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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wyngate has a really great family community.  The parents sponsor a lot of extra activities like multi-cultural night and the science fair that are great for the kids and really foster community.  I was surprised when I moved in, expecting the usual mix of lawyers and policy wonks, but there are a ton of research scientists that work at NIH or some of the pharma companies, and also a ton of foreign (mostly European and South American but some Asian) families that work at embassies, the World Bank and IMF.  Which makes it diverse in a different kind of way.

As noted upthread, the principal is leaving and a new one is being hired.  There has been a lot of teacher turnover in the past couple of years, but many of the team leads are still there and are very strong (including K, 2 and 3).  Probably half of the teachers have been there for a long time.  I think all of the schools are having turnover problems, though.

I think Wyngate and Ashburton are also a smidge more economically diverse than some of the other Bethesda schools.  We have some military families who are posted at Walter Reed, a lot of government workers, and also a fair number of parents who work at non-profits.  So that won't show up in the FARMS numbers, but it is more middle class income than you often find in Bethesda.

I did hear that Wyngate's old priincipal, who is great, is heading to Somerset.  
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I think this is correct about the economic diversity and the schools closer to Rockville. The schools along River Road tend to have more similar families.[/quote]

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