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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school in MoCo, my mom taught for many years there, and now my friends/co-worker's kids are there and we're considering moving, so have been asking around about some of the high schools, too.

Churchill = Beverly Hills 90210, but academics have always been very good.

Wootton has always been good academically, and science/math oriented long before STEM was a thing.  Not sure if that's turned into an ultra competitive culture more recently, but it wasn't that way historically.  It has (historically and now, I think) a significant Asian population, so also not sure if there is some stereotyping in the opinions.

I'm not that familiar with RM.

A PP mentioned QO, but unless that has DRASTICALLY changed, it in no way compares to Churchill or Wootton.  [/quote]

My dd goes to Churchill.  We chose to live here because of high test scores/academics but have been quite disappointed.  Much less academically rigorous than I was expecting and deficient in a number of ways.  I somewhat regret not selecting Wootton, but I don't know anything about the stress issues there.

Churchill has high test scores because it is wealthy and many parents supplement with tutoring, etc.  I don't think the teaching is any better than many other schools.  In addition, although parents prioritize education enough to push their kids for As or high SAT scores, I wouldn't describe the parents or kids as intellectual in any way.  There is much more talk/prioritization about things like sports and poms than about academic clubs.  Things like science/model UN, and other academic clubs are not strong, and the kids in those areas seem to be thought of as 'not cool.'  Kids in some of these clubs try to distance themselves from the clubs even if they participate in them.  Kids complain about the instrumental music program, and there aren't things as basic as a marching band or a science fair.  I heard (rumor) that the Model UN was disbanded this year because there were so many kids doing drugs at the conference that they couldn't get it under control without disbanding.

My sense is that this is different in Wootton (but again, I'm only seeing from the outside).

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I have to say the clubs in general have been very disappointing at Churchill. The teacher sponsors don't take an active role in advising the clubs and they whither and die, even when there had been demand. I'm hoping that the new principal will provide more oversight going forward. I'm sure there are some exceptions and I'd love to know of them, but my child's experience has been disappointing with the clubs.[/quote]

+1 DS is at Churchill and I could have posted many of the same comments above. Model UN is known for poor supervision that allowed drug and alcohol use. Tutors are needed especially for math and science.  School climate is in the toilet. It is definitely not a happy place for a child to learn and grow.  In hindsight, I wished we would have moved into a cheaper neighborhood so we could have sent all of our children to private schools. [/quote]

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