I can’t speak to Whitman but have one currently at B-CC. Classes are easy to get As in, even with the new grading. I would think whitman’s grading would be tougher. Many students use marijuana and vape. (I’m sure someone will chime in that this is at every school, but BCC seems worse.) The math department is okay. The one Calc BC teacher mentioned above also teaches Honors Precalculus. She detests teaching it, making the whole experience miserable for enrolled students.

I do love my kid’s counselor and feel fortunate she has her.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

Op here - thanks. My kids is in 8th grade at MS, so would be starting at BCC next year.

What matters for the boundary study is what ES school your address is zoned for. Current 8th graders will switch to a new school in 10th grade if rezoned.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

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Sorry, MR. Yates. Who cares? Old principal was Dr. and I misspoke.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

Op here - thanks. My kids is in 8th grade at MS, so would be starting at BCC next year.

You don’t have to tell us but these don’t answer whether you are zoned for Bethesda ES even if your kid is in middle school. PP is just talking about the area.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

Op here - thanks. My kids is in 8th grade at MS, so would be starting at BCC next year.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

I haven’t heard anything about new principal. I don’t think a search has even started yet. I’m guessing after the holidays since Dr. Yates is only supposed to be there one year, I think. No one knows what’ll happen with boundaries, but BCC is not impacted in any of the current options, unless you’re zoned for Bethesda ES, in which case your kid could be reassigned to WW sophomore year without you having to move.

OP here - any chance/ rumors circulating that a good new Principal will take over at BCC? How about the new HS opening up soon? Would the boundaries change and thus decrease the number of students at BCC?

Anonymous wrote:My junior DC is thriving at BCC. DC is not doing IB, but several APs. Not a STEM kid so I can’t speak to that, but good variety of social studies and English electives, great music program, only one bad teacher so far, DC’s counselor’s been very responsive, college counselor offers great resources and webinars, lots of clubs, etc.

OP - thank you for your feedback. I heard BCC has good music, arts programs.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you are seriously considering moving to be inbounds for a different MCPS? Just pay for private.

Private is so much more expensive than moving, especially if you have more than one kid.

We considered moving to be in bounds for WW (we are zoned for BCC) and the change in housing costs was going to be more than sending one kid to private school. Perhaps we could have found a house that was smaller and not as nice as current house, but that seemed like a silly trade. Opted out of mcps and have zero regrets. Friends at BCC say they are happy but then tell me stories about what’s going on and I have to wonder if it’s just a cope because they bought a 2m house and now can’t afford private.

OP here - do your friends tell you about a lot of bad stuff happening at BCC?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are seriously considering moving to be inbounds for a different MCPS? Just pay for private.

Private is so much more expensive than moving, especially if you have more than one kid.

We considered moving to be in bounds for WW (we are zoned for BCC) and the change in housing costs was going to be more than sending one kid to private school. Perhaps we could have found a house that was smaller and not as nice as current house, but that seemed like a silly trade. Opted out of mcps and have zero regrets. Friends at BCC say they are happy but then tell me stories about what’s going on and I have to wonder if it’s just a cope because they bought a 2m house and now can’t afford private.

They are just telling you the stories. They could certainly afford catholic at least if they bought a 2 million dollar house. Not everyone wants private though. Some people are fine with the stories bc they know their kid is happy even so. There are plenty of stories in private but people tell them less on here. It directly affects enrollment for a private school.

Anonymous wrote:Are u moving OP?
U know you can’t just choose your HS

OP here- we are inbounds for BCC now; kid is in 8th grade at MS. Question is should we move to WW zone next year.

My junior DC is thriving at BCC. DC is not doing IB, but several APs. Not a STEM kid so I can’t speak to that, but good variety of social studies and English electives, great music program, only one bad teacher so far, DC’s counselor’s been very responsive, college counselor offers great resources and webinars, lots of clubs, etc.

Bcc had more NMSF this year than Whitman. It has a strong core of top students

What's so good about private schools? Does it offer better STEM options than a public would?