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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure where you are moving from, but in Maryland schools are totally by county, not town.  (Unlike MA, NY or NJ.). That means that even a school that has good admin or teachers in one year might not have them the next year so it’s hard to predict what individual school will be good for a child in future years.

In MoCo, north bethesda middle school has a special autism program but your child might not need that level of support, but if it’s your home school, there might be some advantage.  But that’s a relatively expensive neighborhood if you’re not commuting in.

Poolesbklle High has really come up in the rankings so that area might be one to look at for cheaper areas in MoCo.

One advantage MoCo has over HoCo is in its magnet programs, if you child is 2E.  The kids in the gifted programs tend to be a little more tolerant of kids who are socially different.  My child has found a nice home and peer group at one of the magnet programs.

I would just avoid schools with high social-economic needs. Because at a school where lots of kids are coming from serious poverty, absentee parents, etc., your kids needs will seem insignificant and won’t get a lot of atttensjon plus the chaos level tends to be higher in those schools, which can be challenging for kids with ASD.

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