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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Kakamy]14:51 and 16:29 My husband is half Koren, but I'm white. And we live in South Texas, so depending on what you count as diversity we have friends who are mexican-american, african-canadian, belgian, korean and same sex partners. Even if we could afford Bethesda I wouldn't want my children in that environment. I can find many posts online that talk about excessive bullying at those schools. I want a school that is very mixed racially, safe/minimal bullying (of course) and SES, I would take that over a school with high test scores any day.

Also, Texas sucks for public education. So I imagine any school in Montgomery County is going to be a major step up.

I appreciate all the traffic information. I think that is the biggest hurdling block for my husband and where to live at this point. Come on purple line, although I think they were talking about that when we moved away in 2001. [/quote]

Are you the OP? If you are, you might do a bit more research. BCC's current student body is 57 percent white; 15 percent African American; 17 percent Hispanic; 6 percent Asian. If you don't want your children in "that environment" you don't want them in America. And I don't know where you're reading these online posts about bullying in Bethesda, but I live in the BCC district and send my kids to elementary school here, and I've never heard about bullying problems. And I've never heard anyone suggest that bullying is a bigger problem at BCC or any of the Bethesda area schools than elsewhere in this region.

In any case, you really need to experience the traffic to know where to live. You should probably rent somewhere to get a sense of what is tolerable for you. Washingtonians are notoriously unreliable about their commute times - I have friends who swear it takes them 20 minutes to get downtown from their outer suburban homes, while my husband would tell you his 30 minute commute on Conn Ave is the most excruciating form of torture even though it doesn't hold a candle to the beltway. We live near NIH on a street that gets a ton of commuter traffic, and I can tell you that all the shortcuts people are recommending are nightmarish in their own ways as well. If you can visit try a few practice commutes and it will help you make an informed decision.[/quote]

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