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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD just started 3rd grade and same as the previous year's a small but consistent flow of our friends and acquaintances are no longer there. We do the tap dance of one or two play dates after they move where the conversation always circles back to their rationalization of why they just had to move out of the city which comes off as (you will understand soon enough). Am I missing something or are all of our peers simply misguided. It seems like every friend she makes now lives in Md or VA. I assume it will stabilize by middle school?[/quote]

"Are all of or peers simply misguided?"  Wow, what arrogant self-righteousness.

No one could possibly make a different choice than you without being misguided.

Maybe people move for better schools, or more space, or to get away from crime, or to avoid assorted nuisances inherent with city living, or to be near relatives in the burbs or any other of a million possible personal factors.

Nothing wrong with your choice to prioritize the benefits of the city, but your condescension towards your (no doubt former) friends who chose differently is the only thing that is misguided.[/quote]

+ 100

We moved to MoCo, with some hesitation. Once we go there, we smacked ourselves on the head and asked ourselves why we didn't do it sooner. [/quote]

To each his own.  We moved to MoCo in Chevy Chase, MD.  I could not get of there fast enough.  I wanted back to DC.  It's was too suburban for me.  I never assumed that our kids would want to attend a state school.  Our oldest chose a private college.  I didn't want to choose for him.  You never know what type of college your kid might want.  You can't assume that because you move to VA or MD that your kid will want that unless you insist, which we didn't.[/quote]

Haha, Chevy Chase MD is almost indistinguishable from 90% of DC. Other than having good schools of course.

But it's true, the wealthy don't have to bail b/c they always can go private which I am sure you will well before college. [/quote]

I think you mean 90% of ward 3. Def not all of DC.[/quote]

NP here but the point remains, is there really much benefit to being in Tenleytown compared to Friendship Heights/ Chevy Chase?

I am pretty sure that Bethesda Elementary is actually even more diverse in both race and SES than Janney or Lafayette. Just a guess though.[/quote]

Not so different by SES. http://public-schools.startclass.com/l/40818/Bethesda-Elementary
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Looks like that site used a 3 as the proficiency cut off for testing.[/quote]

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