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I send my kids to my local public schools because I can't afford to send them to private school.  I moved to the neighborhood thinking the schools were great.  Turns out, the schools aren't what they get the press to be.

The high school was ranked #1 in the state of Maryland by US News and World Report last year.  A drug house was busted by Montgomery County Police right across the street from the school last spring.  Someone in the neighborhood was keeping the drug dealer busy enough to be located there.

Kids with the issues at school feel entitled.  The wealthiest kids are the ones with the biggest problems.  They feel like their parents will always bail them out.  Many parents are attorneys or know the best in the area.  These kids don't live up to the same yardstick as kids across the county.  Worse case scenario, they get busted.  They might get expelled but their parents will put them in private school.  They will never face a judge or do jail time.

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So your kid goes to BCC or Whitman or maybe Chuchill - I don't know which was on top of the US News rankings last year, but it was one of these. Those rankings are based mostly on the number of AP and IB tests the kids take. So yes, I'd agree with you that these are kids taking heavy course loads. And yes, rich kids often feel entitled. But I don't buy that Whitman or BCC, with all these kids taking AP and IB tests and doing well on them, is any more of a drug den than Sidwell or a Cathedral school. [/quote]

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