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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We despise Cabin John.  We're not wealthy, and most people are, so my DD feels left out.   Lots of cliques and bullying.  Teachers are ok.  The building is very nice.[/quote]One of the reasons we chose not to live in the W cluster.  Too many kids from wealthy families. We are by no means "poor" (200K), but we just didn't think it would be good for our kids to be around so many with so much wealth.  DH and I drive old cars, and I don't buy brand name clothes, shoes or accessories.[/quote]

We left our W cluster neighborhood for the similar reasons (our income is ~200k).  Felt so irrelevant and isolated living in this area---and knew that it was having the same effect on our child.  So much happier further out in MoCo, though, ironically, our home cost nearly the same as what we paid in Bethesda---much more bang for our buck, though.[/quote]

I'm in the CJMS cluster (live right by the school actually) and my kids are younger (oldest starting K at Bells Mill next year).  Most of the people I know in me neighborhood are NOT particularly wealthy for this area - some (us included) have family money that helped with housing but many work at nonprofits, drive older cars, etc.  I can't think of one household with a HHI much over 200k of the 5-6 families we are close with.  Is this really the norm?  If so, where do those families live? [/quote]

The CJMS cluster includes some wealthy neighborhoods in Potomac south of Democracy Blvd (e.g. Avenel) though the wealthiest area of Potomac are zoned for Hoover.      But most of the CJMS capture area is from the more densely populated areas of modest homes and townhouses north of Democracy.      In addition, with many excellent private schools nearby, most of the wealthy families do not actually attend MCPS.      So it is a myth that CJMS is filled with people from the country club set.[/quote]

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