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I'd suggest looking in the Sligo Creek Elementary area - right around downtown Silver Spring.  We were also DC people, but as the kids got older, needed more space and wanted public schools through high school that we would send our kids to.  DTSS is right by the SS Metro, great public transit, lots of restaurants/theaters/shops, diverse, good schools, tons of parks and right next to Sligo Creek which has a great trail, lots of people like us who are more city people, etc.  We really like it and our kids love Sligo Creek Elem.[/quote]

Wouldn't move to MoCo ..... it it was an option.  MoCo and other urban districts are moving towards a curriculum geared towards the lower socioeconomic student.  Most students from middle class homes tend to be bored in these classes.  Think about the future and move to a non-urban district.  Just my 2 cents![/quote]

OP said close-in, so I presume she values the benefits of being close to DC enough that your post won't make her move out past Montgomery County.  Where are you suggesting she move anyway if in Md but not in moco?[/quote]

My suggestion is that OP carefully think if the education of her children or closeness to DC matters most.  The focus of urban schools is not the child from a middle class family.  Even the "W" schools in MoCo are moving in that direction.  I love the Takoma Park area but the declining schools made me rethink.  Unions controlling real estate taxes seems to be the beginning of out of control spending on schools with little to show for the middle class taxpayer's child.

HoCo is much friendlier, teachers are less full of themselves, and education is good.  [/quote]

There only one poster I know who post in rhetorical questions....   :)

Well it's not like your choice is "move to Howard County and have fantastic schools but a two-hour commute each way" or "move to MOCO and have shitty schools and a reasonable commute".  MOCO schools are among the best in the country.  I don't know a thing about Howard County schools, but they would have to be absolutely spectacular beyond reason to make me want to spend an additional hour on commuting each way (so two fewer hours actually spent with my children each day) and to sacrifice what I think are the benefits of living in a less suburban area.

I'm not sure what you mean by Howard County being much "friendlier" and I doubt you have any evidence to prove that other than your own assumptions.  I've found my neighbors in DTSS to be very friendly.  And same with teachers being "less full of themselves" - what a bizarre argument for your point.

My kids are both at Sligo Creek and really like it.  I know about what people dislike about curiculum 2.0, and fortunately, most middle-class people are going to have the time and money to make sure their kids are happy and learning whereever they are.  I'll take my kid's pretty good education and live in downtown Silver Spring.  I'm sure there are people who want different things out of life that are very happy in Howard County, and that's great.  But if OP wants close-in, Howard County isn't going to do it.  And it doesn't mean she doesn't value a quality education for her children.[/quote]

OP: If you are one of those "most middle-class people are going to have the time and money to make sure their kids are happy and learning whereever they are," then by all means move to MoCo.  On the other hand if you want a solid education from a school system that doesn't spend on promoting itself look at HoCo.  Look at the school systems and compare them.

which one spends millions on PR?
which one has options for gifted students?
which one has a solid curriculum?
which one has differentiated instruction?
do you believe differentiated instruction can serve your children?
look at the superintendents--see if their philosophy is acceptable to you.

Then make a choice.  Don't take my word for the quality of education--make your own decision.  MoCo schools are not among the best in the country.  They were once.  Not anymore.  Look at the Maryland Education department report and you will see they are not even the best in Maryland.[/quote]

Fair questions any parent should ask.  The poster who claimed MCPS schools are the best in the country--where is the data to backup your claim?

I have my own question---if MCPS schools are good and safe why does the superintendent Star need bodyguards?  Are your schools that bad?

OP--I think you should answer those questions for yourself as the poster suggests and the decide if MoCo is worth moving to.[/quote][/quote]

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