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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]RM cluster in Rockville is very over crowded. No mass migration to private here.[/quote]

It's all relative.  QO and RM clusters are not affluent compared to Potomac.  Yes, there are some areas of those 2 cities that rival Potomac house prices, but for the most part, the prices don't compare.[/quote]

So the OP's question is, "How come some of the very richest people in Montgomery County aren't sending their children to MCPS elementary schools as much anymore?"

Of all the problems facing MCPS.[/quote]

I would wager that the SES of the average Whitman family is higher than the SES of the average Wootton family, and yet the Whitman cluster ES's are totally oversubscribed.  So I don't know how you conclude that the wealthiest people in MoCo are quitting MCPS en masse because of "problems facing MCPS."[/quote]

I don't. That was the OP.[/quote]

Sorry!  I read your comment wrong.  But my argument (to the OP) is still the same.  If the argument is that either 2.0 is a clusterf*** and/or MCPS is going down the tubes (both things that certain people seem to want to claim here) and that the "proof" is that the wealthy parents who can afford private school are leaving en masse, I point to Bethesda to refute that.  Bethesda real estate is generally more expensive on a sq ft basis than Potomac, and the SES is generally higher than Wootton, and yet there's no sign that people are yanking their kids out of MCPS en masse.  The real estate market in Bethesda is soaring, families with young kids are moving in all the time, and nearly every school is overcrowded.  More likely, any change has to do with commute times downtown than any perceived rejection of 2.0 or MCPS.[/quote]

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