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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking to move within Montgomery County and have two daycare age children.  I understand that Great Schools ratings are not actually that informative.  How does one figure out the quality of the schools?  We hope to end up around North Bethesda / North Potomac / Rockville.  I am most concerned about Elementary and Middle given our kids are young.[/quote]

At the end of the day, high SES areas have the good schools. You can argue until cows come home but it is what it is. I'd focus on Bethesda/Potomac/North Potomac but not Rockville area. Full Disclosure - I am not in those areas. [/quote]
[b]high SES also have issues that go with too much wealth;[/b] low SES areas have issues that go with too much poverty.

Find somewhere in the middle. Rockville is a good one.[/quote]

I hear that all the time but I don't know what that means. I can only assume you are referring to drug and academic pressure. Drug problem is all over the place - high and low and middle SES schools.  [/quote]
Did you ever go to a rich school, and then a not so rich school?  I have seen the difference.

The problem is just more than drugs. Yes, there are drugs in all schools, but the level and amount is different in a lower income school vs a higher income one.  Drug issues in wealthy schools get swept under the rug more easily because the parents can hire expensive lawyers (or they are one themselves), whereas in poorer schools, all the ugly is laid out for all the world to see. In the rich schools, the issues are more insidious.

Also, materialism is a big problem in rich schools. We moved from a small but wealthy school district, and the level of materialism was not something I wanted my kids exposed to. Student parking lot full of expensive cars; kids getting expensive cars before they are even 16, etc..   My kid won't get a car until college, if even that, and will be a used normal car.[/quote]

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