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Looking at Kensington, I read that a new HS may open and may not be as good. I know we have many years and a lot of things may change, but in general, I want to get a feeling of the community and neighborhood. As I think if other like-minded people live in the neighborhood they may have this as their priority and somehow keep the school quality high.[/quote]

I live in Wheaton and there are loads of parents at the school who value education and community. There has beens some concern expressed here and on the Real Estate forums about some of us leaking into Woodard. If you want to pay a 150-300k premium to segregate your children from mine...by all means go do it.

The biggest challenge for us parents outside of the W school zones is actually the occasional teacher who shares [b]your mindset [/b]and either conciously or subconsciously imposes a ceiling on the expectations of students in the classroom as they assume that we don’t hold education as a priority because of the neighborhood where we live. The curriculum is the same, but the fidelity of implementing it is not often the case if the teacher approaches the class with a preconceived notion that the students will only have only low wage outcomes post education. Ultimately we are not “buying into” a good school, but rather rolling up our sleeves and working hard to make sure the teachers are providing the learning environment all students deserve regardless of SES.

Best wishes with your move wherever you choose to buy.[/quote]

W zones - have you been paying attention? Whitman is a 4. BCC is a 7. Churchill students can barely count. W are overrated by any factual measure.[/quote]

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