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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There won't be any Bethesda residents attending Rosemary Hills in the next few years - will be all Chevy Chase, Silver Spring, and some Kensington. Regardless, I wouldn'y recommend it. We're going private b/c we want to avoid RH. Crowded, HUGE, and we get some pretty disturbing reports from neighbors who have or do send their kids there. [/quote]

Lots of inaccuracies above from the PP - most importantly that RH is a problem. Check the archives, go to the school, ask other parents. Our child has had a great experience at RHPS - great teachers, great school environment, and a very active and enthusiastic parent community. The school is large in terms of grade cohort but not in terms of overall size; all the Bethesda area elementaries are in the 500-700 kid size, and I'd rather have 600 kids in K-2 than 600 kids in K-5 - there are no big kid bullies or age-inappropriate influences for the little ones. It is slightly more racially/ethnically/socioeconomically diverse than the other Bethesda elementaries, but fwiw all the parents I meet are yuppie professionals (not that this is necessarily a good thing!) DCUM seems to attract one particular poster who is constantly denigrating RHPS and whining about the bus routes, I'm guessing the previous post is hers.[/quote]

Actually, I was that poster and I don't think I've ever posted about RH before - I don't have kids old enough to be in K and don't have a stake in it.  I also did not use the word "problem."  But there's nothing inaccurate about my statement that 1) our family is going private b/c we don't want to use RH, 2) that it is more crowded and bigger than we are comfortable with, and 3) we have heard troubling stories from several different neighbors who sent or do send kids there.  Neighbors found them troubling as well.  Some of those kids stayed at RH, some were moved.  I can't judge whether it is worse or better than other local public schools, but it is more so than we would be happy with and think would be good for our kids.  You're totally free to make your own decision - but don't denigrate ours just b/c it's different.

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