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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are planning on moving to the DCC (Takoma Park/Silver Spring/Kensington).  We don't have a large budget, but like the Takoma Park area and think we may be able to find something our family of 5 could squeeze into.

I have 3 kids, when we move my daughter will be going into 6th grade, which would put her in the Takoma Park/Blair district, which is great for her because she. Is bright and definitely excels math/STEM (we know the magnet thing is hard to get into, but it seems like a good overall STEM school).

My concern is that I will also have a 3rd grader and a kindergartner when we move, and from what I've heard the TP elementary schools are really big, which may be an issue with my highly sensitive 3rd grader and any kindergartner I would think.

Are there other clusters that y'all would recommend as a whole?  My 3rd grader also seems more STEM/engineering oriented, but would probably do better in a smaller school. My 4yo is just a spitfire who bosses us all around so who knows with her.

We also would prefer to be as close to DC or Metro station.

Thank you for any helpful advice.[/quote]

The only [b]MCPS[/b] middle schools with anything interesting STEM-wise are Takoma Park, [b]Clemente[/b], Argyle, and Parkland.[/quote]

[b]Fixed it.[/b]  Clemente has a program similar to TPMS, serving the smaller up-county population (with fewer seats).  There aren't special STEM middle school programs other than these 4 in the whole county, and Argyle/Parkland have a limited number of seats for those outside of the combined Middle School Magnet Consortium catchment (those two plus Loiederman).

OP's 6th grader is unlikely to find an open spot for any at this point, with lottery invitations having been sent earlier this year and considerable wait pools.  Regular TPMS is fine, as are the other area middle schools, though TPMS with it's more recent improvement project may have fewer idiosyncratic issues (facilities, etc.) than Eastern or SSIMS; however, the math/science/CS magnet is a separate program within the school.  The 3rd grader and kindergartener will have a chance for that.

Big school or small, comfort in the learning experience is going to be more about the individual teachers and classmates than anything else, though good principals definitely help, as do more up-to-date/adequate facilities.  There are some schools that don't have enough room and have to stretch lunches from as early as about 10:30 to as late as about 2, changing with each grade.[/quote]

Gee, how helpful your "fix" is to the OP who specifically asked about DCC schools and said they wanted to live close to DC.[/quote]

More helpful than the post that was fixed.[/quote]

Well, OP said they are "planning on moving to the DCC." So in addition to Takoma Park, they might consider moving into the Argyle or Parkland area and would therefore not be competing for the "limited number of seats" outside the MSMC.[/quote]

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