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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly encourage you to move to MCPS or FCPS in general, if you're currently in DC. Academically it's a better choice, and financially you will have access to in-state tuition in MD or VA. For MCPS in particular, west of the county is wealthier and has more studious school atmospheres than east of the county. My kids have attended Walter Johnson (North Bethesda) and Bethesda-Chevy Chase (downtown Bethesda) high schools. We loved Walter Johnson: it  was academically rigorous and most of the kids were pretty studious. BCC, which my youngest currently attends, is less so, but still good. Walt Whitman (west Bethesda) is supposed to be the highest-ranked high school. Churchill is also supposed to be very good.

Having said that, public schools always have large classes. My oldest with severe ADHD was medicated, and had access to a resource class when he had an IEP, then still had extended time when he progressed to a 504. Most teachers implement IEPs and 504s, and a few are terrible to work with: he only had one terrible teacher in all his years of MCPS, so we're lucky!

Both my kids are introverted and socially anxious. One of them still made friends easily, the other didn't. Same type of schools. This will depend on the kid.

All these schools have good music programs, and they all have students who get into selective private youth orchestras like MCYO.

Welcome to Bethesda!

PS: There's also the new Woodward High school, on Old Georgetown Rd, between BCC and WJ, that will open in a couple of years. [b]The boundaries will be redrawn shortly and reduce the overcrowding at WJ, but is not supposed to affect BCC[/b], which right now is not overcrowded. [/quote]

That's misleading. BCC and its feeder middle schools are in fact included in the boundary study. We won't know the new boundaries until spring 2026.[/quote]

PP you replied. Sorry, I wasn't aware! I defer to people who know more. I believe there's a long-running thread about Woodward on DCUM, if OP can find it.[/quote]

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