Sherwood high school

[Anonymous]

Why are there very few national merit scholarship from this school vs. the W schools? Why does the great school ratings go down for Sherwood HS versus the elementary and middle schools in the Olney/Brookeville area? The area seems to be middle to upper middle class and I would have thought there would be a higher level of achievement at the high school

[Anonymous]

I had the same question! We recently moved to the area and the elem and middle schools get great ratings although I do take those with a grain of salt...

[Anonymous]

Crummy teachers and kids with bad attitudes?

[Anonymous]

The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

That's a bit of a reach explanation

[Anonymous]

I personally think DCUMers assume because it is majority white that it is also high performing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

Tons of people raising kids in Olney grew up in Olney and attended Sherwood. The K open house at our Olney elementary always asks parent alums to raise their hands. People opt to live here because of the small town feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally think DCUMers assume because it is majority white that it is also high performing.

I think the difference between Sherwood and W schools is this: Asians. W schools have tons and Sherwood has few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally think DCUMers assume because it is majority white that it is also high performing.

I think the difference between Sherwood and W schools is this: Asians. W schools have tons and Sherwood has few.

Sherwood = 11%

Wooton = 35.5%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

Tons of people raising kids in Olney grew up in Olney and attended Sherwood. The K open house at our Olney elementary always asks parent alums to raise their hands. People opt to live here because of the small town feel.

Very true. The number of teachers at the feeder schools and SHS that grew up going to school in Olney, and opted to teach there, is huge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

There a ton (and I mean a ton) of people who purchased homes $800K+ who send their kids to our local public schools in the Olney/Ashton/Brookeville/Brinklow area. It's not a "movin' on up" kind of situation here. It's a choice people make to raise their kids in an area that still has that community feel.

Generalizations like yours make you look ignorant.

We are very happy with the schools. There are no safety issues, and so far, the teachers have been receptive and on the ball. I'm sorry if you think the world revolves around "closer in." It's not everyone's style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The area is relatively far out--not close to much (thought not TOO far from a lot, but still hard to get to DC, VA, etc., where jobs pay a lot more). So the families who move there with smaller children in elementary school do so because its affordable. Many of them will enter higher SES and move out to be closer to higher paying jobs in areas with better high schools, leaving behind those who are a bit lower in SES.

There a ton (and I mean a ton) of people who purchased homes $800K+ who send their kids to our local public schools in the Olney/Ashton/Brookeville/Brinklow area. It's not a "movin' on up" kind of situation here. It's a choice people make to raise their kids in an area that still has that community feel.

Generalizations like yours make you look ignorant.

We are very happy with the schools. There are no safety issues, and so far, the teachers have been receptive and on the ball. I'm sorry if you think the world revolves around "closer in." It's not everyone's style.

You could not have hit the nail on the head any better. We could have afforded a 700K-800K home in Rockville. We CHOSE to buy a 625K home in Brookeville that was far bigger, far newer, and part of a place that retains a small-town feel while having the benefits of being reasonably close to Columbia, Rockville, Rio, and Bethesda. And Sherwood has about 1/10 of the insanely overly-competitive unhealthiness of any of the W schools. Trust me, we moved from a W cluster.

[Anonymous]

Higher incomes and insane competitiveness equal more merit scholarship. Move to Bethesda if you want that.