Moving from Arlington to Bethesda(ish) for job--best school clusters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

It is also important to note the tremendous outpouring against these incidents. If you walk by Whitman today, the place is still covered with "hate has now home here" and other similar signs, even though school hasn't been in session there for nearly a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

Why would people believe we're unfriendly just because they're intimidated by us because we have lots more money than they do? So silly of them!

-DCUM

That is silly. One shouldn’t be intimidated by money. And plenty of middle income families in every school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

Why would people believe we're unfriendly just because they're intimidated by us because we have lots more money than they do? So silly of them!

-DCUM

That is silly. One shouldn’t be intimidated by money. And plenty of middle income families in every school.

If one is wealthy, one shouldn't assume that less wealthy people are intimidated by one's money.

Also, the median household income in Montgomery County is about $110,000, so I'm guessing that there aren't plenty of actually middle-income families in every school in Bethesda(ish).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

Why would people believe we're unfriendly just because they're intimidated by us because we have lots more money than they do? So silly of them!

-DCUM

That is silly. One shouldn’t be intimidated by money. And plenty of middle income families in every school.

If one is wealthy, one shouldn't assume that less wealthy people are intimidated by one's money.

Also, the median household income in Montgomery County is about $110,000, so I'm guessing that there aren't plenty of actually middle-income families in every school in Bethesda(ish).

The rich in some areas are really rich. My block of 1.4 million homes is called “the hood”, we are lower class folks watching our pennies. I say 200k-600k a year is average income in block. Some areas folks make 200k a week and live in 7 million dollar homes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

Why would people believe we're unfriendly just because they're intimidated by us because we have lots more money than they do? So silly of them!

-DCUM

That is silly. One shouldn’t be intimidated by money. And plenty of middle income families in every school.

If one is wealthy, one shouldn't assume that less wealthy people are intimidated by one's money.

Also, the median household income in Montgomery County is about $110,000, so I'm guessing that there aren't plenty of actually middle-income families in every school in Bethesda(ish).

The rich in some areas are really rich. My block of 1.4 million homes is called “the hood”, we are lower class folks watching our pennies. I say 200k-600k a year is average income in block. Some areas folks make 200k a week and live in 7 million dollar homes

But, there are not schools in MCPS where that is even close to the norm. Your one small neighborhood is a tiny portion of whatever school you are zoned for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

Why would people believe we're unfriendly just because they're intimidated by us because we have lots more money than they do? So silly of them!

-DCUM

That is silly. One shouldn’t be intimidated by money. And plenty of middle income families in every school.

If one is wealthy, one shouldn't assume that less wealthy people are intimidated by one's money.

Also, the median household income in Montgomery County is about $110,000, so I'm guessing that there aren't plenty of actually middle-income families in every school in Bethesda(ish).

PP here and that was my response to the top poster, assuming someone is intimidated. So I think we are on the same side of the argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One person has described Wheaton, Einstein and Kennedy as “ghetto.” Do they mean that they have lots of Black students? Or do they mean they have lots of students who misbehave? Or do they mean they have a lot of poor students? What is it?

Yes I think they are being racist. I reported that post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

No. There are not so many incidents, which is why this one got so much notice. And we are talking about one school Whitman. We are not discussing racist incidents at multiple schools. However if you want to be accurate and specific I'm sure we'd all like to see the details you seem to know about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

No. There are not so many incidents, which is why this one got so much notice. And we are talking about one school Whitman. We are not discussing racist incidents at multiple schools. However if you want to be accurate and specific I'm sure we'd all like to see the details you seem to know about.

Yes, there are "so many incidents."

Educate yourself: https://www.instagram.com/blackatwhitman/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

There were several 30+ page threads on these incidents. Seems to be a semi-annual event.

[Anonymous]

There aren't really best schools per se there are schools that fewer FARMS and ESOL students so their overall test score averages are higher but the same student would do as well at any school so the best advice I can offer is to live wherever is most convenient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

No. There are not so many incidents, which is why this one got so much notice. And we are talking about one school Whitman. We are not discussing racist incidents at multiple schools. However if you want to be accurate and specific I'm sure we'd all like to see the details you seem to know about.

Yes, there are "so many incidents."

Educate yourself: https://www.instagram.com/blackatwhitman/

that is hilarious. an unverified source of gossip not attributed to a single named person
thank you, I now feel fully "educated" hahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the "unfriendly" mom is someone who has a middle income and feels intimidated by the wealthier families who send their kids to Whitman. And she has decided they are all "unfriendly". They may well be, I don't know, but it seems terribly narrow and personal a perspective. Also not very focused on the academics. Again.

There's a lot of evidence on this board that suggests it is not a friendly place especially for minorities with all the nazi symbols and black face incidents.

I don't think one or two idiots spraying the school is ever a reflection of the populace of that school.
In this particular case were they not found to be ex-students anyway? General losers who were prosecuted for the graffiti?

There are so many other similar incidents involving students there that one is pretty insignificant. Remember the N* word passes or the blackface incident? The lack of diversity at these schools seems to foster these problems.

No. There are not so many incidents, which is why this one got so much notice. And we are talking about one school Whitman. We are not discussing racist incidents at multiple schools. However if you want to be accurate and specific I'm sure we'd all like to see the details you seem to know about.

Yes, there are "so many incidents."

Educate yourself: https://www.instagram.com/blackatwhitman/

that is hilarious. an unverified source of gossip not attributed to a single named person
thank you, I now feel fully "educated" hahaha

Just a small sample of the posts documenting these incidents available on this board.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/909428.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/861082.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/250/801431.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/390/671311.page