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Anonymous wrote:Based on first hand experiences BCC seems like a breeding ground for liberals no offense. You can only think one way there which is sad to say the least. If this sounds like something you would like OP go for it.

Why do conservatives hate commas?

Maybe because they curve to the left?

Anonymous wrote:Based on first hand experiences BCC seems like a breeding ground for liberals no offense. You can only think one way there which is sad to say the least. If this sounds like something you would like OP go for it.

Why do conservatives hate commas?

My impression is that a larger percentage of the kids in Chevy Chase View go to Holy Redeemer and Catholic HS than in Parkwood/Kensington Estates. Parkwood feels teeming with kids who go to KP, whereas the groups at the bus stops in CCV seem much smaller (but lots of walkers to HR). Maybe it’s just that the lots are bigger in CCV so fewer houses and fewer total number of kids. Also, any kids in before care wouldn’t be at the bus stop so I guess looking only at bus stop could be an under count.

I felt a huge difference in ease of knowing my neighbors moving from a town house to single family home. I think there’s a bit of that with lot size too, personally.

Are you looking at particular neighborhoods op? We live in the kp neighborhood and really like the neighborhood. Mix of families with young children and empty nesters. Kids see school friends at cedarbrook pool in the summer. Mix of income with some families, like mine, buying the older smaller homes with hope's of renovating, and others buying the newly renovated $1,2+m homes. Some 2 income families, others with SAHP. We like KP and NBMS, and our daughter will start at WJ in the fall. Kids have all found their social and academic peers. We considered moving into the byeforde or chevy chase view neighborhoods, in the BCC cluster, kids staged a protest. One fyi, the town of Kensington is all zoned for WJ right now. So it is possible to live in what looks like the einstein or bcc cluster (e.g. Perry street by m&t bank, or behind Safeway, or Washington st in ch ch view) and still be zoned for wj.

FWIW, I agree with posters who say you can't go wrong with either school cluster. I'd focus more on the feeling of the neighborhoods. You will find differences there.

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Anonymous wrote:OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Einstein is currently overcrowded like WJ. Woodward will provide the necessary relief for both schools who are near one another. Financially it's a shrewd move especially if their kids are a few years away from HS and they bought in an area likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

But nobody really knows what areas are likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now. The areas that are geographically closest to Woodward are also really really close to Einstein. For all we know it will be Wheaton HS neighborhoods that border WJ that will be redistricted into Woodward. Or they'll do some weird choice thing. I think there are lots of good reasons to buy in the Einstein district, and it's certainly possible some of those areas will be redistricted to Woodward, but I really don't think at this point you could say a particular house/neighborhood is "likely" to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

Wheaton neighborhoods may but Einstein is just as overcrowded as WJ. Projections show around 800 students over the capacity by 2022 and Woodward seems like the only possible solution.

Right, but the point is there's no way of knowing yet which specific neighborhoods within these clusters will be rezoned to Woodward.

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Anonymous wrote:OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Einstein is currently overcrowded like WJ. Woodward will provide the necessary relief for both schools who are near one another. Financially it's a shrewd move especially if their kids are a few years away from HS and they bought in an area likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

But nobody really knows what areas are likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now. The areas that are geographically closest to Woodward are also really really close to Einstein. For all we know it will be Wheaton HS neighborhoods that border WJ that will be redistricted into Woodward. Or they'll do some weird choice thing. I think there are lots of good reasons to buy in the Einstein district, and it's certainly possible some of those areas will be redistricted to Woodward, but I really don't think at this point you could say a particular house/neighborhood is "likely" to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

Wheaton neighborhoods may but Einstein is just as overcrowded as WJ. Projections show around 800 students over the capacity by 2022 and Woodward seems like the only possible solution.

Based on first hand experiences BCC seems like a breeding ground for liberals no offense. You can only think one way there which is sad to say the least. If this sounds like something you would like OP go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Einstein is currently overcrowded like WJ. Woodward will provide the necessary relief for both schools who are near one another. Financially it's a shrewd move especially if their kids are a few years away from HS and they bought in an area likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

But nobody really knows what areas are likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now. The areas that are geographically closest to Woodward are also really really close to Einstein. For all we know it will be Wheaton HS neighborhoods that border WJ that will be redistricted into Woodward. Or they'll do some weird choice thing. I think there are lots of good reasons to buy in the Einstein district, and it's certainly possible some of those areas will be redistricted to Woodward, but I really don't think at this point you could say a particular house/neighborhood is "likely" to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

Agree 100%. The only neighborhoods one can say are "likely" to be zoned for Woodward are those immediately surrounding the Woodward site. (Which are currently all in WJ cluster--parts of Luxmanor, Garrett Park, and Kensington Parkwood ESs.)

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Anonymous wrote:OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Einstein is currently overcrowded like WJ. Woodward will provide the necessary relief for both schools who are near one another. Financially it's a shrewd move especially if their kids are a few years away from HS and they bought in an area likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

But nobody really knows what areas are likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now. The areas that are geographically closest to Woodward are also really really close to Einstein. For all we know it will be Wheaton HS neighborhoods that border WJ that will be redistricted into Woodward. Or they'll do some weird choice thing. I think there are lots of good reasons to buy in the Einstein district, and it's certainly possible some of those areas will be redistricted to Woodward, but I really don't think at this point you could say a particular house/neighborhood is "likely" to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

Anonymous wrote:OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Einstein is currently overcrowded like WJ. Woodward will provide the necessary relief for both schools who are near one another. Financially it's a shrewd move especially if their kids are a few years away from HS and they bought in an area likely to be zoned for Woodward a few years from now.

OP specifically said moving to Kensington so I think bringing up Einstein is relevant. But I agree with PP that OP has probably gotten all the useful information they are likely to get out of this thread at this point.

Since you have to live in the catchment area to attend the school, you are looking for a unicorn: Someone who lived in the catchment area of 1 of those schools while their child was in high school, then moved to the other while their child was still in HS (as opposed to got in trouble and was switched to the other school), all of this fairly recently, and, that parent is killing time on this forum. Good luck with that. You are more likely to continue to receive information from parents with students at WJ or BCC, or with students at Einstein who apparently can't help but chime in.

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Anonymous wrote:Forget BCC and WJ, save your money and go with Einstein. It really is a better school.

Surely you are trolling. LOL

Because of SES differences, there's a different overall average which shows the affluence of one community or the other, but when you look deeper there isn't much of a difference between these schools in terms of how a particular student would do at one or the other.

You went from Einstein is better to there isn't much a difference between Einstein WJ/BCC. Those aren't the same thing. Which is it in your opinion?

I assume those two posts are from different people.

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Anonymous wrote:Forget BCC and WJ, save your money and go with Einstein. It really is a better school.

Surely you are trolling. LOL

Because of SES differences, there's a different overall average which shows the affluence of one community or the other, but when you look deeper there isn't much of a difference between these schools in terms of how a particular student would do at one or the other.

You went from Einstein is better to there isn't much a difference between Einstein WJ/BCC. Those aren't the same thing. Which is it in your opinion?

I'm not the same poster.