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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oakland Terrace ES is bilingual and feeds to Einstein HS which has an IB program basically anyone can do without testing. It’s part of the down county consortium so you could apply to the Blair magnet for high school and have the Wheaton magnet as a backup. [/quote]

As a current OTES parent and W school alum, the above is true.  It's also true that OTES/DCC are very racially and socioeconomically diverse.  The feel is palpably different from W school feeders, with respect to culture and how much parents are focusing on getting their kids into the "best" schools, not to mention socioeconomic diversity in particular.  I love it here and we choose to continue living here for the wonderful, diverse community, but if OP is interested in being around other like-minded families, the DCC is not likely to be the best fit.

Your best options are likely to be in-bounds for RM, WJ, or Whitman.  Churchill is more wealthy than it is academic, and Wootton is probably further out than you want to be.  Schools that feed into WJ/RM are more walkable generally than Whitman.  RM neighborhoods are less wealthy than WJ, inasmuch as that matters.[/quote]

It's kind of splitting hairs. Academically you can do just as well at any school in the county. It really comes down to which is socially a better fit for your kids and convenient for you. All high-schools have competitive classes. The difference is 4 sections of AP English vs 3. It's really not a big deal.[/quote]

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