Affordable housing prices + good schools

[Anonymous]

Um,I don't know. My sister moved to Urbana from the RM district and her middle school kids are claiming that they've already learned the stuff they're learning now at Urbana MS. At the end of the day, I don't care what they do at central office. I care about the curriculum.

I have friends that moved from Howard County to Urbana and have the same complaint

[Anonymous]

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Um,I don't know. My sister moved to Urbana from the RM district and her middle school kids are claiming that they've already learned the stuff they're learning now at Urbana MS. At the end of the day, I don't care what they do at central office. I care about the curriculum.

I have friends that moved from Howard County to Urbana and have the same complaint

No one would move to Urbana *for the school.* You move there because your job is there or you cannot afford anything in MoCo or HoCo.

There's nothing wrong with the schools, but it's not better than MoCo or HoCo, in general. That's crazy talk.

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Anonymous wrote:Rockville High School cluster in Montgomery County.

Not what most people consider to be affordable housing prices. You are paying unreasonable housing prices for the school district which is no longer as top-notch as it used to be. The school district has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system as the housing prices should merit.

This is so well said it’s worth repeating: the school district (MCPS) has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system the housing prices should merit.

It’s why we left.

Can you be more specific about what has happened? Assume you are talking about Bethesda schools

[Anonymous]

Greenbelt or College Park?

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Anonymous wrote:Rockville High School cluster in Montgomery County.

Not what most people consider to be affordable housing prices. You are paying unreasonable housing prices for the school district which is no longer as top-notch as it used to be. The school district has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system as the housing prices should merit.

This is so well said it’s worth repeating: the school district (MCPS) has made some terrible decisions over the last few years and you are no longer getting as good a school system the housing prices should merit.

It’s why we left.

Can you be more specific about what has happened? Assume you are talking about Bethesda schools

It is all of mcps, and has been discussed to death. But here are a few of the reasons:
-started (IMO) with curriculum 2.0, who has was a disaster from the start, and t
hey stuck with it too long
-no more final exams
-50% grade just for putting your name on the page
-failed a class? Write a recovery paragraph and you pass and move along
- no more consequences, for anything (can't fail, can't get expelled, can't get suspended)
-facilities (about 25% falling apart, about 25% severely overcrowded)

There's so much more, and we moved here for the schools. So glad our kids are just about out. Cannotnwait to leave

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Anonymous wrote:close in
good schools
cheap

choose two. Add in diverse, and good luck

So nowhere?

We already tried the long commute and it took a serious toll on our physical and mental health. Can’t do that again.

the two things most directly driving home prices are commute and schools. If you check both of those boxes, the area will be popular and likely expensive. There may be somewhere at the edge of that hour commute in Frederick, but you are adding minority white to the criteria, so that box probably won't get checked

Nowhere in Frederick is an hour commute into DC, at least not any time M-F on any kind of day shift. I live here, it's sad but true.

Not true. Depending on time of Day, Urbana could be an hour or less away.

I live just south of Urbana, but still in FredCo.

I went from my house (just off Rt 75) to Union Station in 55 minutes last week. The week before was a bit faster.

I was in the car around 6:15/20. So got to the office a little past 7. Which is early for a lot of people,I know. But I don't mind since its only on occasion. Daily would be different

I’m in Braddock (north of Urbana) and drive to DuPont Circle area. I have to be at work by 6am so I usually leave a little after 5am. Barring accidents, I always get to work in an hour or less.

I assume OP meant durin standard working hours.

Standard working hours? You mean RUSH HOUR??? Of course not. You could live in DC and not making it from one quadrant to another in anything less than an hour.