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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 11:18.

If I couldn't afford to live in an area with good public schools, I would make do, and would NOT feel triggered by others lucky enough to provide better academic environments for their kids. Academic success is attained more frequently by students in higher-income areas. It's a fact. Why dispute facts?

I used to live in downtown Silver Spring, and have friends that stayed there, as well as friends that moved to Chevy Chase/Bethesda/Rockville, for the schools. The friends who stayed regret the school environments but stay for commute, financials, or other important reasons. The friends who moved are happy that the schools are so much better. These friends are of various skin colors and nationality. I am mixed race.

I'm not looking down on anybody. Everyone has to deal with their own situation. Just stop assuming that everyone has it in for you and your area.
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My downtown SS kid is headed for a top ten school this fall, with nine AP credits under their belt.  They scored 1580 on the SAT.

They are in good company, peers-wise, at their DCC school.

You are ignorant.[/quote]

Wow, this DCC mom is SUPER aggressive & triggered.
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I certainly hope it’s a bit, because otherwise it’s really not a good look for Bethesda.  I mean, if you want people to think it’s such a great place, you might want to cut back on the jerk factor.[/quote]
Plenty of jerks from all over the county on this forum including a lot of reverse snobbery.

fwiw  I have many years of experience as a parent in the DCC and in a W school cluster.  there are plenty of educated and highly engaged families in DCC schools and plenty of families who are really happy in school clusters such as Blair, Northwood, Einstein and Wheaton all of which have large numbers of high performing students.
otoh there is more SES diversity in these school clusters and that does tend to result in more variation in student scores (such as SAT scores for instance).  You just have to look at MCPS data to see this is the case.  It does not make these schools bad or even worse, it does make them a little different.  Nothing wrong with pointing that out.  If your child attends a DCC school and is studious and high performing he/she will have a strong peer group especially in high school.  At the middle school level it might be a little hit or miss depending on the middle school.  SSIMs and Sligo for instance seem to do a great job providing for high performers but we have seen many discussions on this forum about dissatisfaction at Newport Mill.  When parents post here asking for information we should be able to provide information and opinions without being accused of being elitist or worse racist.  
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/160929%20SAT%20Exam%20Participation%20Perform.pdf
See Table 8A
Old report but the current MCPS reporting format (dashboards) does not allow parents to easily compare their child's score to all other MCPS schools.[/quote]

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