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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]73% farms and nearly 50% ESOL.

I grew up near that area a million years ago. It was diverse back in the 1970s, but now I think it's safe to say that very few families in that area are native English speakers. The only reason I mention that is bc it might be something to consider in terms of establishing connections in your neighborhood. Our first home in silver spring began to transition to lots of rentals and lots of non-English speaking families, and the problem was (1) those folks worked a lot and were never around to socialize with and (2) communicating was difficult. I am bilingual and could speak with Spanish speaking folks, but my husband could not. Plus, many of the families spoke other languages. So it was tough to find folks in the neighborhood to hang out with. Now that we live in a new area (still diverse, but everyone speaks English/bilingual, etc) I appreciate knowing all my neighbors, block parties, play dates, etc.  And this impacts the schools as well in terms of having SAHMs available to volunteer at school, play dates (someone has to be home), etc.  And fwiw, our neighbors nanny pulled her kids out of that school (it's where she lives) to send them to our neighborhood school. I don't want to give too many details here, but she had concerns. Not sure how she was able to get her kids into our neighborhood school (not near each other), but she is very glad she made the switch.  What's your housing budget OP? Maybe folks could suggest other areas you might like to consider.[/quote]

I think this information is a bit outdated. There are a lot of native English speaking, non-Hispanic people in the area. It's just a pretty low-key place, and if you don't live there or spend much time there, you might get an inaccurate impression of the overall demographics if the area. I don't have any personal experience with VM elementary, but a friend's daughter attended and their family loved it. From what I understand, it is a diverse school that outperforms other schools with similar demographics (FARMS and ESOL).[/quote]

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