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01/06/2016 11:36

Subject: Rockville Living - Neighborhood by Beall Elementary

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The schools are very diverse which is a positive but the middle school is kinda rough. There were a good amount of fights, two pregnancies in 8th grade last year, bullying etc... Not horrible but not a great middle school.

RM is average. The IB program brings the level up a few notches but there is a good amount of lower SES kids and hispanics in the school. They don't seem to have the gang issues that Rockville and Gaithersburg High has been seeing. No major violence besides some fights. Nice new school, starting to get overcrowded. Already looking to add an addition but they are in a tight location.

Rose Hill is a good neighborhood also in walking distance to the town center. We also really like some of the College Gardens neighborhoods. They have sidewalks, more/better playgrounds, walking distance to a few stores/ice cream. Most of the homes have garages. Some places aren't true walking distance to the Town Center though but easy biking distance. Rockville does have great biking paths.

What MS is not "rough" or not have any bullying? So, there are some MS kids at JW that are having sex. I'm willing to bet that there are MSers in *every* MS that are having sex, and probably getting pregnant, but mommy is making it all go away before people talk. JW is rated a 9. Normally, I don't really put too much stock in school ratings, but this alone should tell you that it's not "rough".

There are 150 IB kids at RM out of over 2200. Not sure less than 10% of the school population can make/break a HS. You realize that JW/RM is made up of kids from College Gardens, Beall, RP, and Twinbrook ESs, right? Twinbrook is probably the weakest of the ESs, but it's also the smallest in terms of student size. The rest of the ESs (again, much larger than Twinbrook) feed from middle/upper class areas. In spite of the fact it has a much higher FARMS rate than the W schools, the test scores for the Hispanic/Black kids are pretty good. That tells me a lot of positives about that school.

Not the PP you are talking to but you are wrong. There are over 500 kids in IB at Richard Montgomery. It makes almost 20% of the school and they are the smartest in the entire county. It does indeed drive up the scores.

My kids are in Ritchie Park and it is just okay. We know many parents that pull out for private schools before middle school but we are still unsure at this time. This cluster is not something to seriously strive for. Some people make it out to be better than W schools and some people compare it to SE DC. It is average with overpriced housing. Nothing more, nothing less.

There are not 500 IB test-in kids. RM sets aside IB spots for inbound kids coming in from the MYP from JW. So, if there are 500 kids in the IB program, most are from the RM cluster.

http://mocostudent.org/2014/12/nearly-2000-applicants-vie-for-acceptance-into-blair-richard-montgomery-and-poolesville-magnet-programs/

"Despite the multitude of applicants, comprised of thousands of students all vying for admission, each of the three magnet high school programs accepts just under 150 candidates each year."

I don't make it out to be better than W schools, whatever "better" means. To me, it's an apples to oranges comparison since RM has *way* more FARMS kids and is much more diverse than W schools. The only reason Rockville is "overpriced" is because there are obviously lots of people who want to move there.

Einstein, how many grades are in high school? 150 kids are accepted EACH year entering Freshman year. What is 150x4??????

OK, I stand corrected. I was thinking per year. In any case, JW (no test in) is not exactly rated low.

If you think RM, RP and JW are just so-so, I'm curious what cluster/school you think is great and without problems? Test scores are largely reflective of SES. So, is the issue that RM cluster has too many FARMS kids? If so, then yea, you should move because Rockville is quite diverse, both in race and SES.

There are issues in every school. There were some issues at Whitman recently where two kids at Whitman threatened to shoot people at the school (they were arrested btw), and another where the Principal had to send a letter to all the parents to remind them that giving alcohol to minors that are not their kids is illegal. Apparently, some parents were hosting drinking parties for their kids and their friends. Oh, but the test scores are great and FARMS/ESOL rate is low, so the school must be awesome, right?