Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 10:16     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
Anonymous wrote:I would pick Quince Orchard

Signed, RM Parent


New poster here. Could you elaborate? I'm in Wootton now and would prefer RM or QO. I think of them as being similarly diverse and less pressure-cooker than Wootton. What distinguishes them for you?
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 10:15     Subject: Re:If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is a W school?


Some people think it means "some of the schools in Bethesda and Potomac", but that's silly. A W school is a school in the MCPS high school clusters that start with W: Watkins Mill, Wheaton, Whitman, Wootton.

You are wrong. Not all schools that start from W. As another perston pointed W schools that all people refer to as "strong schools and pressure cookers" are:
Whitman, Wootton, Winston Chirchill, and Walter Johnson.

Watkins Mill and Wheaton or any other schools that have W anywhere in their name are not part of the list.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 09:47     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
It is traditionally a nickname for the four "W"hitest schools in the county. Whittman, Wootten, Winston Churchhill and Walter Johnson...which also happen to have H's somewhere in their name.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 09:39     Subject: Re:If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
Anonymous wrote:What is a W school?


Some people think it means "some of the schools in Bethesda and Potomac", but that's silly. A W school is a school in the MCPS high school clusters that start with W: Watkins Mill, Wheaton, Whitman, Wootton.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/documents/List-Of-Schools.pdf
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 09:36     Subject: Re:If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
What is a W school?
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 08:56     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
Anonymous wrote:We are happy at RM but looked at QO area too. I think we could have been happy with many of the area schools. We avoided the W schools for a broader experience...not that they aren't good school.


+1 THIS. Exactly. RM cluster parent.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 08:42     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
We're in the Einstein cluster and are very happy. Would only consider BCC cluster for proximity to DC. Sad that my kids are growing up in the suburbs.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 06:44     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
We are happy at RM but looked at QO area too. I think we could have been happy with many of the area schools. We avoided the W schools for a broader experience...not that they aren't good school.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 06:35     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
Anonymous wrote:We are in a good cluster (WJ) and are happy with it-would not change it. Diverse, not too much of a pressure cooker, the best of the W schools in my opinion.


How nice for you.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 06:21     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
We are headed for Rockville HS in 7 years and--gasp--I'm happy with it!!!
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 05:26     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
WJ

- Kennedy Cluster mom who will have to move by then.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2014 00:57     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
I would pick Quince Orchard

Signed, RM Parent
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2014 23:57     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
I don't think it's wrong to like the cluster you're in and also ask what others think.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2014 22:49     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
You are an insufferable asshat. You don't have a question, you just want to brag about WJ.

Signed.
Everyone else (and a Churchill parent)
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2014 21:17     Subject: If you could choose any MCPS cluster for DC, which would it be and why?
We are in a good cluster (WJ) and are happy with it-would not change it. Diverse, not too much of a pressure cooker, the best of the W schools in my opinion.