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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'll disagree with one of the previous posters who said only to focus on elementary/MS since HS is so far away for your kids. I have a freshman now, and even though he's not super social, it would have been really tough to move him in late MS. We're staying put in our imperfect house in part for that reason. So ideally you want to buy somewhere that you'd be happy to stay through HS.

On Bethesda vs Kensington, I lean strongly toward Kensington. Old town is great, there's nice real estate, it's central to both Bethesda and SS. However, there is undoubtedly more of a roulette wheel in terms of the future value of a home because of the reopening of Woodward. How the boundaries are drawn for that school will inevitably affect a lot of Kensington; some people will suddenly find their houses appreciate in value; others will find the opposite. I'd be very hesitant to buy anywhere in Kensington right now for that reason.[/quote]

Woodward's boundaries are just as likely to affect Bethesda as Kensington. The schools feeding to Tilden MS (GP, Luxmanor, and Farmland) are closer to Woodward  than the schools feeding to North Bethesda MS (KP, Ashburton, Wingate). I would not hesitate to buy in Kensington.[/quote]

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