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[quote=Anonymous]I've lived in NW DC, Bethesda, and Silver Spring, all with kids.

Of the three, I'm least likely to choose Bethesda again. The problem with Bethesda if you have young kids is that the amount of time parents spend working in order to afford Bethesda precludes much socializing. I also found that, as a mom in her early 30s, I was on the young side for the neighborhood and it was hard to make friends with parents who had kids the same age as mine.

NWDC was great, but as our kids got older, we found the lack of gifted programs to be an issue for one of our kids in particular. There was no absence of smart and well-prepared peers, but there was really nothing for kids who genuinely learned differently.

Silver Spring has some great schools and some perfectly fine schools. But our experience at a perfectly fine Silver Spring school still provided more differentiation and acceleration than a "better" DCPS school, simply by virtue of having a dedicated track for gifted kids that started in 2nd grade and then got more serious in 4th. [/quote]

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