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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your older child (I assume) is not even 5 yet. Your younger child is even younger. It is far too early to tell what your children will need in school. And no, your older child won't be bored in kindergarten, because

1. she won't be the only one who can read (at least not in Montgomery County; I don't know about Howard County but presumably not there either)
2. there's lots of other stuff going on in kindergarten.

My advice is to find a neighborhood you like, with a house you like and can afford, and a commute that works for you. [/quote]

I live in MoCo and work in HoCo with a lot of parents who send their kids to HoCo schools.  IMO, if your kind is super smart and driven, MoCo offers a better school pipeline than HoCo.  The magnet option from 4th grade on are really good if you're willing to put up with longer bus rides and not going to the neighborhood school.  HoCo offers G&T services in each school, and the criteria for inclusion aren't nearly as difficult, but it serves a much wider swath of smart kids, not just the top 1-2% in the county.

Your kids are young, there's no way to tell at this point which of the programs would be appreciate, but the odds for inclusion are much higher in HoCo.[/quote]

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