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[quote=Anonymous]We live in DC and are considering a move to MoCo (most likely Rockville or Gaithersburg, maybe Silver Spring). We don't have a ton of housing money (under 500K), so are walking the fine line of finding affordable housing in a decent school district. Obviously I know the usual ways of evaluating schools, but I'm confused by the extra wrinkle of programs like HGC and magnets. So far, when I check out a listing, I basically just look at the GreatSchools number of the assigned schools -- flawed but easy. But if schools have both regular and special programs, do averaged numbers give a falsely inflated picture of the "regular" program? Also, our kid is only in K, so who knows how she'll turn out, but there's a chance she'll end up in the test-in programs. I'd want to pick a neighborhood with both decent "regular" options and a short commute to special programs if necessary. Is there an easy way to calculate all that without a crazy-person wall map full of strings? Sorry for asking something that's probably very basic to you who are already living it. But from the outside, it's confusing!
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