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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.  [/quote]

OP would be zoned for B-CC.

RHES is K-2[/quote]

Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring.  The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private. [/quote]

"inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private".

I lived in Rollingwood and sent my kids to RHPS and CCES. I'm not sure what you mean when you say so many families send their kids to private. In reality, nearly everyone in Rollingwood sent their kids to public - including my neighbor, who graduated from Sidwell herself!

Some CCES in boundary kids do go to private but it's generally not a lot and often there is a specific reason - diplomat kids who go to French or German immersion school, kids with learning disabilities who aren't properly served at RHPS, extremely wealthy parents who view their child's school placement as a networking opportunity, and the stragglers who started out living in DC and sent their kids to private but then moved to MoCo and switch over to public school at some point. There are fewer of those now than 30 years ago, now that DCPS has improved - many are keeping kids in DC through high school. Wilson aka Jackson-Reed is similar to BCC but you can live a more city  lifestyle.  [/quote]

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