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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving from Petworth, DC. Obviously new address not yet known, but would love to get public HS recs here. Just starting to research neighborhoods (most likely an apartment building area vs house).

Into skateboards and music
Plays in an orchestra club, so a great HS music program is highly desirable
No IEP, but needs smaller classes to concentrate
Quiet kid that keeps to herself and has a hard time making friends due to shyness/anxiety[/quote]

BCC has a great music program and a lot of nice kids and clubs, so she will find her people. Lots of kids in the apartments in Bethesda/Chevy Chase/one corner of Silver Spring.
Classes are 30-35 kids, however, and can get pretty loud depending on teachers classroom management skills (it varies).[quote] [b]Lack of discipline with kids hanging out in bathrooms does bother anxious kids.[/b][/quote][/quote]

Can you share more about this? At a different school, my neighbor's kid had an issue w/getting bullied in the bathroom so would sneak home at lunch. And got marked as truant ... lots of issues ensued. (Sweet kid; hard school environment.)[/quote]

BCC is open lunch, you are allowed to leave campus.  So if you are close enough to walk home for lunch, that is fine.  (Just get back in time for 5th period.)  A lot of vaping in the bathrooms, some drug dealing/use.  Admin locks a lot of bathrooms during parts of the day (at lunch only first floor bathrooms are open and sometimes they get locked as well) and has staff/security check them.  I believe the bathroom in the health room is always available, and is more monitored if kids feel unsafe in the regular bathrooms.
My kids have not loved the bathroom situation, but are pretty comfortable at the school in general and have dealt with it OK.  They have never complained about not being able to use a bathroom or being bullied.[/quote]

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