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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd love to hear more specific feedback on neighbourhoods. We bought our first house in old town Laurel a few years ago and honestly have planned on leaving PG before our DC starts kindergarten in 5 years. I see how MoCo coasts on reputation and has plenty of bad/mediocre schools, but our local schools in Laurel are terrible. I also miss living closer to the city (we used to rent in Takoma Park). We are committed to public school, at least for elementary. Was thinking of Four Corners Silver Spring area, but any suggestions on where we should look in PG instead of MoCo? The things you all are saying about making friends and feeling connected to your neighborhood are really encouraging to me. I also have to say that relying purely on the hope of a lottery spot, particularly in the northern half of the county where the wait lists are crazy, seems way too chancy for me - I feel like I would have to be ok with the zoned elementary. Thanks![/quote]

In terms of what constitutes a good school, are you looking primarily at the Great Schools ratings or are you talking about dedicated teachers, engaged school leadership, and a strong PTA? Quite a few schools that meet the latter sometimes have complicated demographic reasons for their low scores - the children from higher SES families are doing really well in the school but the majority of the children may be from lower SES background or even ELL students, so their scores carry the average. The schools are diverse, the leadership is working on improving how it serves all its students, and in the mean time children from homes where parents are engaged seem to not be doing well there - so if you value diversity, are willing to look at the data broken down a bit more rather than a single summary number, then perhaps you'd be happy with the school. I'm thinking of Hyattsville Elementary and Mount Rainier Elem to name a couple. If you're not so open to all of that, then there are highly rated elementary schools in Greenbelt, College Park, and Bowie - to name a few. There also are private schools options through out the county.

I'm in Mount Rainier and really like the walk-ability factor and my commute to work, as well as the arts & culture options. We have subsidized housing for artists, so lots of musicians, painters, and dancers, which means lots of enriching programs for the little ones and fun stuff for us to do as a family on the weekend all within a couple blocks. [/quote]

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