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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try to get into the best school cluster you can afford.  You don't want to pick a school cluster based on proximity to a HGC.  What happens if your child does not get in or does not want to apply/go.  I agree with one of the previous posters about looking carefully at the high school first.  Many people are happy with their local elementary schools even in poor performing clusters.  Middle schools seem to be the weakest link in MCPS as they are in many parts of the county.
People have mentioned the Takoma Park school cluster and I would agree with that recommendation.  Another one to check out is Einstein.  Oakland Terrace and Flora Singer are both very good elem. schools that feed into this high school.  The middle schools have been in flux the last few years but I think both have improved on the whole.  These neighborhoods are very close to both the elem. HGCs as well as to the MS magnets and to Blair if your kid ends up at the high school magnets.  Einstein offers the IB program which is a plus and it is not as large as Blair.  [/quote]

Agree with this plus it is more on point wrt the OP's question[/quote]

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