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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RM is very over crowded and City of Rockville is debating to put 3300 students school built for 2200 students.

RM shouldn't be compared with other two schools due to being so over crowded.[/quote]

Please don’t spread falsehoods. Technically, the city IS discussing allowing up to 3300 students in the school built for 2200; however, no reasonable projections have the school reaching 3300 in 10 years—even with additional development, which takes time to build and populate. Would it eventually get there, sure, it probably would, but the city isn’t likely to pass the vote in a couple days to permit that. It’s more likely that if anything passes, it would be the targeted raising of the limits to permit construction in the Walter Johnson cluster. Less likely is the waiver to allow building downtown that will affect RM.

[b]If you have a child that will be at RM between now and 10 years from now, expect school utilization at 120% now to 135% by the end of the 10 years[/b]. Building Crown High School will also result in major boundary changes. We can’t accurately predict which neighborhoods will go to which schools yet.[/quote]

120-135%, wow it seems RM should be avoided by any new house buyers who values education.

Go for Wootton if you are not wealthy. If you have money then go for Churchill.  My kid is in middle school in RM cluster and I am not really thrilled with over crowding in RM and even less thrilled with attitude of elected leaders from Rockville to make the over crowding worse. [/quote]

Why does everyone think that all Churchill students come from money.  The bulk of the houses in Potomac are from the 60's/70's or older and need major renovations, and are under $750K.  The neighborhoods surrounding Churchill and Hoover are awful!  These kids are not wealthy.  Their parents just overpaid for old real estate.  HARD PASS!

There are also plenty of houses under $750K in Wootton but they may not be as old.  The families are of the same financial demographic.  I think it's the cache that comes from a Potomac zip code versus a North Potomac or Rockville zip code.  OP... it's nonsense.  Find a house that you love with nice neighbors and you'll be fine!  I'm tired of hearing about the "wealth" in Potomac.  There is wealth everywhere in this area!!  
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The neighborhoods around Churchill and Hoover are “awful”? In what way? Because the houses are older and there aren’t any million dollar McCraftsman houses? No, most of Potomac isn’t rich. We are a middle class family who bought there (in the 600s) for the schools and proximity to family, and most of our neighbors are just like us - white collar working professonals with young families. There is a great sense of community and we are surrounded by nice people and friendly neighbors who look out for us. We are within minutes of multiple grocery stores and restaurants. Crime is low. If living in a house built in the 60s is awful, I’ll gladly continue to suffer.

And have you looked at the prices of single family homes in Rockville these days? It’s not actually that much cheaper to live there if you want the kids to go to RM. 
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