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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are 3 high schools in Bethesda and Chevy Chase- Walt Whitman, Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson. A small bit of Bethesda also feeds to Winston Churchill in Potomac. People love (or not) those schools for different reasons. Each of those has its own elementary clusters of 4-5 schools. They are pretty much all good. Bethesda Elementary has a well regarded special needs program so if you need that it's worth looking into.

I am in the Whitman cluster and we've been very happy with the schools especially the high school. [/quote]

I agree with this.  We chose the BCC cluster because it's a little more diverse for our multi-racial family, and because we like the IB option, but frankly the difference between the schools aren't huge.

BCC's feeder elementary schools are all good but they have different "personalities".

Westbrook and Somerset: K - 5, very white, very well regarded with high test scores and strong communities.

Bethesda: similar to Westbrook and Somerset, with the added piece of an amazing inclusion program, probably the best in the whole metro areas.  They serve a wide range of kids from those with minor needs, to those with profound needs, and they do it very well.

Rock Creek Forest: K - 5, one of the most racially diverse schools in the county, and has the most economic diversity of the cluster.  1/2 the school is Spanish Immersion, with kids coming in by lottery from all over the county, and 1/2 is English and serves the local area.  The English 1/2 is considered title 1 which means smaller class sizes in the early grades, but also somewhat lower test scores because of the number of kids learning English, or coming from lower income families.

Rosemary Hills/Chevy Chase/North Chevy Chase:  Rosemary Hills is K - 2 and then kids go on to either CC or NCC depending on their neighborhood and stay through 6th, although that will change to 5th when the new middle school opens.  More racially and economically diverse than W, B or S, less than RCF.  Lots of people very happy here, but some people don't like having their kids change schools, or the fact that friends can be split after 2nd.  You'll also get longer bus rides since the area served is quite large.

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