Walter Johnson vs. Sherwood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't care about commute, I'd choose Olney in a heartbeat. Walter Johnson neighborhoods are blah and have no sense of community in my opinion.

However, I'm surprised to see how low Sherwood's SAT scores. They don't even break 1600. What's up with that?

Data source: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/SATBOEMemo10614.pdf

lack of asian kids to drive up the numbers.

Well, since Asian kids score a whopping 20 points better out of 2400 in MoCo on the SAT I doubt that's the issue. Sherwood is only 54% white, and there are a lot more middle/lower middle class families in the area than in places like Bethesda and Potomac. I'd also guess that the SES of the Black and Hispanic families are on average significantly lower when compared to Bethesda/Potomac as well. SAT scores go up w/ SES so that's probably the largest difference.

IMO, kids from families with similar parental education and income levels will have similar scores at either school. The schools don't make the kids, the kids make the school. I feel like Sherwood is at a good place; it doesn't have a lot of issues associated either with high poverty or affluence.

Ever FARMs at Sherwood is about 26%. By comparison, Whitman's is less than 5%. So while it's more "highly impacted," it's still lower than QO, which is about 36% and much lower than schools in the NEC or DCC. Wheaton, for example, is at 78%.

So it's somewhere in the middle.

I'd rather have that than the extremes. For now, it's fine for us. If it spirals downward, it's time to move on. Highly impacted schools are filled with overworked teachers and administrators who can't manage discipline. So both academics and safety become issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:QO is probably the best combo of all . Great spirit, good scores, decent convenience, edge of the country, tight neighborhoods, easy access to DC.

How?

Or maybe your definition of "easy access" is different from mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:QO is probably the best combo of all . Great spirit, good scores, decent convenience, edge of the country, tight neighborhoods, easy access to DC.

How?

Or maybe your definition of "easy access" is different from mine.

Travilah to river to Canal road / GW parkway . 3 stop lights to Georgetown / 13th street/ national airport/ nationals park. Any non rush hour You are at nats park with a fast / scenic drive.

Plus the area is quiet and beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:QO is probably the best combo of all . Great spirit, good scores, decent convenience, edge of the country, tight neighborhoods, easy access to DC.

How?

Or maybe your definition of "easy access" is different from mine.

Travilah to river to Canal road / GW parkway . 3 stop lights to Georgetown / 13th street/ national airport/ nationals park. Any non rush hour You are at nats park with a fast / scenic drive.

Plus the area is quiet and beautiful.

Ah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:QO and Sherwood are my two favorites in the county. I don't care about SAT scores. Your kid will score the same no matter what school.

You can get some great SAT tutors for $275/hour.

[Anonymous]

OP still here?

[Anonymous]

Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

Another add for staying away from W schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

That's absurd. Nowhere in the name is there a W in "Bethesda-Chevy Chase".

And no, Olney isn't rural. Olney is suburban. I like "Brighton Damn Road", though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

The average house seems to be in the $800,000-1.2 million range in Walter Johnson! I guess the "poor" are doing prety well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

The average house seems to be in the $800,000-1.2 million range in Walter Johnson! I guess the "poor" are doing prety well.

Yoiu sound like a complete idiot or ass........actually BOTH!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP still here?

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

The "real Bethesda" sucks just as much as the real housewives T.V. show!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but WJ is on the other side of the tracks from the real Bethesda. WJ is a good school but is the poor, bald-headed step sister of Whitman, B-CC, and Churchill. You can't even compare. Which of these does not belong? Answer? WJ. So in my view, moving to Olney and attending Sherwood is not that different from going to any non-magnet outside I-495. Is Olney rural? Yes! Olney is on the edge of civilization. There might not be farms in downtown Olney but there are just outside. Whenever I drive to or from BWI, I always take the scenic backroads near Brighton Damn Rd., which takes me through farmland. In any case, I would pick Sherwood over any school that is not Whitman, B-CC, Churchill, RM, Wootton, Blair Magnet, or Poolesville Magnet.

The average house seems to be in the $800,000-1.2 million range in Walter Johnson! I guess the "poor" are doing prety well.

You didn't know.. they let some black people in Bethesda now. They have to be lobbyists but they are black. Also, she is getting WJ and BCC confused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP still here?

Yes!

Recognize any of you neighbors?