Bethesda/Somerset/Westbook ES Boundary Superintendent Rec

[Anonymous]

Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

[Anonymous]

Looks reasonable. I like the detailed discussion of Dr. McKnight's reasoning for choosing option one. I don't recall that in previous boundary study decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks reasonable. I like the detailed discussion of Dr. McKnight's reasoning for choosing option one. I don't recall that in previous boundary study decisions.

Yes, the rationale is helpful. The past several recommendations did also include these sections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks reasonable. I like the detailed discussion of Dr. McKnight's reasoning for choosing option one. I don't recall that in previous boundary study decisions.

Previous boundary study decisions have also had a detailed discussion of the superintendent's rationale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/boundary-changes-recommended-for-bethesda-area-elementary-schools/?fbclid=IwAR2C4cpzcdl98ZzTIkm_-tV3APa57HSQ9Y3apJ8L42EWzJD_Tp8zt3PYB0w

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

Lol my thoughts exactly. You don’t get to weigh in on this. Move if it truly matters to you. You’re bummed, but your rich white kids will persevere.
Speaking as a Whitman district family, we all made a choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

Lol my thoughts exactly. You don’t get to weigh in on this. Move if it truly matters to you. You’re bummed, but your rich white kids will persevere.
Speaking as a Whitman district family, we all made a choice.

And you get to weigh in why? I swear, this forum is getting nastier and nastier. Why on earth would you take someone to task for expressing regret and remorse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

Lol my thoughts exactly. You don’t get to weigh in on this. Move if it truly matters to you. You’re bummed, but your rich white kids will persevere.
Speaking as a Whitman district family, we all made a choice.

PP here. I actually can't. I wish I could but both my family situation and my financial one are complicated. I don't want to say more because doing so will make me recognizable to neighbors, and I would like to preserve some semblance of privacy. I'll do what I can to continue to make sure that my kids continue their friendships with kids who are moving to Westbrook, and I'll also continue to enroll them in summer camps and extracurricular activities that take them outside their bubble. And I'll continue to do what I can to advocate for reforms locally and nationally that would try to reduce housing segregation. (For example, advocating for Thrive 2050 within my community, where there's a good bit of resistance.)

What are you doing to make our neighborhoods more diverse and integrated? I'd love some additional suggestion. (Not being snarky.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

Lol my thoughts exactly. You don’t get to weigh in on this. Move if it truly matters to you. You’re bummed, but your rich white kids will persevere.
Speaking as a Whitman district family, we all made a choice.

Sort of confused by "you don't get to weigh in on this." PP said s/he was disappointed but supported the plan because she didn't see a better solution. Why are you trashing her instead of the poster who expressed no concern about diversity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

It’s hot market, you can sell and buy elsewhere. But you don’t really want to, do you?

Lol my thoughts exactly. You don’t get to weigh in on this. Move if it truly matters to you. You’re bummed, but your rich white kids will persevere.
Speaking as a Whitman district family, we all made a choice.

PP here. I actually can't. I wish I could but both my family situation and my financial one are complicated. I don't want to say more because doing so will make me recognizable to neighbors, and I would like to preserve some semblance of privacy. I'll do what I can to continue to make sure that my kids continue their friendships with kids who are moving to Westbrook, and I'll also continue to enroll them in summer camps and extracurricular activities that take them outside their bubble. And I'll continue to do what I can to advocate for reforms locally and nationally that would try to reduce housing segregation. (For example, advocating for Thrive 2050 within my community, where there's a good bit of resistance.)

What are you doing to make our neighborhoods more diverse and integrated? I'd love some additional suggestion. (Not being snarky.)

Plenty of excuses for you to live in a predominant white neighborhood and then complain the lack of diversity of school and neighborhood s. You accuse other white families and kids are privileged but you think you and your kids are not? Do ALL white people in this area belong to the privileged classes? You cannot erase your skin color or change your skin tone, white is white. Are some white better than other white?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

I can't possibly believe you didn't know Somerset was overwhelmingly white and incredibly wealthy when you purchased your home. You sound ridiculous. I say that as someone who lives in a nearby neighborhood that's part of this study as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

You can move now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks to have posted last week: https://gis.mcpsmd.org/boundarystudypdfs/BSW_SupplementB.pdf

Chose option 1, which still leaves Bethesda ES overutilized within two years and divided up East Bethesda which I know was a big concern. Notice too the discussion of the county wide analysis here and how they may approach boundary studies in the future.

We’re in Somerset zone and happy with this as it will significantly reduce school size, but curious what other folks think….

I'm in Somerset and bummed as it will reduce diversity. (After redistricting, percentage of students who are white will rise, percentage who are ESOL will fall, and percentage who are FARMS eligible will fall even more.) I don't see see that she had a better solution, though. Real problem here is residential segregation, and I'm the fool who bought into an overwhelmingly white neighborhood; if I had to do it again I'd move somewhere very different, where my (white) kids wouldn't be surrounded by other privileged white kids.

I can't possibly believe you didn't know Somerset was overwhelmingly white and incredibly wealthy when you purchased your home. You sound ridiculous. I say that as someone who lives in a nearby neighborhood that's part of this study as well.

She’s a typical liberal hypocrite. But she’s got all the diversity signs on her front lawn. Lol.