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[quote=Anonymous][quote]OP here. Thank you so much for this detailed analysis. I really appreciate it! It's hard to know what my kid is going to need out of school in 4, 10, 15 years, but I like the idea of magnet middle schools in theory. I'm not heartened by the turnover of principals. [b]I also am not sure I prefer a school that is more than half hispanic,[/b] but the houses in Holiday Park and Randolph seem nicer (at least online) for the same price point in the Rockville or some other SS neighborhoods, so maybe that's a compromise we'll make. We'll see.

We are Jewish-- do you know if there are other Jewish families at Viers Mill?[/quote]

Yikes.  Are you still appreciative of my detailed analysis if I tell you that I am Hispanic and my kids make up part of that demographic that you're concerned about?  Lots of us are pretty normal and intelligent people, and so are our kids.  If you want to live in Silver Spring or Rockville, you can't really escape us.

I don't think there's a huge Jewish population, but there are some.  Certainly not going to be as high as in some other clusters, like at Wootton, but it's not non-existent.  Off the top of my head, I can name a handful of Jewish families in my kids' grades, and I certainly don't know all the students.

I think the principal turnover was mostly bad luck--the first "new" one was hired mid-summer, after the chosen candidate was offered a higher position, and was just not ready for the job.  The second one talked a great game and made a good impression, but had no follow-through.  It was a risk hiring from outside the county.  Current one seems like he's going to stick, and he's pretty good.[/quote]

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