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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, people really don't like bad-mouthing their local schools, even if they aren't sending their kids.  There are some names that almost never end up on the list of schools parents seem to like, and that may be as close as you get to a red flag that it's not a popular school among the DCUM crowd.[/quote]

I'll say it--Downcounty schools nobody on DCUM likes: Weller Road, Sargent Shriver, Highland, Georgian Forest, Brookhaven. Harmony Hills (was a hot, hot mess for a while but they finally got rid of a terrible principal, so they could be on the upswing) (my friend teaches there, so that's my perspective), New Hampshire Estates/Oak View (OVES is maybe on the okay side, since it has the HGC), Arcola, and Kemp Mill (nice neighborhood, but everyone who can sends their kids to the local Jewish and Catholic schools).

I'm trying to think what I might have missed.  I think Sligo Creek is generally well-received, but some people don't like the principal (is she still there?), and I thought East Silver Spring might have been okay, but a PP here said no.  Don't hear much about Rolling Terrace outside of the immersion.  Rock Creek Forest is sometimes popular because it feeds to Westland and BCC.  The schools mentioned by other PPs are the "stars"--Singer, Oakland Terrace, Highland View, Woodlin.

Am I off base with these?  Chime in and correct me if you have first-hand experience.  This is based on my extensive/obsessive monitoring of the MD Schools forum with specific attention to Silver Spring for the past 5+ years.  I have lived here my whole life (minus college) and have moved within the area a few times with my public-school-attending children, so it's an interest of mine.[/quote]

Forgot Viers Mill.  It has been known as kind of a model Title I school (one of the first to win a blue ribbon, high scores for everyone on MSA, etc).  As a result, more and more of the non-FARMs families are sending their kids there instead of moving or trying to afford private.  The FARMs rate has been dropping steadily over the years, and I heard from a parent that they might not be Title I next year.  But it might not be down county enough for OP, as part of the assignment area is technically in Rockville.[/quote]

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