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I have a similar experience, had colleagues who bought in Mount Pleasant in the early 2000's while I decided to rent (and later buy) an apartment in upper NW so I could send kids to public schools all the way to HS without having to rely on the lottery. we discussed the issue of the schools at the time and they were confident, they were very involved in the community, started working with local school when first kid was a toddler and blah blah. we lost contact for a while and met them years ago and asked how they were doing, t[b]hey had 3 kids and had moved to Bethesda. for the schools[/b]. No justification, simply local school sucks and we need good public education for our kids. i volunteered years ago in a DCPS in a disadvantaged part of town. met a 6th grader (elementary school was going to 6th grade at the time) who was unable to read. she would read books for toddlers, with hard pages and 4 words per page, putting her fingers under each word and reading syllable by syllable. no sane person would send her kid to a school where kids read like that in 6th grade if you have any other choice. [/quote]

Of course, on the MCPS forum, they'll tell you that the schools in Bethesda are terrible because MCPS is terrible. But I'm just jealous that the study is about DCUM discussions of DC schools (which I know nothing about) instead of DCUM discussions of MCPS schools.

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