Wood MS and Rockville HS- what do you think?

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Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

I live in Flower Valley and I can tell you that you will have tons of kids of similar age. The community is really experiencing a lot of turnover later with lots of original owners moving out and young families moving in. I have only lived here for less than a year and I feel like I know half of Flower Valley already. I assume your 4yo will go to elementary school soon? If you get involved in the school, you will find it easy to make friends. People are very friendly and very community focused. I feel like we have a social function to attend every weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

I live in Flower Valley and I can tell you that you will have tons of kids of similar age. The community is really experiencing a lot of turnover later with lots of original owners moving out and young families moving in. I have only lived here for less than a year and I feel like I know half of Flower Valley already. I assume your 4yo will go to elementary school soon? If you get involved in the school, you will find it easy to make friends. People are very friendly and very community focused. I feel like we have a social function to attend every weekend.

PP, looking at FV also but my kids,are 7 and 9 this yr. Are there a lot of kids in that age group in the community? We are coming from a neighborhood where my kids have plenty of similar aged friends so that would be important to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

I live in Flower Valley and I can tell you that you will have tons of kids of similar age. The community is really experiencing a lot of turnover later with lots of original owners moving out and young families moving in. I have only lived here for less than a year and I feel like I know half of Flower Valley already. I assume your 4yo will go to elementary school soon? If you get involved in the school, you will find it easy to make friends. People are very friendly and very community focused. I feel like we have a social function to attend every weekend.

Very nice to hear! Thanks! Family focused communities and living in a neighborhood where it is easy to meet friends, kids, neighbors is so important to me in this juncture of my life!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

I live in Flower Valley and I can tell you that you will have tons of kids of similar age. The community is really experiencing a lot of turnover later with lots of original owners moving out and young families moving in. I have only lived here for less than a year and I feel like I know half of Flower Valley already. I assume your 4yo will go to elementary school soon? If you get involved in the school, you will find it easy to make friends. People are very friendly and very community focused. I feel like we have a social function to attend every weekend.

PP, looking at FV also but my kids,are 7 and 9 this yr. Are there a lot of kids in that age group in the community? We are coming from a neighborhood where my kids have plenty of similar aged friends so that would be important to us.

Yes, there are kids of all ages. On my block alone, we have kids ranging from baby to college aged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, my husband and I bought in the Rockville district a year ago (Barnsely ES) and LOVE IT. You will consistently hear that RM is a better school, but there are two reasons we chose the area over RM's area: 1) we LOVE our neighborhood. The beautiful old trees, style of houses, etc. Just seemed like a place we'd want to raise kids. (Alternatively, we didn't like the neighborhoods we could afford in the RM district -- didn't seem like the neighbors interacted as much, smaller plots of land, less "homey") 2) We love the idea of the small, tight-knit community that Rockville HS offers. I am a Whitman grad, and much prefer to have the neighbors that I do here than I would back in the community I grew up in. As someone previously mentioned, a lot of original owners in the area are moving out and lots of young families are moving in. We've created such an amazing little family of neighbors in just the one year we've been here. The neighborhood pool is a great place to meet people and make friends! Oh, and as far as Olney is concerned, the commute sucks into DC, so definitely keep that in mind if you work downtown.

If I had your budget I'd probably move directly into Flower Valley, but for now we're happy where we are and will hopefully be able to buy a larger house in FV in 10 years

Good luck!

PP, do you know if there are any moms groups or things like that in the Flower Valley community? I have a 4 and 1 yr old- you think there will be lots of similar aged families and kids thise general ages in that community?

I live in Flower Valley and I can tell you that you will have tons of kids of similar age. The community is really experiencing a lot of turnover later with lots of original owners moving out and young families moving in. I have only lived here for less than a year and I feel like I know half of Flower Valley already. I assume your 4yo will go to elementary school soon? If you get involved in the school, you will find it easy to make friends. People are very friendly and very community focused. I feel like we have a social function to attend every weekend.

PP, looking at FV also but my kids,are 7 and 9 this yr. Are there a lot of kids in that age group in the community? We are coming from a neighborhood where my kids have plenty of similar aged friends so that would be important to us.

Yes, there are kids of all ages. On my block alone, we have kids ranging from baby to college aged.

Great! Thanks for the feedback!