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Moving to DC, and can't decide between Oyster and MoCo
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Anonymous
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It's getting down to the wire, and we still can't make up our minds about where to live. The choice boils down to: --buy or rent an apartment or townhome in the boundary area for Oyster OR --buy or rent a SF house in Bethesda, Chevy Chase or Silver Spring in the BCC cluster. We are focusing on Oyster because our kids are talented at school, and we think the bilingual aspect of Oyster will make up for the fact that DCPS has no gifted program. BUT, we keep coming back to the fact that DCPS has no gifted program, and MoCo has gifted and highly gifted programs. Plus, we really want to live in a house with a yard. Our kids are in small, nurturing private schools now. If your kids are in Oyster, what would make you move them to Maryland? If your kids are in good MoCo schools, would you move to DC to send them to Oyster? |
Anonymous
| Bethesda is fantastic and has great schools at all grade levels. It is also a nice community and has nice neighborhoods. |
Anonymous
| This is getting annoying. If you haven't figured it out by now, please don't expect others to do it for you. |
Anonymous
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If you really want to live in a house with a yard, doesn't that seal the deal.
Are you aware that there are differences among ES in MoCo? You need to research that. Some ES are so-so. As for Oyster, how old is your oldest? The older a child gets, the more challenges they face entering the immersion program. It can be done; the transition would depend on your child's ability to understand Spanish. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| This is a no-brainer. MoCo. Will give you school until their done. Do not get stuck on ES, look at HS!! Come on...geez. |
Anonymous
| Come on tons of people start in DC and move to MoCo. This doesn't have to be a K-12 decision. But while we're at it, please know that when it comes to college acceptances DCPS's Wilson High School does amazingly well, because colleges seek students, even white ones, who come from socioeconomically and ethnically diverse urban public high schools. I have friends who started in DC and move to MoCo and all their friends who stayed in public DC seemed to fare better with name schools. Obviously this is impressionist and anecdotal but it makes sense when you consider the overarching goals of college admissions offices. |
Anonymous
I agree, and I am sick of hearing that Bethesda is the end all. |
Anonymous
| I don't know why people just ignore threads that irritate them. Two posts of irritation seems over the top. |
Anonymous
| I meant "don't just ignore." |
Anonymous
| Wilson would be a mistake, despite the college acceptance rates. |
Anonymous
Rockthesda? With all the chain restaurants and bland big name brands? What's not to like? It's a suburban consumer's paradise, overcrowded (albeit mostly good) schools and all. |
Anonymous
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Why would Wilson be a mistake?
(I mean this as asking for an explanation, not as a challenge.) |
Anonymous
Really? I know of several children who went Ivy or equivalent from there. It's probably just a mistake for your child. Not everybody can compete you know. |
Anonymous
| The angry posters should give you an idea of what you will get in DC. Forget the haters. Seriously, cannot say enough nice things about Bethesda. |
Anonymous
| I'm seriously considering Wilson. It looks good to me, and right now we're in private. |