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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, are you the one looking in the Olney Brookeville area and someone posted to go private for HS? If so, I have been following that thread and I have the exact same situation as you.  2 kids, oldest entering K next year and we have basically a budget of $550K.  I have researched DCUM for Sherwood info and have never heard anything negative except for last night when someone said there are drugs in the cafeteria.  I have the same concerns as you, but I just find it a little confusing that an area with  ES and MS schools as high ranking as they are in Olney, would have an "unsafe" high school.  What happened to these kids between MS and HS??

Sherwood is a 7 on greatschools and WJ is an 8.  Sure, an 8 is preferable to a 7 but when you think about the financial costs of one area over the other, I feel that I would be able to do more for my kids in Olney financially than I would at WJ.  I would be able to afford more after school activities,  tutoring, etc., things that would hopefully keep them away from the bad crowd which is present in ANY high school, even WJ. I have also noticed that a lot of similar couples to us (in age, education and socioeconomic background) are being priced out of the WJ cluster and coming to Olney, which I think, in the long term, is going to benefit the area and keep it consistent.  If you look at schooldigger, Sherwood has a steady history of being a 7 so I think with more and more families moving out there, it will only go up from there.  That is my hope.  I know I haven't provided you with useful info about your question, but I just wanted to show some comradery with you, and that while I share  your concerns, I'm starting to calm down more and still leaning toward Olney.  (Hopefully, I gave this thread another bump in the meantime and we can have some Sherwood parents chime in). [/quote]

I live in Olney and have several friends whose children go to Sherwood; I've never heard that Sherwood is "unsafe" or that there are drug deals going down in the cafeteria.  I've heard that it might not have the best peer group for really high performing kids, but that's about the only knock and I don't get that from most people.[/quote]

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