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[quote=Anonymous]Do you have family back home/do you have family here?

What are your goals. Do you want to go Ivy, SLAC or do you expect your kids to go South for college?
Do you have boys? are they active? do you have an active girl/tomboy?
Do you suspect you will have kids with LD's like dylexia?

Nothing beats cousins/aunts/grandparents (if you like them). The greatest indicator of success is a warm loving connection to family.

For girls and not very active boys all the elementary schools in Montgomery County are excellent. For active boys/girls they are a nightmare.

All the middle schools in MoCo are lacking in one way or another. Socially it is an aweful time - not sure anywhere is much better.

If you kids are super smart they will do well, if they have significant special needs I would stay.

For the kids in the middle, it can be a disaster, depending where you go and what you expect. Parents try their hardest to get the middle kids into the honors programs for segregation from "troubled" kids and often it is bad fit.

Kids with mild LD's are not handled well in MoCo unless they are gifted also. (2E or LDGT)

Many schools in Bethesda will be super over the top and out of control competitive and your 2.3 student will be made to feel like a failure. If your child is self confident it will not be an issue but if there are tiny cracks in his/her self esteem it could become an issue.

Drugs are a problem everywhere but in Bethesda parent can afford the $5000 fine for furnishing alcohol to a minor. More expensive drugs are easier to obtain.

You will have to work very hard on making sure your kids do not grow up entitled in this area. My son recently put a car on his birthday list. I will keep it to show his kids after I stopped laughing I told him I would get him a metro card. This from a child who did not get a phone until he was 15 and has a job in the summer. I know a JOB in MoCo it's rare. Oh, did I mention, teens in this area don't have jobs.

Our relatives are in the midwest (not Texas) and when they visit or we visit them, my kids can't believe how fun and laid back it is. My son will say,"Wow everybody is so calm." Want to go fishing or hiking okay let's go. Here it's like at 4pm we are all gathering in location X and we will assign everybody something to bring, we will hike exactly from 4-7pm at which time we will fish, fishing will happen from 7pm-9pm and everybody needs to be back at the lodge at 9:30. Anybody is late shit will hit the fan. If this does not bother you great, but if this bothers you, wait until you meet your room parent.

Forget about football, your kids need to play lacrosse. Just kidding.

I am sure there are issues with every area, MoCo has great schools. But you need to look at your kids and ask does MoCo have great schools (and lifestyle) for us.[/quote]

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