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Yes, it's geographically bizarre and contributes to a lot of bus and car traffic in and around downtown Bethesda. It's stupid.[b] But all in the name of socio-economic diversity, so...
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We live closer to Pyle, but have to schlep all the way to Westland. I knew someone who lived right next to Westland and had to schlep all the way to Pyle.[/quote]

Wait. This isn't true at all. OP is talking about [b]neighborhoods like Kenwood near the Chevy Chase Whole Foods[/b], that are geographically close to Westland but zoned to Pyle/Whitman. If anything, that zoning is about preserving economic segregation, not diversity.

More to the point, it is impossible for every school to be at the exact center of the attendance zone. Schools are built where there is property, and MCPS likes to preserve a clean articulation between ES --> MS --> HS, and sometimes that means that a certain attendance zone feels a little incongruous. So, in this case, a neighborhood like Kenwood is zoned to Pyle (not the closest school) but also Whitman (closest school). [/quote]

Wait, how is the Whole Foods on River Road "the Chevy Chase Whole Foods"? The only Whole Foods in Chevy Chase is Friendship Heights. (And it's zoned for Westland!)[/quote]

It's in the Greater Chevy Chase. ;)[/quote]

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