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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It surprises me that people want to pay this much to live in a blah neighborhood where there is nothing you can walk to and nothing much to do. We live a few blocks away from these houses, and while the neighborhood is fine, it’s definitely nothing special. Just sprawling, nondescript suburbia. At least nearby Kenwood has a sense of neighborhood identity with holiday parties and such. There’s plenty to walk to just a little east of here, but prices are also higher the closer you get to Woodmont or downtown Bethesda. Our neighborhood is relatively close-in, so that’s great in terms of commuting, and the schools are decent, but it just seems a little sad that there isn’t more going on in terms of community feel. [/quote]

The schools are more than decent. You’re paying to be able to walk to the best middle and high schools in the county, and for the easy commute to DC[/quote]

The schools are decent. I live in this neighborhood (within walking distance to these houses). I know about the schools. A lot of our friends' kids have been through these schools. They have problems, like any massive, crowded, public schools. Massive public schools, even in affluent areas, have drug problems, occasional violence, lots of kids with mental health issues, overwhelmed and underpaid teachers and administrators, bullying, and so forth. It's easy for kids to get lost in the shuffle socially/emotionally, or to become a target, or to get a sub-optimal education because no one is paying that close of attention to any one kid. The pandemic only made these things worse. On top of they typical problems, there is also an incredibly intense competition for those kids who want to be at the top of the class, because these neighborhoods are populated by a disproportionate number of striver families. It's harder for an individual kid to get into an ivy league school from Whitman because there is so much more competition than at other upper-middle-class public high schools. If you took a poll of current Whitman or Pyle parents, I think you'd be surprised at the level of dissatisfaction and, for many, disillusionment felt by families that thought the "best" schools meant something different than their actual experience has borne out. I think Moco does a good job with public education, but it can only work with the resources it has. Even being the best in the county (which some would dispute, I think, in terms of demonstrative outcomes) doesn't mean the schools are anything other than decent. Public education needs an overhaul. I would think that parents who care deeply about education (enough to plan where they live around it) and who can afford private school, would choose private school.  Lots of our neighbors (again, inbounds for Pyle and Whitman) send their kids to private school. Drive around our neighborhood and look at the private school car magnets and window stickers and you'll get a sense of it. [/quote]

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