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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do most of the kids walk to and from school? I’m deciding between MoCo, NOVA and JR to relocate to for HS and for my particular kid, I really value him developing a good friend group. Seems like a mostly walkable school facilitates that better than bussing/driving. [/quote]

By numbers, most of the kids do not walk to JR since the boundary is so big. Almost all that do walk went to Deal and most of the walkers went to Janney (some kids from Hearst and Murch live within walking distance). My kids have gone the walking to Janney/Deal/JR path and almost all of their friends are friends from early elementary. I think the same is true for the Hearst and Murch kids. There is just not that much social development outside of the elementary school friendships. I doubt moving close to JR for high school would let your child break into these cliques.[/quote]

OP this is just a Janney thing. Like this at Deal too. Lots of kids walk from all over the neighborhood, bus stops and metro. That is the really lovely part about JR.

Is it worth moving to be IB? Really depends on your family. My kids (who walk but not from Janney) have friends all over the city which I think is great for them. [/quote]

+1 My non-Janney kids walked to Deal and can walk to JR, and they have friends from all over the city; and one, who moved to private for HS and is now in college, still has friends all over the city from the Deal days.[/quote]

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