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We moved near downtown Bethesda specifically because the Bethesda Elementary School had a good reputation SN-wise.
We were not disappointed. They agreed to create an IEP, they lined up services I wouldn't have dreamed of asking, they cared for him.
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Bethesda Elementary is a great school, as is Westland Middle. Both are very demanding, imo. Not as demanding as my kid's previous Private British School, but good schools.  I found that my kids did better there due to so much structure than after we moved further north.  But they are having more fun in a school that is easier, so not all bad. Receptionist, however, was extremely rude all the time. I felt so bad when I listened to her talk down to a nice Dad(immigrant with somewhat poor English) who had 2 kids attend Bethesda and were now in Westland and they changed some attendance zone or they changed the address, not sure, and he brought his youngest child to school, and she told him they had to leave as his kid is now zoned for a different school. I had to bite my tongue the whole time, she was just so out of line, especially given that two of his kids spent 5 years there. This was a few years ago.[/quote]

There were problems a few years ago with the receptionists and there were lots of complaints here, but to their credit, they've changed for the better. They both are great now. [/quote]

What would you have liked for the secretary to do in that situation? If the child's address was no longer in boundary for the school then was she just supposed to allow the kid to attend anyway just because the older kids had gone there?  Of course she should have been respectful, but she can't change the rules. I work in a school and every year we have kids who arrive on the first day who are not registered and upon investigation it's revealed that they are actually assigned to a completely different school. Our principal had to drive kids to their actual assigned school when the parents had dropped them off at our school not realizing it wasn't the one to which they had been assigned. It happens.[/quote]

Nobody is disputing that rules are rules, but her rude manner was absolutely uncalled for. Especially since it sounded like they rezoned and Dad had no idea, nor was informed. Her whole attitude was "let me spell it and yell it at you" since you are too stupid to understand. And then she had the gall to roll her eyes in his presence. And this is a parent who's two other kids she knows very well and had seen them for 5 years. I had a bad experience with her as well, as when we moved and I came to do the paperwork that kids are switching schools, she gave me the "are you crazy to switch from Bethesda to another school" speech. I am glad that issue was fixed.[/quote]

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