I lived in Silver Spring (20910) and commuted to UMCP. That was OK but the drive to Baltimore is long, and it isn't totally a reverse commute because there are a lot of people commuting into Baltimore from the south. It could easily exceed an hour each way. I would focus on somewhere we. Commuting from Howard Cty to CP would not be bad.

Anonymous wrote:20895 is gret, but your commutes will be brutal. You don't want to take the beltway to cp. And Baltimore would be ridiculous.

Compare stats for Kensington Parkwood Elem and Greenwood in Brookeville....strikingly similar, but you will get more bang for your buck with a better commute in brookeville.

Completely false.

The inner loop commute to CP is a breeze 90% of the time. Make it from Bethesda over to CP daily in 25 minutes. For years.

The brutal commute is the opposite direction on the OUTER loop.

Also, with the opening of the ICC, the commute from there to 95 and up to Balt. is about 45 min.

Agree on the bang-for-$.

But K-P is a great great school which feeds in to N Bethesda and WJ. A very solid school cluster.

Anonymous wrote:I'd see if I could get into Takoma Park elementary. It's a good feeder pattern (Piney Branch, TPMS, Blair) all the way through.

+1 And the commute to CP is not that bad. Some of the houses in Silver Spring bordering Takoma also feed to TPMS and Blair.

http://www.redfin.com/MD/Takoma-Park/6715-Poplar-Ave-20912/home/11151428
http://www.redfin.com/MD/Takoma-Park/6428-5th-Ave-20912/home/11149264
http://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/7-Belmont-Ct-20910/home/10969590

We are in 20902 (Flora Singer). I recommend our neighborhood, Forest Estates.