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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Walter Johnson the Cornell of the “W schools?”

Meaning, is it the least prestigious and some argue not even worthy of the “W School” title? Or is it excellent? I ask this because I have been hearing conflicting thoughts on this.

Anyone with direct experience with the school?[/quote]

That's silly, OP. Obviously Walter Johnson is the Dartmouth of the "W Schools." Or maybe the Penn of the "W Schools"?

Plus, where would the prestigiousness of these public MCPS high schools come from anyway? The prestige of having parents who reside in Bethesda or Potomac?[/quote]

Isn’t WJ in Rockville or North Bethesda? Very different than Bethesda or Potomac.  [/quote]
Wootton is in Rockville. So what of it?[/quote]

Yes, Wootton is unarguably in Rockville - within the boundaries of the incorporated municipality of Rockville. So unprestigious!

And Churchill starts with a C, not a W. Also unprestigious. I have never heard anybody refer to "Winston Churchill" High School the way everyone refers to "Walter Johnson" High School. Also, before Churchill was Churchill, it was Potomac High School, which starts with a P, not a W.

And Walter Johnson is in North Bethesda, according to the U.S. Census, although I personally think that south of 270 it's Bethesda, not North Bethesda. Also unprestigious!

So that just leaves Whitman, which is actually a Double W school (Walt Whitman), but I don't know why a school named after a poet would be more prestigious than a school named after a physicist, a pitcher, a pianist, a president, a prime minister, a patriot, a physician, or a plantation owner. Which, actually, why don't we refer to the P schools in MCPS? P for prestige, of course.

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You realize Churchill is [b]W[/b]INSTON Churchill, right? [/quote]

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