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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - PP, I’ve been doing some research based on the very kind advice on this thread, and I think I can actually help on your question! Those who know more, please correct me if any of this sounds wrong.

There are two middle schools that feed into Bethesda/Chevy Chase, and it seems that won’t change with the MCPS boundary redrawing process. Westland MS is southwest of “downtown” Bethesda and has the middle years IB program. It’s in a very affluent, suburban area. I can’t really tell if it’s “good” or just has high scores because the children are privileged.  Silver Creek MS is way up in Kensington and gets kind of a bad rap, which I get the sense is partly to due with the fact that it’s a much more diverse school, including by SES. Some people say it is warm, small, community based. Others say there are problems with drugs and discipline. Not really sure what to think. The one thing you’ll see is that neither of these is at all close to Bethesda Chevy Chase HS so there’s some bus time involved with whichever you choose/can afford.

I am less in the know about Virginia but have been trying to learn. I’m not very into Yorktown - I think if we went with Virginia we’d be looking at Washington Liberty. Arlington Public Schools is probably redrawing middle school boundaries which makes it hard to know where the lines might be, but my overall sense is that two good middle schools (some would say more?) feed into Washington-Liberty. Dorothy Hamm MS is very popular, more affluent, great administration but some drawbacks in their programming. Swanson MS is more diverse, a crappy building, but has some wonderful programs and people also seem happy there more or less.

So I guess the bottom line is that I don’t think it’s entirely accurate to say they are the same, but there are pros and cons to all. Same with Deal and Hardy in DCPS. It probably depends on your kid and then your budget. We are going through the same analyses!  I commiserate - this is painful.[/quote]

My kid is in 8th grade at Silver Creek and loves it. It is a very well run school and actually offers academic challenge (which is not what I read about other MS in MCPS). [/quote]

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