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[quote=Anonymous]This looks like it is about to turn nasty (maybe already has) so I thought I would try to keep it on track.  As others have noted, most of the schools in the area are very good with some variations from year to year, often including the Principal who can have a strong presence in an elementary school, much less visible at HS.  One thing that matters to many kids is the neighborhood, whether there are lots of kids, few kids, easily accessible (houses close together or far apart) and as they get older (early teens), many like to be able to walk or spend time in the downtown area.  We are in a nice neighborhood in the BCC cluster that we picked in part for the easy commute to DC, but if we were to do it over again, would seek out neighborhoods with more kids and easier access to Bethesda.  The three Bethesda HS are all different -- Whitman kind of isolated, high-performing but the least diverse, commutes from that area vary a lot; Walter Johnson more urban in that there are places for kids to go at lunch, nice facility, more diverse  and high performing though not generally thought as high as BCC or Whitman; BCC is urban, more diverse (though relative to the other schools) , and high performing, commute tends to be easiest into DC.  If you think you will stay put, focusing on HS may make more sense than elementary school.   [/quote]

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