Feedback on ritchie park elementary
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Anonymous
Sure. Anything can happen. But some things are more likely to happen than others. |
Anonymous
| all hell is gonna break loose when they have to rezone areas to gaithersburg high school. just the mention of that high school would be enough to cause a mass exodus of residents |
Anonymous
JW MS is an 8 on GS. I know, GS isn't the best gauge of a school, but just pointing out that I don't think RP students are the ones bringing down JW score from 10 to 8. There are several kids every year who end up at Barnsely CES (formerly HGC). OP - I stated earlier in the thread. RP is not the worst nor is it the best. It would be better if more parents volunteered, but a lot of the ones who I know volunteer are actually working moms. There are some decent after school activities, and it seems like we have some kind of event going once a month or every other month. My DC enjoys it. Quite honestly, the "best" for you child is dependent on your child. Some kids do really well at RP and thrive; others don't. Same for all schools. RP is a pretty diverse ES for the area, as is JW and RM. It's on the smaller side and will get even smaller in two years time. This past year, there were some teachers who left/retired. In the 6 years we've been there, this is the first high teacher turnover that I've experienced. |
Anonymous
Gaithersburg High and the feeder middle schools are all over capacity. There is zero chance that all of King Farm would be be forced to go there. More likely is that they are redistricted to the new Crown High School. |
Anonymous
I think the only difference in the school will be fewer teachers and students due to 25% of the current school population going to Bayard Rustin. There won't be as many portables used, so that will be an improvement. As a side note, if you're looking at houses in the area you might want to consider the ones that will feed into Bayard Rustin. It's a brand new building, hand picked principal, staff selected from hundreds of applicants, the newest technology in the county (whatever the next generation Promethean board is, Rustin is apparently the first school to get it), flexible seating arrangements (ala standing desks, and other child friendly seating), and the Chinese immersion program from which ALL students will get a bit of instruction in Chinese. |
Anonymous
NP They need to restructure Gaithersburg since it is abysmal right now. Crown will be too high end. I would think more than 1/3 (and majority FARMS) from Gaithersburg will be going to Crown while higher end neighborhoods will be moving to Gaithersburg. I agree King Farm is the easiest move as it is already split and literally right up the street to Gaithersburg. Only 2 miles away vs 3.5 miles to RM. I doubt they will move the whole CG to Gaithersburg though. I think the only way Fallsgrove goes to Crown or Gaithersburg is if they close Cold Spring and move those kids into RM. it is almost the exact amount of kids since Cold Spring is so under enrolled. Not to mention Seneca Valley will be restructured. There will be a lot of movement from Rockville to Germantown in the next few years. I will be curious how it unfolds. |
Anonymous
Seneca Valley will be rezoned to include some areas currently zoned for Clarksburg and Northwest. Nothing to do with Gaithersburg or Ritchie Park. |
Anonymous
+1 none of this is relevant to the OP's question. If people want to discuss hypothetical rezoning to a high school that may never even be built (Crown was just put into the CIP because that gives them 10 years to figure out what to do with the land), they should start a new thread. |
Anonymous
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Ritchie Park is frequently a target of complaints on this board. Parents at Beall and College Gardens are much more engaged.
Just look at PTA elections at Rustin. Most positions contested with parents currently at Beall and CG running. Only one current RP parent ran. RP PTA has had to beg and beg for 2 years to get hardly anyone to run. Its a sad state of affairs at RP, and OP would be better off at any other cluster school. |
Anonymous
So, did you ever volunteer? |
Anonymous
RP parents were on the bylaws committee at Rustin and on the naming committee, principal selection committee, and childcare provider committee. RP parents also started the Facebook group for Rustin and are creating their PTA website. Sorry you hate RP so much, but there's a lot of involved, parents on the PTA board at RP as well as those going from RP to Rustin. Instead of building animosity, you might choose to help build community. |
Anonymous
Exactly, if you find RP PTA not effective then get involve, contribute and make some difference. Simply complaining about it is not going to fix anything. Also, everyone should remember that PTA is simply parents volunteering their time. Everything won't be perfect unless people get involve. I find it hard to believe that multiple positions were contested at Rustin. Is there an official transcript of this? I would like to see that. |
Anonymous
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Rustin PTA elections:
President - 2 candidates VP Programs - 2 candidates VP Membership - 3 candidates VP Communication - 3 candidates VP Fundraising - 2 candidates; 1 withdrew just before the vote to run uncontested in another position Treasurer - 1 candidate Secretary - 1 candidate Delegate - 2 positions, 2 candidates This is what engaged parent leadership looks like. |
Anonymous
Wow! What a great start! That’s amazing. |
Anonymous
My understanding is that most of the Beall PTA leadership was shifted to Rustin. |