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Anonymous wrote:Sherwood may be marginally better than Blair, but for twice the commute it isn't worth it to us. If we had horses or worked from home maybe.

People here are very happy with elem options and Blair. I can't speak to the other DCC schools.

marginally better?

lol!

The only plus to Blair is magnet/CAP. That's what gives Blair its reputation. It's a school w/in a school, and b/c of the magnet - and now with the DCC (aka - school "choice") - there's no community. That's what happened to PB and Springbrook. The consortium destroyed the neighborhoods, especially with the addition of Blake, which has NO true home base.

Sherwood opted out of the consortium b/c they knew it would create fragmentation. It's bad enough that Rosa Parks has split articulation - as does Farquhar to some extent. But it has a better community than the NEC and DCC, which is what helps schools function.

So you can compare all you want about test scores and this and that. I prefer that my children feel as though they're part of a community. And having lived in the NEC and worked in an NEC "cluster," we realized that community just wasn't there.

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Anonymous wrote:If public school is important, then scratch SS off your list period. And I am born and raised from SS. It's a shit hole. Don't listen to all of the hippy posters on here who talk about how diverse or international or wonderful or la la la it is. It's not. Move farther west in Montgomery County if a decent school is important to you.

FYI, for "decent" read "white" or "affluent," because that's what this poster means. This is actually one of her less offensive posts.

I disagree PP. The poster is talking school quality. Either the quality of the school is high or low, regardless of race. If there is a high quality school that isn't, as you say, not the Poster before you, "white" or "affluent," I believe that school would be recognized as such.

Nope. This poster is well known for her views, and they all have to do with low SES and minority students. She conflates "low quality" with "low SES" and "black or Latino." Don't be an apologist for her, PP.

bullshit I have NEVER, EVER said anything about "latino" and black people etc. that is crap. I don't even know what SES means. You must have me confused with somebody else. Frankly, DD want in a full-on hispanic daycare (on purpose). And now because she has not started kindergarten yet, she is on a preschool that is, well, full-on another culture but not "white" and I prefer not to specify. And I am so done explaining myself on here. Again, to all you, stop talking about what you don't know about. You don't know shit. And frankly, you all DCUMer transplants are the WHITEST OF WHITE AS RICE people I have ever heard speak in my life. And you are such hypocrites. You read the New York Times or listen to NPR or whatever and get on here starting very tacky and uncomfortable discussions about race because you are so not diverse you don't even know how to speak. Yuck. I am so glad you mostly live in DC so I do not have to associate with you people. That's right - YOU PEOPLE, and I am referring to you DCUM transplant people.

Translation please.

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest here. How is Blair outside of the magnet program? I'm aware that the magnet program makes the school look awesome. Suppose your child doesn't get into the magnet program now tell me about the non-magnet Blair. Is it still a good school? What are the social and academic elements at Blair for non-magnet students?

I hear all this talk about great elementary school in SS. That's all find, but kids grow up and they can't stay in elementary school until college. Please tell those of us who are considering to relocate to SS the real deal. I don't want the sugar-coated PC version either. What's the deal with the middle and high schools in SS? I want parents and individuals who have actual experiences to respond. Please no deflecting or harboring about magnets. If Blair didn't have a magnet program will you send your child there?

When I look at the "School Safety and Security at a Glance" sections of certain schools in Montgomery County some of the schools really concern me as a parent.

Anonymous wrote:bullshit I have NEVER, EVER said anything about "latino" and black people etc. that is crap. I don't even know what SES means. You must have me confused with somebody else. Frankly, DD want in a full-on hispanic daycare (on purpose). And now because she has not started kindergarten yet, she is on a preschool that is, well, full-on another culture but not "white" and I prefer not to specify. And I am so done explaining myself on here. Again, to all you, stop talking about what you don't know about. You don't know shit. And frankly, you all DCUMer transplants are the WHITEST OF WHITE AS RICE people I have ever heard speak in my life. And you are such hypocrites. You read the New York Times or listen to NPR or whatever and get on here starting very tacky and uncomfortable discussions about race because you are so not diverse you don't even know how to speak. Yuck. I am so glad you mostly live in DC so I do not have to associate with you people. That's right - YOU PEOPLE, and I am referring to you DCUM transplant people.

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Anonymous wrote:Choose west of 270. Silver Spring is nearly a third world country these days. In twenty years it will look like downtown Mexico City or Lagos.

Zip codes that identify "Silver Spring" go nearly 20 miles north and east of what used to be traditional Silver Spring.

At your age with such a young family you should be thinking as far west and north as you can go in Montgomery County.

Yeah, live in the exurbs and spend all your time commuting

There are people who live in northwest Montgomery County and don't work in DC! True fact!

(Another true fact: lots of those people who live in northwest Montgomery County look like people you might see in Mexico City or Lagos.)

OP said they specifically chose Silver Spring because it is convenient for her DH's work. Northwest Montgomery County would be quite a commute for him during rush hours. Or are we no longer answering the OP's question?

Anonymous wrote:Sherwood may be marginally better than Blair, but for twice the commute it isn't worth it to us. If we had horses or worked from home maybe.

People here are very happy with elem options and Blair. I can't speak to the other DCC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Choose west of 270. Silver Spring is nearly a third world country these days. In twenty years it will look like downtown Mexico City or Lagos.

Zip codes that identify "Silver Spring" go nearly 20 miles north and east of what used to be traditional Silver Spring.

At your age with such a young family you should be thinking as far west and north as you can go in Montgomery County.

Yeah, live in the exurbs and spend all your time commuting

Anonymous wrote:Oakland a Terrace and Flora Singer and Woodlin are fine. Some of the other schools that have been mentioned aren't in the same category. Fair?

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Anonymous wrote:Oakland a Terrace and Flora Singer and Woodlin are fine. Some of the other schools that have been mentioned aren't in the same category. Fair?

Add forest knolls, Sligo creek, highland view to that

Anonymous wrote:Oakland a Terrace and Flora Singer and Woodlin are fine. Some of the other schools that have been mentioned aren't in the same category. Fair?

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Anonymous wrote:If public school is important, then scratch SS off your list period. And I am born and raised from SS. It's a shit hole. Don't listen to all of the hippy posters on here who talk about how diverse or international or wonderful or la la la it is. It's not. Move farther west in Montgomery County if a decent school is important to you.

FYI, for "decent" read "white" or "affluent," because that's what this poster means. This is actually one of her less offensive posts.

I disagree PP. The poster is talking school quality. Either the quality of the school is high or low, regardless of race. If there is a high quality school that isn't, as you say, not the Poster before you, "white" or "affluent," I believe that school would be recognized as such.

Nope. This poster is well known for her views, and they all have to do with low SES and minority students. She conflates "low quality" with "low SES" and "black or Latino." Don't be an apologist for her, PP.

bullshit I have NEVER, EVER said anything about "latino" and black people etc. that is crap. I don't even know what SES means. You must have me confused with somebody else. Frankly, DD want in a full-on hispanic daycare (on purpose). And now because she has not started kindergarten yet, she is on a preschool that is, well, full-on another culture but not "white" and I prefer not to specify. And I am so done explaining myself on here. Again, to all you, stop talking about what you don't know about. You don't know shit. And frankly, you all DCUMer transplants are the WHITEST OF WHITE AS RICE people I have ever heard speak in my life. And you are such hypocrites. You read the New York Times or listen to NPR or whatever and get on here starting very tacky and uncomfortable discussions about race because you are so not diverse you don't even know how to speak. Yuck. I am so glad you mostly live in DC so I do not have to associate with you people. That's right - YOU PEOPLE, and I am referring to you DCUM transplant people.