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[quote=Anonymous][quote=WillardD][quote=Anonymous]Move to downtown Bethesda. Plenty of apartment buildings there and coming from Japan, that will be familiar to you as will the ability to get around without owning a car or having to learn how to drive (on the other side of the road too!). Make sure the apartment is zoned for Bethesda elementary. Lots and and lots of Japanese expats live in that area so their kids go to Bethesda ES. It will help both them and you with assimilation. It's a public school so it's free, and the school is very well equipped to handle such students.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bethesdaes/

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This is wonderful information.  I will certainly check these out.  Although I must admit that Bethesda (based on my early research) seems to be a very expensive place to live in. But not having to own a car is certainly one big plus factor for Japanese residents indeed!

By the way it seems the elementary school only goes until Grade 5? So that means my kids might have to go to Middle School already.  Would what you said still hold true for the middle schools in the area?  I checked them out and surprised how large the boundaries are for middle school.  I'm used to the walkable distances in Japan.[/quote]

In Montgomery County, I think all elementary schools stop at 5th grade. Then middle school is 6-8, and high school is 9-12. I don't remember which middle school you end up with for Bethesda ES. It used to be a split between BCC and Pyle, but this may have changed with the addition of North Bethesda. Bus service will be provided for your children for free.

Elementary stats at kindergarten, which means the child is 5 by September 1, so 1st grade would be kids who have turned 6 by September 1, and so on.

Bethesda is a nice part of the area, so it's not going to be cheap, but there are some lower-priced apartments near Battery Lane. You can live there without a car. I'd strongly suggest this option -- it's a school with many Japanese expats as part of the community, and it's one of the few places that is sort of walkable.[/quote]

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