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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  Before making any decision, you should know that Whitman has a far superior academic rep.

Whitman is #1 in MCPS rankings, #1 in Maryland rankings, and #104 in National Rankings.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools/walt-whitman-high-school-9150

BCC is #5 in MCPS rankings, #8 in Maryland rankings, and #491 in National Rankings.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/montgomery-county-public-schools/bethesda-chevy-chase-high-school-9137

Notice the % meeting UofM standards to prep for college:

Whitman Profile:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

BCC Profile:
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04406.pdf

Although Whitman did have a serious incident with it's students this year, those kids were not typical Whitman profile.  They were from the Greentree Group Home in Bethesda.  You can read about it here.

https://theblackandwhite.net/71161/news/three-whitman-students-charged-with-murder-after-bethesda-killing/

Subtract the group home and BCC is a tougher crowd overall.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/bethesda-chevy-chase-high-school-student-attacks-assaults-security-guard-montgomery-county-public-jacob-moore

https://wjla.com/news/local/bethesda-chevy-chase-hs-student-jumped-in-school-bathroom-taken-to-er-for-injuries

Overall, I think the parents advocating Whitman are giving you good advice.  About what the other parent says about "my kid says Whitman has the best drugs" - do you really want to take advice from an anonymous drug using family?

Personally, if I were in your shoes, I would go with Whitman.

Good luck!
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These schools are segregated so there are few low-income students dragging down their test averages. For the low FARMS rate their stats are not all that impressive. [/quote]

Say what you want but the scores are among the highest in the country. And the schools aren't segregated you nitwit they just draw form areas with high cost of entries so the wealth/achievement gap of minorities is manifested in those percentages and consistent in most expensive areas or super zip codes in the country. Some of that is a vestige of segregation but some of that is up to millionaire minorities buying homes too. It takes a measure of humility to spend over 1 mil for a small house to be the poor neighbor opposed to a huge house in a cheaper part of the city where you might just be the richest person on your street. Lots of new to money types chose the latter, this is one of the reasons that formerly poor people have the highest chances for negative mobility or economic recidivism.   [/quote]

So your saying people pay extra to ensure their children are not in school with poors.[/quote]

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