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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I get why you are concerned with the school district and what high school you will be zoned for.  But your child is 3.  A lot can change in your life between now and when they are going off to middle school or high school.  Also, schools get redistricted.  You know what they say about the best laid plans.  I would not make any financial sacrifices to be in a W district right now.  I'd personally want to make sure the elementary school is strong and go from there.  And keep in mind, there are all kinds of magnet middle schools and high schools.  If your kid is into engineering, they could end up somewhere like Wheaton which has a highly competitive program in that discipline.  [/quote]
OP - ignore most of the other posts and focus on this one.

My kids were in the RM cluster and had great experiences. A mix of teachers - some great, some okay, a couple bad - and good academics (both opted for AP classes instead of IB). They were involved in school (sports and other groups) and had a really nice cohort of friends peers. A cohort I would put up against any cohort in a W school.

I knew other families such as yourself. Moving to MoCo because a parent grew up there and would only consider Ws. Honestly, their kids fared no better than mine who went to RM.

That being said, a lot of the neighborhoods around RM and QO are going to get redistributed in the next couple years because of the new high school. The RM my kids went to may be very different than the RM when your DD is in high school.[/quote]

Op, regarding Gaithersburg- there an enormous development underway near the 7/11 , across from a future biotechnology office space that is permitted to house as many workers as the pentagon. The infrastructure in that area can not handle the traffic and 30% of that housing is slated to be low income.
The QO area has a small island of children from the UMC and the rest of it is .. not where'd I'd choose to live. [/quote]

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