High school if you had to choose...

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Correct. SSIMS articulates to Northwood and Blair, not Einstein.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Ah yes, thank you for the correction! I’m thinking of the kids who attend the French Immersion program (via lottery) at Sligo Creek ES and then SSIMS, but matriculate to Einstein with the neighborhood. Another added bonus in that there are always new kids joining the schools.

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2 generations of Einstein here. We love it too. One more Einstein kid to go. All in the IB program. One to Georgetown, one to College Park. Hoping the 3rd one opts for College Park -- so much cheaper! (DH to College Park and me to Georgetown -- kids just following in footsteps.)

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Ah yes, thank you for the correction! I’m thinking of the kids who attend the French Immersion program (via lottery) at Sligo Creek ES and then SSIMS, but matriculate to Einstein with the neighborhood. Another added bonus in that there are always new kids joining the schools.

Remember there is the down county consortium for HS so you have school choice.

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^^^Sometimes, if you're lucky

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Anonymous wrote:If your family was at a crossroads and housing costs were not an issue, would you choose Churchill, Poolesville, or Whitman?

I'd get far away from the money in Churchill and Whitman. I'm not a huge fan of Poolesville, either, but that's where I would go.

AA PP is right. They are racist as **** in the W schools. I guess it's "good" that it's so blatant? At least you know what you are dealing with.

But there is so much money, and so little supervision, many kids are doing drugs -- lots of them and hard core.

Ok. That’s not what I need in my life now or later. Are the Potomac area private high schools the same?

Incorrect stereotype. People love to bash Whitman on DCUM. Mostly because they are jealous. The racist incidents last year were done by a biracial kid to get attention. My DC has a large group of friends at Whitman, none of whom are racist or do drugs. I’m sure there are some, but it is by no means widespread.

I agree. My AA son just graduated from Churchill and says he didn't experience any racism during his years there. (He did have a blatantly racist teacher -- now retired -- in 3rd grade in a Churchill feeder elementary school.) And he estimates that 20% of the students were drug users, but that they are easy to avoid.

Wasn't Whitman ranked a 4 by GS?

No that’s Blair

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Ah yes, thank you for the correction! I’m thinking of the kids who attend the French Immersion program (via lottery) at Sligo Creek ES and then SSIMS, but matriculate to Einstein with the neighborhood. Another added bonus in that there are always new kids joining the schools.

Remember there is the down county consortium for HS so you have school choice.

Between the a 2, 3 and 4. That’s some pig

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Ah yes, thank you for the correction! I’m thinking of the kids who attend the French Immersion program (via lottery) at Sligo Creek ES and then SSIMS, but matriculate to Einstein with the neighborhood. Another added bonus in that there are always new kids joining the schools.

Remember there is the down county consortium for HS so you have school choice.

Between the a 2, 3 and 4. That’s some pig

Lol then don't buy in the DCC and everyone will be happier.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: If you are seeking a large home in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard (half acre plus), nice neighbors, close in, rich in diversity, and a great school, I suggest you look at homes in the Woodside/North Woodside neighborhood of Silver Spring. Middle school is Silver Spring International (IB programme as well as French immersion) and high school is Albert Einstein, which is relatively small, very diverse, has a fantastic PTA, the Visual Arts magnet, and the Visual and Performing Arts Program (as well as finance, marketing, and IB). Kids are free to be who they want without the pressures of parties/drinking/drugs bc the culture is so accepting. Truly. I have lived and taught in a few MoCo schools (both public and private) and can easily say AEHS is a hidden gem. Good luck to you and your family during this difficult time.

I agree with all of this, but I don’t think wood side is zoned for SSIMS. I think kids in Woodside go to Woodlin ES and Sligo MS.

Ah yes, thank you for the correction! I’m thinking of the kids who attend the French Immersion program (via lottery) at Sligo Creek ES and then SSIMS, but matriculate to Einstein with the neighborhood. Another added bonus in that there are always new kids joining the schools.

Remember there is the down county consortium for HS so you have school choice.

Between the a 2, 3 and 4. That’s some pig

Lol then don't buy in the DCC and everyone will be happier.

Of course I would buy in the DCC, I get more bang for my buck buying cheap rentals. I wouldn’t live in any of them though

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Anonymous wrote:If your family was at a crossroads and housing costs were not an issue, would you choose Churchill, Poolesville, or Whitman?

I'd get far away from the money in Churchill and Whitman. I'm not a huge fan of Poolesville, either, but that's where I would go.

AA PP is right. They are racist as **** in the W schools. I guess it's "good" that it's so blatant? At least you know what you are dealing with.

But there is so much money, and so little supervision, many kids are doing drugs -- lots of them and hard core.

Ok. That’s not what I need in my life now or later. Are the Potomac area private high schools the same?

Incorrect stereotype. People love to bash Whitman on DCUM. Mostly because they are jealous. The racist incidents last year were done by a biracial kid to get attention. My DC has a large group of friends at Whitman, none of whom are racist or do drugs. I’m sure there are some, but it is by no means widespread.

I agree. My AA son just graduated from Churchill and says he didn't experience any racism during his years there. (He did have a blatantly racist teacher -- now retired -- in 3rd grade in a Churchill feeder elementary school.) And he estimates that 20% of the students were drug users, but that they are easy to avoid.

Wasn't Whitman ranked a 4 by GS?

Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

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Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

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Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

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Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

That's mostly due to money not necessarily about how smart they are or how well they did on standardized tests.

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Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

I guarantee you that there are many students from those lower ranked schools who don't give a fig about PARCC tests, too.