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[quote=Anonymous]Hello everyone!
My husband and I have a 9 mos old and planning to expand our family. Having recently moved to the Maryland area, we are now looking at homes in the Rockville/Potomac/Bethesda area to settle down in. Many of these homes are a bit out of our price range, but since interest rates are at an all time low and homes in these areas are a bit cheaper than they have been, we would like to go ahead and purchase a home that we plan on staying in until our child graduates high school or possibly for the rest of our lives.

Since a lot of these homes are out of our price range, we would need to work extra, borrow from relatives etc. but feel it may be worth it in the long run, as interest rates and homes prices will most likely go up in the next 10 yrs or so, which would bring us to the same situation we are in now anyway.

What we are looking for is a top notch school, very strong focus on academics, but diverse as well. I had bad experiences being bullied as I am South asian and attended a very non-diverse high school and do not want my daughter to face what I did. Both of us are in science-related fields, but we want her to choose any field she wishes, but be the best in that field (as I'm sure most parents do). We don't know how our daughter will be academically, so I want a school that will motivate her to excel, but if she has struggles, will be willing to help her out and work with her (this goes for es, middle and high schools). I do not want her to go to a school where if she does struggles, she will be ignored or bullied.

So the following are my questions:
1) Which school district is the best for what we are looking for? Wooten, Winston Churchhill, Walter Johnson or Walt Whitman?
2)Do you think these school districts will change much in terms of rankings (as some school districts in Columbia, etc have) in the next 10 yrs or so?If so, it may not be worth it to purchase a home right now
3) Is it true that students graduating from these 4 schools have less of a chance getting into top notch/Ivy-league schools than schools that are ranked lower?
4)How does richard montomery compare to the above schools? we have found  homes in that area to be a bit more affordable.

Any advice/feedback would be appreciated re: these schools and buyinhg homes in this area as we would like as much info as possible before making this huge financial decision for our family.Thank you all in advance![/quote]

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