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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am probably your neighbor. We have loved Oakland Terrace and are closer to middle school than you. The simple answer is no -- all the big non-Catholic private schools are in Bethesda or Potomac or DC. I have seen many parents stay in this area and send their kids to Newport, a few parents move to Bethesda or Town of Kensington, but I don't think I can remember anyone who has sent their kids to Bullis, Sidwell, Holton, Landon, etc., the big private middle and high schools in the area. I know one who went to Sandy Spring Friends. I have thought a lot about why, and I think this is just a solidly middle class area that almost without exception can't afford paying $30k a year per child to those schools. That said, I absolutely love this area and the plan for now is to try Newport. There is literally no telling how things will change in 10 years.[/quote]

Thanks.  We're excited about OTES and cautiously optimistic about NM and E.  I'd just like to keep my options open just in case.  My coworker has middle school-aged children and suggested that, right now, NM is not very challenging at an academic level.  I know, I'm probably thinking about this way too much, but education is important to me and I do not foresee us moving, so I want to see what our other options are.  [/quote]

It's such a great place to live. Let me just add that most parents who are concerned that their children be much more challenged focus on magnet middle and high schools instead of private. They are very difficult to get into though. I remember thinking my 4 year old would probably go to Blair because he seemed to like science so much. Fast forward just a few years and I see there is no way he's getting in to Blair![/quote]

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