If you don't care about commute, I'd choose Olney in a heartbeat. Walter Johnson neighborhoods are blah and have no sense of community in my opinion.

However, I'm surprised to see how low Sherwood's SAT scores. They don't even break 1600. What's up with that?

Data source: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/pdf/SATBOEMemo10614.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:PS - Olney hasn't been rural since the 1960s. There aren't any farms left in Olney. Zero. There are some in neighboring Brookeville and Laytonsville, but not Olney. Have you ever been to Olney?

I live in Darnestown and my Bethesda friends think I live "in the country".

I know what you mean. I am near Laytonsville and people think I live in the country too. But I like my big yard.

Anonymous wrote:PS - Olney hasn't been rural since the 1960s. There aren't any farms left in Olney. Zero. There are some in neighboring Brookeville and Laytonsville, but not Olney. Have you ever been to Olney?

I live in Darnestown and my Bethesda friends think I live "in the country".

PS - Olney hasn't been rural since the 1960s. There aren't any farms left in Olney. Zero. There are some in neighboring Brookeville and Laytonsville, but not Olney. Have you ever been to Olney?

Ha! it's far from rural, in any country's definition of rural.

So wrong, 19:29. There are brown people here. The difference between the brown people in Olney and those in the closer in burbs is socioeconomics: brown people in Olney live in two-parent homes in nice houses (and some have beach houses). And many of the brown people in Olney moved away from poor performing schools in Silver Spring.

And we don't chew straw. Geez, you urban folk sure are small-minded and mean-spirited.

The people out here are much nicer.

Anonymous wrote:There is no comparison. Sherwood is the school where people move when they dislike brown skin. It is one step from chewing straw with the mustang on cinder blocks. You would be insane to move away from WJ unless you want a lot of land.

Wow. My kids have brown skin, but I kind of want to move away to get away from you. Geez. Just because it's rural doesn't mean it's any more racist than the richer districts.

There is no comparison. Sherwood is the school where people move when they dislike brown skin. It is one step from chewing straw with the mustang on cinder blocks. You would be insane to move away from WJ unless you want a lot of land.

I sort of wish people wouldn't post so much about the Sherwood cluster on these boards.

I like keeping it a secret.

Having said that, our elementary school is fantastic. As a teacher myself in a very low-performing school, my kids are receiving an excellent and well-rounded education, as the principal is truly an instructional leader. So they truly understand Curriculum 2.0 and find ways to balance out the basics with higher order thinking skills.

Anonymous wrote:We currently live in the WJ cluster in a neighborhood that is not very family friendly. We are thinking of relocating to the Sherwood cluster in Olney and wonder if the move is worht it-we would be leaving ggreat schools, though I hear they are as good in Olney. We also want a larget house and do not mind the longer commute to DC.

We moved to Olney a few years ago, and saw that Sherwood was doing well, and saw the area was on the upswing, resulting in even better schools. Very family friendly community!

Op - ? move out of wj to sherwood? you really want to do that?

You've essentially described the reasons why most people move to Olney/Brookeville: bigger houses in family-friendly neighborhoods that feed into great schools.

Anonymous wrote:OP here-pleas excuse all the typos-typing from phone can be tricky while holding an infant.

aargh! Please...

OP here-pleas excuse all the typos-typing from phone can be tricky while holding an infant.

We currently live in the WJ cluster in a neighborhood that is not very family friendly. We are thinking of relocating to the Sherwood cluster in Olney and wonder if the move is worht it-we would be leaving ggreat schools, though I hear they are as good in Olney. We also want a larget house and do not mind the longer commute to DC.