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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for the useful comments. If you read my original question, I am picking according to 1. strength of school and 2. proximity to downtown DC/ work. If I look at these two, the Whitman and BCC clusters are the best bet. I am not wealthy in DC-terms if you are only looking at only $$$$ income, but I am an educated international professional with smart kids, so obviously I am looking for like-minded kids/ parents, so we can feel like a good fit. So, I am not looking for wealth, but fit. As a single Mom, I NEED the schools to be strong and I WANT the kids who attend these schools to be similarly smart and ambitious. Not because I am snotty or snobby as someone suggested, but because those are my values and those are the values I want to install into my kids. I am tending towards the Pyle/Whitman cluster, I like the 20816 zip code; lots of green space, quiet, nice neighborhood; easy commute to downtown. [/quote]

So, what you think other schools don’t have smart kids whose parents valve academics?   Go to Whitman.  Lots of folks think like you and better for the rest of us not to have our kids exposed to people like you.  [/quote]

OP here - did you even read my post? Or read it carefully?  I stated that 1. school has to be strong. 2. Has to be relatively close to DC/ downtown (but in MD). Pls suggest alternatives then, since it seems you are not satisfied with my potential choices. [/quote]

NP. I'm also a single mom, well-educated, working one of those prestigious but not incredibly lucrative jobs, with bilingual kids. Here's the thing - you think you are like the Whitman moms because of all of the above, but they don't. They see your lack of a partner, and your not-rich-by-DC-standards condo or small SFH, and they make assumptions about how well your kids are supervised, what kind of influence you are, whether you are "bringing men home," and whether you can really afford to live there or whether you'll be gone a year from now and your kids' friendships aren't worth investing in.

But, sure, give it a shot. If it doesn't work out, look at some schools that are just as convenient but not as "good" by the metric of mean test scores.  You'll find plenty of families like yours and lots of motivated and smart kids. 
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I’m sorry you’ve had this experience, but I don’t think it’s typical.  We’re in the Whitman district and I have plenty of friends who are divorced or renting and not DCUM rich. Have never witnessed anyone being ostracized for marital status or income reasons.  Have seen some battles over whether sugary treats should be allowed at elementary school parties, though. [/quote]

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