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[quote=Anonymous]Hello OP,
I wish there was a house for sale next to us that you could buy :-)

With an HHI of 100K and me as SAHM, we recently bought a house served by and within walking distance of the Bethesda ES. We had previously been living in Silver Spring.

Two main reasons:
1. BES has a much better academic reputation than most schools in Silver Spring. That should be your most important criteria, for your kids' education as well as for the real-estate investment you make in your house. Furthermore, BES is known for excellent special needs services, which are necessary for our oldest. 
2. My dream was to have a house + garden within easy walking distance to all urban amenities such as shops, restaurants, library, (and yoga and karate!) etc. In my personal opinion, and having lived in both towns, Silver Spring is far less walkable than Bethesda.

Bethesda is criticized for its snobby residents. We have not found this to be true. Our neighbors are charming.

To answer your question, we are not the "poorest" family at school, since BES educates all the children in the condos and apartments, which statistically house lower-income families than SFHs. Of course, this would not be true of the Bethesda suburbs!

At the high school level, the population is so varied and your income might have changed so much that it should not be a prime worry.
I was one of the poorest in a very posh high school and it did not bother me at all :-)[/quote]

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