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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bethesda is an easy commute to your husband's work locale.  It is probably a 20 minute commute with no traffic and about 40 with traffic.  It will vary depending upon the time he leaves for work.  Lots of Cap. hill families have made yhe move to Bethesda and have no regrets.  [b]The schools are so much better here[/b].  You are doing right by your kids.  Good for you.[/quote]

Why are there so many complaints about the overcrowding and 2.0 curriculum in the schools?[/quote]

Some people like 2.0, some hate it. The haters tend to be quite passionate. Everyone I know IRL is fine with it.

Overcrowding means trailers, and school expansion projects. My DC is in an above capacity school and it doesn't have that much of an impact. It just means they hire more teachers to keep class sizes at the county standard.

A big difference in DC is that parents can buy additional teachers and resources. You can't do that in Moco. [/quote]

People complain about overcrowded schools because they are overcrowded--at least in many but not all areas. See this thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/385922.page

[b]And there is no "county standard". [/b]Some classes have 20 or less, some have 25 plus. Some say larger class sizes don't impact learning (personally I disagree). [/quote]

There is a county maximum - my DCs classes are mostly at the max. I think in HS it's 34, except for English which is 28 or 30. It has gone up over the last couple of years so those might not be exactly right. In ES I thought it was 29. Of course the red zone schools get smaller classes. My DC did quite well with the large HS classes.[/quote]

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