No one said there are not expensive house is zoned for Einstein. What was said that they are among the cheapest in an expensive area. This is typically measured by price per sqft to keep it comparable. For example what is meant for the daft boosters is a 1300 sqft house zoned to Einstein near the mall in Wheaton would be 400k ish, a block away that same house zoned to WJ would be 700k and that same house a few streets down zoned for BCC would be 900k.

The very nice 800k+ houses in woodside that are zoned to Einstein (but mostly go to private mind you) are expensive due to size and urban proximity. If they were zoned to BCC / rosemary hills as are the tiny and often more expensive homes a few blocks over off of East West Hw, they would be at least 50% more expensive.

Say what you want but price is the ultimate example of supply and demand. You bring up anecdotal we like smaller houses BS, but the market is simple. It doesn’t matter what you like. If they were in stronger demand they wouldn’t be sitting there cheaply for you to pick up and enjoy your cheap small house. They are there because Einstein has one of the worst reputations in Montgomery County save maybe Kennedy. Is that fair? Maybe not but you look like a fool pretending it isn’t true

Anonymous wrote:You will find the small contingent of middle class families that go there are passionately booster-rific but they aren’t the defining character of the school. They will mention coded TOP classes and what not which is there way of saying avoid the general pop at all cost. As one of the first poster said there is a reason houses zoned for Einstein are amount the cheapest in the DCC. It isn’t because the parents are frugal, it is because most parents don’t want them.

The houses are small and many under 1200 square feet except if remodeled. Many of us don't care about house size and don't need a big house for status. We can afford a lot more but we'd prefer to be able to freely spend and put money away in the kids college funds and not have to worry at all.

Anonymous wrote:One of the worst in MCPS. There I said it.

You’re a racist and a classist. There, I said it!

Anonymous wrote:You will find the small contingent of middle class families that go there are passionately booster-rific but they aren’t the defining character of the school. They will mention coded TOP classes and what not which is there way of saying avoid the general pop at all cost. As one of the first poster said there is a reason houses zoned for Einstein are amount the cheapest in the DCC. It isn’t because the parents are frugal, it is because most parents don’t want them.

Um, isn't the Woodside area zoned for Einstein? This is a ridiculous assertion. We looked at houses zoned for Wheaton and Kennedy and they were considerably cheaper than the houses zoned for Einstein. We are actually zoned for Northwood, but I chose to send my child to Einstein instead because it has better AP scores (there is MCPS documentation to prove it). Einstein houses cost less than WJ houses. That's it.

Also, my DD took her higher-level Spanish classes with native speaker classmates, as she had gotten fluent enough through some travel abroad. These classes were a treasure for her and not at all full of middle-class white kids. Her chemistry class also had an ESOL section, accompanied by a para. The teacher handled the situation beautifully and my DD again had an opportunity to practice Spanish skills. Life is what you make of it.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in 8th in DCC and so we'll do the whole choice program. I've heard folks' impression of the other schools, but not much about Einstein. What do people like and not like about it?
Please only from parents who actually have experience or have friends with kids there. I see a lot of faulty assumptions about the down county schools in general, so I'd really like to hear what people who REALLY know it think.
Thanks.

Our kid is a rising senior there, and we live elsewhere in the DCC, but put Einstein as our first choice. We've been really pleased with it. Most of the teachers have been terrific--very dedicated, smart, good communicators. The school is not too big, not too small. It has the same 7 periods each day, not a block or modified block schedule like some other DCC schools. The administration has been in flux lately. There was a longtime principal who retired in 2019, and he was replaced by a veteran MCPS principal last year. She just was named president of the administrators union, so we now have a brand new principal who started in July. He seems great, lots of energy and a positive attitude. If there are ever school plays and musicals again, buy some tickets and see the really talented kids perform.

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Anonymous wrote:^ check test scores and other performance measures.

Test scores don't mean good kids. It means genetically smart kids. Lots of good people didn't have perfect grades and test scores.

Noboday said that except you. What a weird and insecure response.

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Anonymous wrote:Objectively it is not a great school. It has low test scores. Individually it really depends on who your child is and how focused and driven they are.

That's only true if you define "great school" as "school that has high school-average standardized test scores", and why would you do that? It tells you nothing about the teachers, the administration, the facilities, the course offerings, the extracurriculars...basically, anything that actually affects your child's school experience.

Don’t forget diversity.

Anonymous wrote:Objectively it is not a great school. It has low test scores. Individually it really depends on who your child is and how focused and driven they are.

That's only true if you define "great school" as "school that has high school-average standardized test scores", and why would you do that? It tells you nothing about the teachers, the administration, the facilities, the course offerings, the extracurriculars...basically, anything that actually affects your child's school experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I can tell you that the market considers it one of the worst schools in MoCo and house trade for huge discounts (as much as 50%) compared to comparable houses often just blocks away in different school zones.

Now if that is based on outdated reputations I can’t tell you but typically the market is smarter than individuals.

Weird, I live just a couple blocks from the Einstein/Northwood line, and I don't see that at all.

Me neither. Kids in our neighborhood are split between RM (IB), Blair, Einstein, Northwood, and privates. The Einstein grads go to good public and private universities and seem like some of the happiest and most well grounded. Possible exception is the kids attending RM.

You will find the small contingent of middle class families that go there are passionately booster-rific but they aren’t the defining character of the school. They will mention coded TOP classes and what not which is there way of saying avoid the general pop at all cost. As one of the first poster said there is a reason houses zoned for Einstein are amount the cheapest in the DCC. It isn’t because the parents are frugal, it is because most parents don’t want them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ check test scores and other performance measures.

Test scores don't mean good kids. It means genetically smart kids. Lots of good people didn't have perfect grades and test scores.

Such a predictable response.

Such a predictable response. Hope one of your kids or grandkids never has any special needs or delays as I can only imagine how you'd treat them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ check test scores and other performance measures.

Test scores don't mean good kids. It means genetically smart kids. Lots of good people didn't have perfect grades and test scores.

Such a predictable response.

Such a predictable response. Hope one of your kids or grandkids never has any special needs or delays as I can only imagine how you'd treat them.

I blame him for the Atomic bomb. What a horrible legacy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ check test scores and other performance measures.

Test scores don't mean good kids. It means genetically smart kids. Lots of good people didn't have perfect grades and test scores.

Such a predictable response.

Anonymous wrote:^ check test scores and other performance measures.

Test scores don't mean good kids. It means genetically smart kids. Lots of good people didn't have perfect grades and test scores.