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[quote=Anonymous]Oops, I accidentally embedded my reply in your last post. This was my reply:

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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