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[quote=Anonymous]The key to finding the right fit for you is this.  Ultimately, HS will matter in terms of quality of school.  We started out in silver spring (loved the ES) and ended up moving because of HS quality in the HS we were mapped to).

But in HS, kids will pretty much always be able to find their group.  The schools are so huge that even if the kid is in a minority, they can join the BSA or whatever and find a good group, if that's what they're looking for.

At the ES level, it's much easier to find pockets of good schools, but the classes are so small that the lack of diversity is very obvious.

I don't have a good recommendation or answer.  But I'd suggest you use the statistics (test scores, stats on disciplinary measures, and school climate surveys) to identify a group of HSs you'll be happy with.  And from that, take a look at the feeder ESs in terms of diversity numbers (these can be pretty different across the ESs within a given HS cluster).

Note, however, that you've seen inklings of this in this thread, and there's a ton on the DCUM board in general-- they are doing HS boundary studies for a bunch of schools to make way for some new HSs.  So nothing is set in stone, HS-wise.  The closer the neighborhood is to a given HS, the more likely the boundary won't change (they're wanting them to be as walkable as possible).[/quote]

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