Anonymous
10/21/2025 13:38
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Are parents and kids any happier with RHPS this year, since the classes are smaller due to its Focus school status?
Anonymous
04/09/2025 18:04
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Longtime reader, first time poster. Full disclaimer- I know there are Rosemary Hill threads already.
My family is looking at a house on Woodbine St. Even if we don't get that house- there are likely others that will appear in the RH school district.
We are currently in DC and their are DC houses are also high on our list. We have not yet decided to "cross the border" -- and to give you an idea we are in Petworth. Diversity is not a concern.
How does a Rosemary Hills compare to a Lafayette? Janney? Garrison or Barnard?
This forum does not seem to be fond of Rosemary Hills but hopeful someone can give some insight when comparing it to DCPS.
What about Chevy Chase Elementary once 3rd grade starts?
Really trying to get an idea if the school for this region should be why we continue to focus our search on DCPS or another part of MoCo.
Not sure about Petworth area but stay in DC .
-signed regret ever moving
After 3 homicides within 1 block of our DC home in 6 months, we moved. And we are glad we did. -Former District resident
Anonymous
04/09/2025 16:47
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Longtime reader, first time poster. Full disclaimer- I know there are Rosemary Hill threads already.
My family is looking at a house on Woodbine St. Even if we don't get that house- there are likely others that will appear in the RH school district.
We are currently in DC and their are DC houses are also high on our list. We have not yet decided to "cross the border" -- and to give you an idea we are in Petworth. Diversity is not a concern.
How does a Rosemary Hills compare to a Lafayette? Janney? Garrison or Barnard?
This forum does not seem to be fond of Rosemary Hills but hopeful someone can give some insight when comparing it to DCPS.
What about Chevy Chase Elementary once 3rd grade starts?
Really trying to get an idea if the school for this region should be why we continue to focus our search on DCPS or another part of MoCo.
Not sure about Petworth area but stay in DC .
-signed regret ever moving
Anonymous
04/09/2025 14:34
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.
??
OP would be zoned for B-CC.
RHES is K-2
Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring. The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private.
"inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private".
I lived in Rollingwood and sent my kids to RHPS and CCES. I'm not sure what you mean when you say so many families send their kids to private. In reality, nearly everyone in Rollingwood sent their kids to public - including my neighbor, who graduated from Sidwell herself!
Some CCES in boundary kids do go to private but it's generally not a lot and often there is a specific reason - diplomat kids who go to French or German immersion school, kids with learning disabilities who aren't properly served at RHPS, extremely wealthy parents who view their child's school placement as a networking opportunity, and the stragglers who started out living in DC and sent their kids to private but then moved to MoCo and switch over to public school at some point. There are fewer of those now than 30 years ago, now that DCPS has improved - many are keeping kids in DC through high school. Wilson aka Jackson-Reed is similar to BCC but you can live a more city lifestyle.
We live right near CCES, and many of the families who send their kids to private seem to be afraid of having a school with a number of non-white, non-wealthy students. Some skip RHES only to send their kids to CCES and realize there is basically the same demographic breakdown there. It’s gross, but I also don’t feel the need to recruit anyone to RHES. We have plenty of kids from the neighborhood who do go, and having kids who have different neighborhoods, with background different from our own, is beneficial — we don’t need more rich white kids. It’s been a very good school for our family, not despite but because of its diversity.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 16:45
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.
??
OP would be zoned for B-CC.
RHES is K-2
Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring. The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private.
"inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private".
I lived in Rollingwood and sent my kids to RHPS and CCES. I'm not sure what you mean when you say so many families send their kids to private. In reality, nearly everyone in Rollingwood sent their kids to public - including my neighbor, who graduated from Sidwell herself!
Some CCES in boundary kids do go to private but it's generally not a lot and often there is a specific reason - diplomat kids who go to French or German immersion school, kids with learning disabilities who aren't properly served at RHPS, extremely wealthy parents who view their child's school placement as a networking opportunity, and the stragglers who started out living in DC and sent their kids to private but then moved to MoCo and switch over to public school at some point. There are fewer of those now than 30 years ago, now that DCPS has improved - many are keeping kids in DC through high school. Wilson aka Jackson-Reed is similar to BCC but you can live a more city lifestyle.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 15:17
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.
??
OP would be zoned for B-CC.
RHES is K-2
Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring. The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private.
What is RMHS? We’re talking about RHES.
Ah yes the point to a fat finger or brain fart to shoot down the point, well played.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 14:12
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.
??
OP would be zoned for B-CC.
RHES is K-2
Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring. The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private.
