time--moving is so stressful we don't want to do it again, so we are going for a SFH in walking distance to Forest Glen Metro. A good part of the reason is that we can't afford private schools. I went to public school and did very well in life through hard work, so I'm sort of also against private schools in principle (hope I did not offend anyone), but then again would not have my child go to HS in DC in the neighborhoods we could afford to live in. We're going to have a middle class bilingual kid, and we want him to have the best education possible, but of course we would feel intimidated trying to keep up in with lifestyles in Bethesda. And I'm not sure if that is the best education---it might help the kids get into college but once you're in the working world yuppiness is never really helpful. FWIW my hairdresser's kids went to Einstein and she recommends it. And BTW how does the Downcounty choice consortium process work? Does that mean our child can go to Blair if we choose that? |
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For PP, you fill out a form early in 8th grade, ranking your top 3 choice schools. You pretty much automatically get into the high school that your house is zoned for in the consortium. But if you want another school (not one of the test-in magnet programs), you list that one first. There's a lottery if there are a lot of kids that want to get into a school, such as Blair. I'm not sure what the odds are. My child isn't old enough for high school yet, but have friends who went through the process this year.
I agree totally with the above poster. Forest Glen is a great neighborhood. As the daughter of a public school teacher, public schools are pretty ingrained in me, and I don't have the means or interest to keep up with the Bethesda lifestyle (I know, very broad stereotype). |
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Thanks! This is very helpful! |
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I live in the Carroll Knolls area (just north of McKenney Hills near Forest Glen metro). I love the community - very active list serve and lots of small children with involved parents. We couldn't afford jumping districts so we chose a nice community and a good elementary school (we are slated for Oakland Terrace and they are building a new school for McKenney Hills in 2012 - demo is done so far). We are concerned about the HS but feel we have some time and are hoping that involved families like the ones around us will help improve it over the years.
Hope this helps! |
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Gawd, I hate the snobbery of the town of Kensington types. Too listen to them, you'd think all AEHS kids were headed off to prison.
COLLEGES THE EINSTEIN CLASS OF 2010 WILL ATTEND Andrews University Arcadia University Auburn University Bennington College Boston University Bowie State University Bryn Mawr College California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Case Western Reserve University College of Mount Saint Vincent Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art Davis & Elkins College Dean College DePaul University Dillard University Eckerd College Frostburg State University Green Mountain College Grinnell College Hampton University High Point University Hood College Howard University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Lincoln University Marymount Manhattan College Marymount University McDaniel College Montgomery College, Rockville Montgomery College, Takoma Park Morgan State University Mount Allison University New York University Norwich University Old Dominion University Pennsylvania State University, University Park Prince George's Community College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Camden Salisbury University San Francisco State University School of Art and Design at Montgomery College School of Visual Arts Seton Hall University St. John's University Manhattan Campus St. Mary's College of Maryland Swarthmore College Temple University The Art Institute of California-Hollywood The Art Institute of Washington The Catholic University of America The College of Wooster The Evergreen State College The University of Texas, Austin Towson University Trinity University in Washington, DC Tulane University United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Naval Academy University of Chicago University of Maine University of Mary Washington University of Maryland University College University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, Eastern Shore University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Portsmouth University of Richmond Valley Forge Christian College Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wagner College West Virginia University ? |
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I second the recommendation of Carroll Knolls. My child will attend Oakland Terrace next year (and possibly the new ES in 2012 depending on zoning). We are concerned about HS but are taking a wait and see approach because we love the active community.
To the previous poster - are the colleges below a list of all the schools the kids will attend next year or is the list made up of schools that attended the recent Einstein college fair? It seems odd that not one kid is going to an Ivy and the list seems close to the fair list. |
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My kids are in the WJ cluster, but my impression is this:
1. HS Reputations are highly correlated with socioeconomic status and may or may not reflect reality. 2. HS in lower socioeconomic areas usually get more county resources with lower class sizes and special programs like the IB program at Einstein. 3. Didn't the Washington Post Education columnist say that even the so-called worst HS in MOCO is probably among the top HS in the country. |