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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking to move from NE dc, in part to get a bit more space, but largely to get a more established school and feeder for my elementary age kids. We haven’t found a part of Bethesda that really gets us going, but we like parts of upper NW and Takoma park MD, but I’m finding it hard to really dig in to compare the schools meaningfully. Does anyone have a sense of how the schools match if we are zoned for [b]Murch[/b] (or nearby)/Deal/Jackson Reed vs Takoma Park Elementary, Piney Branch, TPMS, and Blair. FWIW, my kids smart and slightly above grade average, but odds are they are just average smart kids, not like, geniuses. One kid is a bit sensitive/anxious so I’m hoping to avoid a pressure cooker situation. We value places where there will be diversity, and the opportunity to challenge themselves academically, with a cohort of smart kids who care about schools and families who will make sure the school and administrators don’t drop the ball when issues arise.

So, what do you think, which would you choose???[/quote]
Murch then worry about the rest later
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Presumably they don’t want to move twice so would rather worry about it and work it out now.[/quote]

Yep! OP here and yes, we are hoping to move once.

To the PP airing concerns about the math curriculum in MCPS, I’d love to hear if others had this impression. My eldest is in 1st grade and they are adding and subtracting under 100, and doing basic (like basic) multiplication and division concepts, and I’d be surprised if my EOTP title 1 school had more advanced math curriculum, but maybe…?[/quote]

OP, I’m the PP who referenced the math curriculum. We moved to MCPS from a DC charter (also in NE) and both kids were WAY ahead of MCPS. It was most marked for my then 2nd grader who was then limited to working with adding and subtracting numbers under ten and TPES absolutely would not accelerate, regardless of extremely high MAP scores. It was a miserable couple of years and very boring and basic. Not only was the curriculum way behind the charter but it turned out that my kids were also just extremely strong in that subject. But, by 4th grade kids can join an accelerated program that has them working on 4/5 math in 4th and 5/6 math in 5th, completing three years of instruction in two. This helped, though my older child joined in fifth and had no issue going straight to 5/6 and still being significantly ahead due to his DC charter curriculum. Both are now in math, science magnet programs which are an opportunity that they wouldn’t have in DC. It’s been worth moving just for those options, despite the early elementary experience. You just have to wait for the other kids to catch up in 2nd grade.[/quote]

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