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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you PPs

I didn't consider that the very smart ones would put down other kids for their scores and bully them that way. My kid has a friend outside of school who tries to show off with the scores and how great they are and mine says it is getting annoying. I'm not sure how long that friendship is going to last given the way it is going.

I'm not sure if we could travel down county if there are no buses provided in high school, but if Parkland kids can apply to both up county and down county that seems like a good choice in case we can make things work. None of our friends kids who attended Parkland got into any high school magnet. They all went back to home school so I wonder how many Parkland kids actually get into magnets in high school./quote]
I’m the Gaithersburg parent with a child who attended MLK and is now at Poolesville. I have two in high school right now and the other one attends our home high school. I don’t know if you’ll have two kids in high school at the same time, but living in Gaithersburg and having one kid in a DCC school and the other somewhere else would be very, very hard logistically. I don’t schedule my kids’ well checks, dental, orthodontics or optometrist appointments separately. Joint appointments only work because only one attends school far from home. My Poolesville student isn’t old enough to have her driver’s license yet. If she misses the bus, it’s a long round trip drive. When students are taking AP exams, they can miss the rest of the school day and only attend their exams, but that’s only possible if we can drive dd. When she wants to attend a Friday night football game, that’s 2 round trip drives unless one of us also wants to attend the game. I wouldn’t even entertain the idea of living in Gaithersburg and having a child attend a DCC school without the benefit of bus service. I’d move downcounty before attempting that. On top of DD’s school events, every birthday party, sleepover, special events like Halloween, is either hosted by us or involves 2 round trip drives to other kids’ houses in other cities. That would be extremely taxing if we lived in Gaithersburg and had one kid attending school downcounty and another attending Poolesville.

More kids get into special programs in high school than in middle school, but even if they’re not in a special program, every high school has AP classes. I think you should choose the middle school that will be most beneficial to your child now, and then re-evaluate your choices when it’s time for high school. [/quote]

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