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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do most of the kids walk to and from school? I’m deciding between MoCo, NOVA and JR to relocate to for HS and for my particular kid, I really value him developing a good friend group. Seems like a mostly walkable school facilitates that better than bussing/driving. [/quote]

You should care more about in-state college options and costs vs. the things you mention above.  DC TAG does not bridge the entire gap between in-state and OOS at all, so if you care about having UMD or UVA/W&M/Virginia Tech et al as in-state options, that should be a larger factor for you.

The areas you would consider "walkable" are fairly expensive for SFHs.  I consider say anything within a 1 mile radius (and that could be a stretch) as walkable.  There are reasonable apartments and condos, especially in some older buildings on CT Avenue.

My guess is that 50% of the kids that are in-bound for Jackson-Reed in these areas attend, while there is a large %age going to Walls or private schools.[/quote]

of course you’re not wrong about college but my particular kid needs to get through high school happily in a place that values kids of all types with lower barrier to entry activities. If you can think of a good HS option in NOVA or MoCo I all all ears but they all seem massive (Blair, WL) or bad cultural fits (Ws) or basically indistinguishable/worse academically than JR (Einstein). [/quote]

BCC in Bethesda is similar to JR in terms of cultural fit and you will find many walkable areas.  Not sure what doesn’t work for you for Whitman as I would say the top 20% of JR is a lot like Whitman kids.

I don’t know VA as well other than Langley and McLean HSs are popular options.[/quote]

Agree with this poster that BCC is the closest comparator to JR. If you are looking for something smaller, you might also look at MacArthur, the new DCPS high school down on MacArthur Boulevard. It’s just starting up so I believe most or all activities are walk on.

Also, this poster is not wrong that there are kids at JR who could fit in seamlessly at Whitman. But in my opinion when those kids make up a smaller fraction of the class, it makes for a different school culture. [/quote]

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