Anonymous
Post 08/13/2022 09:29     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone! Very helpful info. Do both school offer strong STEM program? What about art? DD is very into art/language art/social studies and the DS is more interested in STEM.


Both schools have a number of higher level courses in math and science. I don't know about art sorry.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 21:58     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:They are both good schools. I think Whitman is stronger academically, although Pyle is very being and the Churchill feeder middle schools might be better.
Churchill has a more materialistic vibe. There is more pressure there to wear certain brands, etc, where at Whitman kids dress in whatever.


+1. I think both are excellent schools, but Whitman did place first in Maryland this year.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04602.pdf
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 20:12     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
They are both good schools. I think Whitman is stronger academically, although Pyle is very being and the Churchill feeder middle schools might be better.
Churchill has a more materialistic vibe. There is more pressure there to wear certain brands, etc, where at Whitman kids dress in whatever.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 18:36     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They both lack any diversity relative to MoCo and their neighboring clusters, WJ and RM.


Yes, but especially economic diversity. The county as a whole has 35% FARMS, whereas these guys somehow manage <5%.


Gosh, whatever could it be?

Boundaries that were gerrymandered to keep out the poor.


The boundaries don’t have to be gerrymandered because they are centered in vastly wealthy neighborhoods.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 18:14     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Look at nearby WJ and Wootton HS neighborhoods as well.


Aren't those in Rockville or Germantown?

WJ is N. Bethesda; Wootton is Rockville.

WJ is more diverse than Wootton.

Or you could do RM -- one of the most diverse HS in the cluster.

Or BCC. Both RM and BCC have IB diploma program.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 18:05     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:Look at nearby WJ and Wootton HS neighborhoods as well.


Aren't those in Rockville or Germantown?
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 17:51     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Look at nearby WJ and Wootton HS neighborhoods as well.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 16:12     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One difference is that Churchill has 2 feeder middle schools: Hoover and Cabin John, while Whitman has just Pyle.


Does that mean Pyle is much bigger than Hoover and Cabin John in terms of number of students?


yes, it has a building capacity for something like 750 students but in real terms it has 1500 students


No. As of 2021, Pyle has a building capacity of 1500 and an enrollment of 1300.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 14:35     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One difference is that Churchill has 2 feeder middle schools: Hoover and Cabin John, while Whitman has just Pyle.


Does that mean Pyle is much bigger than Hoover and Cabin John in terms of number of students?


yes, it has a building capacity for something like 750 students but in real terms it has 1500 students
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 14:34     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They both lack any diversity relative to MoCo and their neighboring clusters, WJ and RM.


Yes, but especially economic diversity. The county as a whole has 35% FARMS, whereas these guys somehow manage <5%.


Gosh, whatever could it be?

Boundaries that were gerrymandered to keep out the poor.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 13:41     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They both lack any diversity relative to MoCo and their neighboring clusters, WJ and RM.


Yes, but especially economic diversity. The county as a whole has 35% FARMS, whereas these guys somehow manage <5%.


Gosh, whatever could it be?
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 12:50     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:They both lack any diversity relative to MoCo and their neighboring clusters, WJ and RM.


Yes, but especially economic diversity. The county as a whole has 35% FARMS, whereas these guys somehow manage <5%.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 11:57     Subject: Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
They both lack any diversity relative to MoCo and their neighboring clusters, WJ and RM.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 11:09     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Whitman is 63% White, 14% Asian.
Churchill is 54% White, 31% Asian.


What I've noticed is Asian population is increasing in Bethesda. 10 years ago, Whitman's Asian students are only 5-6%. Not sure about changes over the years in Potomac.

There have always been more Asians in Potomac than in Bethesda. I don't think Whitman's Asian population was only 5-6% then years ago. I think it was still around the 10s%. It has not grown that much.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2022 10:53     Subject: Re:Winston Churchill vs. Walt Whitman -- Move to Montgomery soon and need to choose which school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Whitman is 63% White, 14% Asian.
Churchill is 54% White, 31% Asian.


What I've noticed is Asian population is increasing in Bethesda. 10 years ago, Whitman's Asian students are only 5-6%. Not sure about changes over the years in Potomac.


In 2011-12, Whitman's Asian population was 12%.