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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, can you rent? If so, I would hold off on buying for a year when the boundary study will be resolved. [/quote]

NP, I agree that you should rent for a year or two. If I were you, I'd try to rent near an elementary school where families really like the principal and the school retains same cohort of students K-5. I would also tour private schools because you will want to have a good idea of alternative options, particularly if you are concerned about screen use in schools.

Of the schools you mentioned, I think Takoma Park (TPES/Piney Branch) has the most stability for K-5 and is least likely to be assigned to new middle/high schools through the study currently underway. PPs mentioned downside of large size but I don't know of schools in MCPS that avoid that scenario.

My kids are in the BCC cluster, which includes Rock Creek Forest and Rosemary Hills. Rock Creek Forest will provide more stability through 5th grade but there is a split within the school (Spanish immersion and non-immersion kids go to different middle schools). Rosemary Hills (K-2) is very big and then splits into two schools for grades 3-5. Right now, Rock Creek Forest non-immersion students go to Silver Creek with Rosemary Hills students but the study underway includes options that would change that. Too soon to say how it will change but change appears inevitable.    [/quote]

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