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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an Orthodox Jew and I live in Kemp Mill. I don't think that Kemp Mill would be a great place for a non-observant Jewish family using the public schools. There are very few Jewish children (Orthodox or non-Orthodox) in Kemp Mill Elementary, and the majority of Orthodox Jewish children in Kemp Mill Elementary are there for the special education services.  Kemp Mill Elementary went dual Spanish/English instruction-only for kindergarten this year, so the Orthodox Jewish children requiring special education services will likely be placed in schools with English-only classrooms in future years.

Also, the new playground is a Montgomery Parks playground. It happens to be located next to the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, but it is not affiliated with the Yeshiva.

Orthodox Jewish Kemp Mill is defined as the Warwick Apartments, University Towers condos, Arcola from University Blvd to Kemp Mill Road (but not beyond either), and all roads off Arcola in the stretch. Kemp Mill Road also extends all the way down Kemp Mill Road to just before Glenallen, including the neighborhoods off of both sides of Kemp Mill Road, but nothing off of Glenallen.  Kemp Mill also includes Lamberton and all the streets that can connect to Lamberton without hitting a major road like Arcola or Kemp Mill Road.  Areas by Dennis Ave, Caddington, Orebaugh, Ladd, etc., are all not part of "Orthodox Kemp Mill" and have very few, if any, Orthodox residents. Kemp Mill is the most most concentrated Orthodox Jewish community in the DC area.

There are also Orthodox Jewish enclaves on both sides of 29 near Southeast Hebrew Congregation in White Oak.  There's an Orthodox community that extends from Woodside through Shepherd Park, DC.  There's also a relatively small Orthodox community in the Aspen Hill neighborhood near the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy.  There's another community between Tuckerman and Montrose along Seven Locks Lane in Potomac.

There's a Conservative synagogue on University Blvd W between Arcola and Amherst called Har Tzeon Agudath Achim.  Other than that one Conservative synagogue, all other non-Orthodox synagogues are in Rockville, Chevy Chase, Potomac, and DC west of Rock Creek Park.

A lot of the public schools in the areas south of Kemp Mill have good public schools and homes in the $350K+ range.  Many students in those schools attended Silver Spring Learning Center, which is located in an Orthodox synagogue and whose celebrations all focus around Jewish holidays like Chanukah, Purim, and Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). The non-Jewish children who attended that program, as well as their families, tend to be very welcoming toward Jewish observances and customs even though they're not Jewish.

Some schools that are popular in the cheaper housing bracket near Kemp Mill are Forest Knolls, Glen Haven (which had a Purim party in at least one class this year), Oakland Terrace, and Flora M. Singer.

If you choose to buy a townhouse on the western side of Montgomery County, there will be lots of Jewish children in almost every public elementary school. You would also be closer to a wider variety of synagogues.

Good luck with your search![/quote]

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