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[quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of variability in size of the school which can be pretty important. Wood Acres in Bethesda is large which means more choices for activities and friends. Bannockburn and Carderock have more of a small town feel where everyone knows everyone, and the older kids take care of the younger kids. 
Some schools are more diverse than others in different ways. Bethesda Elementary by virtue of being downtown and near a lot of apartments can have more transient families (including many diplomats) than nearby schools. It also get raves for its inclusive special needs programs. Some kids bus there from other home schools for that. 
Really you can't go wrong in Bethesda in terms of schools. Many of the Bethesda schools give tours. You can call and find out when.

Bethesda can feel like a big place during rush hour and there is really a divide between the schools that feed into WJ (Ashburton, etc.) and those that feed into Whitman or BCC. I feel like the WJ families tend to center there lives more around N. Bethesda/Rockville while the Whitman/BCC families do more stuff around the D.C. border. If you're in one of the schools further out, maybe Potomac too.[/quote]

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