People who ruin neighborhoods (like tkpk) by putting their kids in private school

[Anonymous]

I sent my DS to a huge, low income public high school that has a small group of wealthier families from one little neighborhood. I had the same sentiments as OP. My DS is a senior and I think I was wrong. I think the lower income, non- English speakers would be better served if they were the entire school, not 90% of it, because then all the teachers and administrators could totally focus on, and specialize in, how to best serve this population. Having some high income, English speakers really does not seem to help anyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not your business how other people raise their kids! Just laughing at all of this lol.

OP here. That is because I see this also as a moral, societal choice not only as an individual private choice. I believe we have duties towards the rest of the society and the world regarding the lifestyle choices we make, and that includes how we raise our children. And i can see i am in the absolute minority.

Uuuuuuugh you’re insufferable OP and the reason we RAN away from Takoma Park MD. School choice is the moral, societal decision I support. And btw I am black — please take your diversity mantra and shove it.

[Anonymous]

My fave part of the tkpk real estate empire is that the guy selling you on the community is using your commission to put his kids in private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not your business how other people raise their kids! Just laughing at all of this lol.

OP here. That is because I see this also as a moral, societal choice not only as an individual private choice. I believe we have duties towards the rest of the society and the world regarding the lifestyle choices we make, and that includes how we raise our children. And i can see i am in the absolute minority.

This sounds like a troll post. Just be glad your neighbors pay the property taxes that fund the free education your children receive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not your business how other people raise their kids! Just laughing at all of this lol.

OP here. That is because I see this also as a moral, societal choice not only as an individual private choice. I believe we have duties towards the rest of the society and the world regarding the lifestyle choices we make, and that includes how we raise our children. And i can see i am in the absolute minority.

This sounds like a troll post. Just be glad your neighbors pay the property taxes that fund the free education your children receive.

You’re a racist if you think my post was a troll because you just can’t fathom a black person posting that. Sorry to burst your bubble.

[Anonymous]

I get what you’re saying, OP. People are absolutely allowed to be disappointed at this. It reminds me of Kemp Mill in Silver Spring, which is a well-off suburban neighborhood that has a bad elementary school because so many of the locals send their kids to private Jewish schools. When the middle class parents stop caring and participating, schools suffer.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not your business how other people raise their kids! Just laughing at all of this lol.

OP here. That is because I see this also as a moral, societal choice not only as an individual private choice. I believe we have duties towards the rest of the society and the world regarding the lifestyle choices we make, and that includes how we raise our children. And i can see i am in the absolute minority.

This sounds like a troll post. Just be glad your neighbors pay the property taxes that fund the free education your children receive.

You’re a racist if you think my post was a troll because you just can’t fathom a black person posting that. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Nevermind — you were talking about OP. I don’t think OP is a troll — lots of people think like OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is also happening in our close in Fairfax County neighborhood. Wealthy millennials have discovered our proximity to the city and are driving up housing prices but sending their kids to private school (our public schools are average but diverse and god forbid some of these couples send their kids to a diverse public school - the same people getting mommy & daddy's help buying the million dollar house are also getting mommy & daddy's help with private school tuition). I would LOVE to stay in our close in neighborhood and buy a larger house, but we can't afford anything and have outgrown our townhome, so we're likely moving to no man's land.

Jealousy is a disease.

I'm certainly not jealous of how your live will change when mommy & daddy aren't able to do anything for you in 15-20 years. Millennials are in for a world of hurt - you may be inheriting a ton of money, but you're going to be woefully unprepared to live life without your parents' guidance. good luck.

You should be glad those millennials are putting their kids in private—you wouldn’t respond well to what they’d demand in public school, and they aren’t crowding a public school.

What would they demand in public school? Wouldn't they be making demands that improved the school for everyone? I don't understand this argument.

UMC families want enrichment vs pulling kids up to speed who don’t have their basic needs met. They want low or no screen time in schools, but that’s a problem because low-income kids only non-TV screen time might be in school learning how to type/use an iPad or laptop.

Schools with needier populations, especially in the early grades, spend more time on basic academics than free play & recess. I want my kid’s school to spend money on field trips; there’s not money left over for that if the PTA feels there is a need to be met that compels them to spend that money on kids winter clothes, food and picture books. I don’t want my kid in a school that cancels field trips because out of punishment because its students are badly behaved. I would be furious if my child’s field trip were cancelled because not enough parents returned signed permission slips; I would be shocked if that were to happen in a private school.

Another thing is the lunches & snacks. For whatever reason, poorer schools tend to feel they can give kids as much junk food as they please without asking parents if it’s okay to. I don’t want my kid to be able to eat the junk food they call school lunches unless I specifically sent in money for that, but if the school has universal free lunch, I have no control over that.

I could go on…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get what you’re saying, OP. People are absolutely allowed to be disappointed at this. It reminds me of Kemp Mill in Silver Spring, which is a well-off suburban neighborhood that has a bad elementary school because so many of the locals send their kids to private Jewish schools. When the middle class parents stop caring and participating, schools suffer.

Yes let’s hate on the Jews for wanting to give their children an education imbued with the values of their historically-marginalized faith. Real progressive!

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Anonymous wrote:This is also happening in our close in Fairfax County neighborhood. Wealthy millennials have discovered our proximity to the city and are driving up housing prices but sending their kids to private school (our public schools are average but diverse and god forbid some of these couples send their kids to a diverse public school - the same people getting mommy & daddy's help buying the million dollar house are also getting mommy & daddy's help with private school tuition). I would LOVE to stay in our close in neighborhood and buy a larger house, but we can't afford anything and have outgrown our townhome, so we're likely moving to no man's land.

Jealousy is a disease.

I'm certainly not jealous of how your live will change when mommy & daddy aren't able to do anything for you in 15-20 years. Millennials are in for a world of hurt - you may be inheriting a ton of money, but you're going to be woefully unprepared to live life without your parents' guidance. good luck.

You should be glad those millennials are putting their kids in private—you wouldn’t respond well to what they’d demand in public school, and they aren’t crowding a public school.

What would they demand in public school? Wouldn't they be making demands that improved the school for everyone? I don't understand this argument.

Listen to the “Nice White Parents” podcast by the NYT. Thinking of the demands those “nice” parents had, those are pretty much the same demands I have in a school, which wouldn’t go over well to beg for in a public school. So I send my kid to private.

[Anonymous]

Public schools need to discipline kids & don’t because apparently it’s racist/classist/sexist too. Ideally they’d discipline just like Catholic schools do, for example (except no assigned confession or prayer obviously). I think public schools around here should have uniforms like mine did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get what you’re saying, OP. People are absolutely allowed to be disappointed at this. It reminds me of Kemp Mill in Silver Spring, which is a well-off suburban neighborhood that has a bad elementary school because so many of the locals send their kids to private Jewish schools. When the middle class parents stop caring and participating, schools suffer.

Nice to see the anti-Semite chime in.

[Anonymous]

“If a poor person & a rich person live on the same street, it won’t be for long”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putting my kid in private prevents the local public’s from overcrowding. You also wouldn’t like what I’d demand from the teachers & admin if my kid were in public.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent my DS to a huge, low income public high school that has a small group of wealthier families from one little neighborhood. I had the same sentiments as OP. My DS is a senior and I think I was wrong. I think the lower income, non- English speakers would be better served if they were the entire school, not 90% of it, because then all the teachers and administrators could totally focus on, and specialize in, how to best serve this population. Having some high income, English speakers really does not seem to help anyone.

The problem is that the choice is 90% or 100%.

There are mountains of research showing that segregating schools by income is terrible for low-income students.