What is RMHS? We’re talking about RHES.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 11:13
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
DCPS ELA curriculum is not good. MCPS uses CKLA which is a high quality reading curriculum. DCPS has no system wide enrichment or gifted programs. DCPS does not provide instrumental music across the district, unlike MCPS. It is only at schools where the individual music teachers have built a program. DCPS has fewer magnet programs. I think these are all reasons to send your kids to MCPS no matter how much you may like an individual school in DCPS.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 11:08
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:RMHS is a different type of diversity dynamic than you might be used in Petworth. There you are the middle class people in a mixed area. In RMHS you are the poor people being mixed into a resentful wealthier area at the next level.
??
OP would be zoned for B-CC.
RHES is K-2
Yes which is comprised of Chevy Case and Downtown Bethesda hence BCC, which are two incredibly expensive locations compared to a small feeder of mostly poor apts and small houses from silver spring. The BCC cluster gets most of its FARMs from RMHS and the families are keenly aware of that fact. In Pentworth you're the richer part of a mixed school, in BCC you're one of the silver spring kids. They might not say it directly but the inclusion of the RMHS area is why so many families in CC do private.
Anonymous
04/08/2025 08:35
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Did you get the house, OP?
Anonymous
04/06/2025 23:30
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you are looking very close to Candy Cane City playground, that's a great community-building place to be near. You can look up boundaries for the CCRA pool (if you're looking in CC MD). The boundary includes several of the neighborhoods around there (but not neighborhoods closer to the pool itself). I'd recommend talking to people who live in all these neighborhoods--as many as you can. If you're in Petworth now you may find CC DC a richer (non-materially) and more active community.
CCRA is great, agree, and provides a great sense of community for RHES/CCES families.
But FYI - the area immediately by the pool is in the boundary. But there is that crazy dude trying to get families to get membership elsewhere.
The boundary is further south in Chevy Chase AND also includes the neighborhood right by the pool.
(It is the CC Section 9 referred to in the boundary description below):
“Applicants must reside within approved geographic boundaries. Potential members must reside in either: 1) One of the five incorporated sections of Chevy Chase (i.e. Chevy Chase Village, Section 3 of the Village of Chevy Chase, Town of Chevy Chase, Section 5 of the Village of Chevy Chase, and the Village of Martin’s Additions). 2) The unincorporated areas known as Rollingwood and the Hamlet. 3) Chevy Chase Valley (also known as Chevy Chase Section 9.”
OP this is a solid list of neighborhoods to look at.
Anonymous
04/06/2025 23:10
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
Anonymous wrote:If you are looking very close to Candy Cane City playground, that's a great community-building place to be near. You can look up boundaries for the CCRA pool (if you're looking in CC MD). The boundary includes several of the neighborhoods around there (but not neighborhoods closer to the pool itself). I'd recommend talking to people who live in all these neighborhoods--as many as you can. If you're in Petworth now you may find CC DC a richer (non-materially) and more active community.
CCRA is great, agree, and provides a great sense of community for RHES/CCES families.
But FYI - the area immediately by the pool is in the boundary. But there is that crazy dude trying to get families to get membership elsewhere.
The boundary is further south in Chevy Chase AND also includes the neighborhood right by the pool.
Anonymous
04/06/2025 16:00
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
If you are looking very close to Candy Cane City playground, that's a great community-building place to be near. You can look up boundaries for the CCRA pool (if you're looking in CC MD). The boundary includes several of the neighborhoods around there (but not neighborhoods closer to the pool itself). I'd recommend talking to people who live in all these neighborhoods--as many as you can. If you're in Petworth now you may find CC DC a richer (non-materially) and more active community.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 08:50
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
RHES, CCES, and Silver Creek are really diverse. There is no majority race/ethnicity in these schools. My kids have friends who are of a range of races, ethnicities, income, and wealth levels. To me, this is one of the benefits of the bussing. To others, it’s a reason to avoid the school (as evidenced by the person on one thread who declared without embarrassment that RHES is why her parents sent her to private school).
I think that DCPS tends to be less diverse — with schools being mostly of color/low income or mostly white/well off. That was the case when we were there at least; it may have changed in recent years.
Looking at some of the school profiles for a few of the schools you mention:
- Barnard is 10% white/non Hispanic, and Lafayette is 72%.
-Rosemary Hills is 42% white, and CCES 46% white.
I think that DCPS tends to be less diverse — with schools being mostly of color/low income or mostly white/well off. That was the case when we were there at least; it may have changed in recent years.
Looking at some of the school profiles for a few of the schools you mention:
- Barnard is 10% white/non Hispanic, and Lafayette is 72%.
-Rosemary Hills is 42% white, and CCES 46% white.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 01:51
Subject: DCPS v Rosemary Hills
If you move to Rollingwood or another nearby neighborhood, definitely join CCRA (pool). May take a summer or two before you get privileges, but many form RHES/CCES go there. It is how we met people when we moved from DC. -DP