Why aren’t the Ws part of the consortiums?

[Anonymous]

It doesn’t seem fair that the top schools in the system are excluded from choice and get to keep their very selective neighborhood boundaries. Whitman might as well be private for what a home there costs and instead of making it an option to the DCC it is completely closed off, same with BCC, WJ, Poolesville, Churchill and a few others which all consistently are exulted as the best. Open them up and give choice preference to the FARMs kids form the DCC and NEC and relieve some of the pressure off of those schools and see what happens to the rankings.

[Anonymous]

Because the rich people would lose their minds if Larla had to be bussed to a poor school after they spent crazy money on a house to be in boundary for a white school, sorry I mean good school.

[Anonymous]

Grabs popcorn, sits back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t seem fair that the top schools in the system are excluded from choice and get to keep their very selective neighborhood boundaries. Whitman might as well be private for what a home there costs and instead of making it an option to the DCC it is completely closed off, same with BCC, WJ, Poolesville, Churchill and a few others which all consistently are exulted as the best. Open them up and give choice preference to the FARMs kids form the DCC and NEC and relieve some of the pressure off of those schools and see what happens to the rankings.

I remember BCC was originally part of the DCC since it's one of the most downcounty of schools but the parents raised a stink until it was removed.

[Anonymous]

The school choice is to encourage students who might otherwise not go to those schools go to them (i.e. smarter kids to bring up scores).

[Anonymous]

Poolesville is nowhere near either the DCC or NEC, so I'm interested in how you think that would work.

Poolesville is highly rated almost entirely because of the magnet programs. If you took those away, yes, the rankings would fall.

[Anonymous]

It's always the W's. Or Blair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the rich people would lose their minds if Larla had to be bussed to a poor school after they spent crazy money on a house to be in boundary for a white school, sorry I mean good school.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville is nowhere near either the DCC or NEC, so I'm interested in how you think that would work.

Poolesville is highly rated almost entirely because of the magnet programs. If you took those away, yes, the rankings would fall.

They aren't talking about the magnet consortiums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t seem fair that the top schools in the system are excluded from choice and get to keep their very selective neighborhood boundaries. Whitman might as well be private for what a home there costs and instead of making it an option to the DCC it is completely closed off, same with BCC, WJ, Poolesville, Churchill and a few others which all consistently are exulted as the best. Open them up and give choice preference to the FARMs kids form the DCC and NEC and relieve some of the pressure off of those schools and see what happens to the rankings.

I remember BCC was originally part of the DCC since it's one of the most downcounty of schools but the parents raised a stink until it was removed.

Same thing happened with Sherwood and the NEC.

[Anonymous]

Right, two wealthier schools (BCC and Sherwood) were asked to be part of consortia and they roundly rejected it. They apparently don’t want just anyone in their schools. So it seems totally fair to me that their kids now don’t get the option of the specialty schools in the consortia.

[Anonymous]

You need to look at why consortium were created in the first place. To give those in not so great s v oops options to go to other schools. Not necessary at the Ws

[Anonymous]

As a W-school alum and current DCC-bounded resident, you could not pay me to send my kids to a W school. Nope. No, thank you. Why do you assume those of us who live here even want that “opportunity”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a W-school alum and current DCC-bounded resident, you could not pay me to send my kids to a W school. Nope. No, thank you. Why do you assume those of us who live here even want that “opportunity”?

+1, There is nothing that special beyond bragging rights. I went, which is why we purposely choose not to live in that area. I don't get why people assume things. We comfortably make enough to but most people wouldn't guess our income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville is nowhere near either the DCC or NEC, so I'm interested in how you think that would work.

Poolesville is highly rated almost entirely because of the magnet programs. If you took those away, yes, the rankings would fall.

They aren't talking about the magnet consortiums.

Exactly and nobody cares about PHS because it may as well be on a different planet