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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thinking about buying a home in that cluster. I know it's not Wootton but is it at least better than average?[/quote]

OP, when you say good school, what specifically do you mean? What makes a school a good school, in your opinion?[/quote]

OP here. That’s a really good question. My kids are 12 months and 3.5. So I don’t know a whole lot about schools here. I didn’t attend HS here. I guess when I said I mean a school that focuses on academic achieving, preparing students for college vs graduating students, good PTA, a place where mi kids will thrive? I’m afraid I didn’t give a good description.[/quote]

No, that's a good description!

So, for academics and college - you can get that at any school in the RM cluster (and most other schools in MCPS).

For PTA - that really depends on who volunteers, which changes from year to year.

For a place where your kids will thrive - that depends a lot on your children, who are 12 months and 3.5 so who knows at this point, and on the principal, who may change.

Be aware that when people say the Wootton cluster has a "good schools", [b]what they mean is: standardized test scores in the Wootton cluster are high.[/b]

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I think you are "down-playing" the significance of "high test scores".  Higher test scores usually means higher college acceptance too. These days even UMDCP is not a given thing so having high scores is helpful

MCPS is a rapidly changing school system. By the time OP's kids are in high school, the school system will look nothing like today. I don't know how OP can factor that in her decision making process but the system will continue to change. [/quote]

Good point. What is the MCPS vision 10 and 20 years down the road? It sounds like a bifurcated school district of high performers and low performers so how does it teach to these two large segments?[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing.  Parts of RM (and Wootton) cluster will probably be rezoned to Crown HS, but that may not be a bad thing. It will be a brand new school.    After the rezoning, both RM and Wootton will look different. CGES will probably get rezoned to Crown HS.

As for ES, I would say Beall ES is pretty good too and I also hear good things about Rustin. Just about the only weakest link is Twinbrook ES.  RP ES has the lowest FARMs (and despite what a PP stated, not all RPES lobbied to get low income kids out.. it was about geography, not income).  Socially, RP ES has the Potomac Woods right next door, and a lot of the kids seem to go to that pool.   RPES just opened up an outdoor education area and planted a garden. Your kids will probably be the recipient of the fruits of that garden.

Like any cluster, there are not so great teachers and great teachers in the RM cluster.  We live in the RM cluster, and I have an 8th and 5th grader. It's been fine. 5th grader *loves* RPES.[/quote]

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