Educational Inequities in MCPS

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"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Get rid of magnet schools, immersion programs etc. as they are the root cause of problems.

Not happening. Sorry.

Getting rid of magnet schools and immersion programs is useful. There was a study on this and lower performing students benefit by being in same classroom as higher performing students. Otherwise like that TV Welcome Back Kotter you had the class of SweatHogs” the poor performing and trouble making kids all bunched together in a holding pen till they age out of school.

A high performing school district in another state canceled all magnet programs and any separation of high performing students from low performers. Since rankings based on entire population of school they became highly ranked.

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

So unfair. But keep the IRS from auditing us wealthy folks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of magnet schools, immersion programs etc. as they are the root cause of problems.

Not happening. Sorry.

Getting rid of magnet schools and immersion programs is useful. There was a study on this and lower performing students benefit by being in same classroom as higher performing students. Otherwise like that TV Welcome Back Kotter you had the class of SweatHogs” the poor performing and trouble making kids all bunched together in a holding pen till they age out of school.

A high performing school district in another state canceled all magnet programs and any separation of high performing students from low performers. Since rankings based on entire population of school they became highly ranked.

And, what is the benefit to the higher performing students who are basically bored and not being challenged to their ability. Why should they be held back?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

Oy vey.

Yes, you are correct on those points…but you missed the BIG point: they don’t pay income tax…which is why they can appear to be low income on paper but in reality have plenty of cash to fly “home” or travel domestically.

Imagine how much money you would have if you didn’t pay taxes on your income. When people pay you in cash, it’s really easy to low ball the numbers.

I mean, don’t you negotiate with contractors, painters, hvac, plumbers, etc? They quote you the price and then you ask for a discount if you pay cash. It’s the fastest way to determine who fudges their books.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

Oy vey.

Yes, you are correct on those points…but you missed the BIG point: they don’t pay income tax…which is why they can appear to be low income on paper but in reality have plenty of cash to fly “home” or travel domestically.

Imagine how much money you would have if you didn’t pay taxes on your income. When people pay you in cash, it’s really easy to low ball the numbers.

I mean, don’t you negotiate with contractors, painters, hvac, plumbers, etc? They quote you the price and then you ask for a discount if you pay cash. It’s the fastest way to determine who fudges their books.

Ask Trump! He doesn't pay taxes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

Oy vey.

Yes, you are correct on those points…but you missed the BIG point: they don’t pay income tax…which is why they can appear to be low income on paper but in reality have plenty of cash to fly “home” or travel domestically.

Imagine how much money you would have if you didn’t pay taxes on your income. When people pay you in cash, it’s really easy to low ball the numbers.

I mean, don’t you negotiate with contractors, painters, hvac, plumbers, etc? They quote you the price and then you ask for a discount if you pay cash. It’s the fastest way to determine who fudges their books.

Ask Trump! He doesn't pay taxes.

TDS alert!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of magnet schools, immersion programs etc. as they are the root cause of problems.

Not happening. Sorry.

Getting rid of magnet schools and immersion programs is useful. There was a study on this and lower performing students benefit by being in same classroom as higher performing students. Otherwise like that TV Welcome Back Kotter you had the class of SweatHogs” the poor performing and trouble making kids all bunched together in a holding pen till they age out of school.

A high performing school district in another state canceled all magnet programs and any separation of high performing students from low performers. Since rankings based on entire population of school they became highly ranked.

Progressives sure do love mediocrity.

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Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

Oy vey.

Yes, you are correct on those points…but you missed the BIG point: they don’t pay income tax…which is why they can appear to be low income on paper but in reality have plenty of cash to fly “home” or travel domestically.

Imagine how much money you would have if you didn’t pay taxes on your income. When people pay you in cash, it’s really easy to low ball the numbers.

I mean, don’t you negotiate with contractors, painters, hvac, plumbers, etc? They quote you the price and then you ask for a discount if you pay cash. It’s the fastest way to determine who fudges their books.

Ask Trump! He doesn't pay taxes.

TDS alert!

Yes, the MAGA crowd does suffer from Trump Delusion Syndrome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LMAO what moron wrote this:

"In theory, Montgomery County should spend the same amount of around 17 thousand dollars per student. However, in practice, the high-performing expectation of the county leads to funding that sways in the favor of high-performing schools."

Lower performing schools do get more resources, lower student teacher ratios, all of that. If there were numbers showing that wealthy schools get more, it would be plastered everywhere. I hate that people oversimplify this issue with lies.

(I saw this as someone who is fine spending more where needs are greater. But don't misrepresent the actual facts!)

So is this why only the wealthy Potomac schools offer accelerated math in ES?

Yes, exactly! The rich and privileged are often the squeakiest wheel.

The rich and privileged learn basic math at home and are ready to advance to higher math sooner. It's not a conspiracy to withhold math from poor kids.

Rich and privileged start before kindergarten. Their children attend well structured preschools so they have foundational skills for kindergarten. Knowing the alphabet, writing their names, matching letters with sounds, behaving appropriately in a group, developing small motor skills through play - wealth brings a good start before public school even begins.

42.46% of Hispanic FARMS students in MCPS are chronically absent in 2022-3. Do you blame this on the rich and privileged?

Has anyone gotten to the root of this issue? Are they getting sick more often?

They travel for holidays as well as to visit family abroad…sometimes for weeks at a time.

Hispanic FARMS students are traveling abroad for multiple weeks during the school year? Okaaaay.

Working in the cash economy, yields FARMS + enough money to travel home.

Yep.

People have no clue how the real world works. People with businesses operating in cash do not report and pay their fair share of taxes.

A housekeeper, landscaper, contractor, construction, etc. make waaaaaay more than you imagine. And they don’t pay half to the government in taxes.

Why else do you think new immigrants can quickly become home owners with nice trucks, etc?

If they own a house, they pay taxes.

If they drive a car, they pay taxes.

If they buy food, clothing and other goods, they pay taxes.

A licensed contractor, housekeeper or landscaper is paying taxes in order to have their business license.

Oy vey.

Yes, you are correct on those points…but you missed the BIG point: they don’t pay income tax…which is why they can appear to be low income on paper but in reality have plenty of cash to fly “home” or travel domestically.

Imagine how much money you would have if you didn’t pay taxes on your income. When people pay you in cash, it’s really easy to low ball the numbers.

I mean, don’t you negotiate with contractors, painters, hvac, plumbers, etc? They quote you the price and then you ask for a discount if you pay cash. It’s the fastest way to determine who fudges their books.

Ask Trump! He doesn't pay taxes.

I paid more taxes than him for the years that his ex-wife released.

[Anonymous]

This is thread is getting off topic and ridiculous.

I don't think half of MCPS is running rich cash business, living high on the hog on... disgusting school lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of magnet schools, immersion programs etc. as they are the root cause of problems.

Not happening. Sorry.

Getting rid of magnet schools and immersion programs is useful. There was a study on this and lower performing students benefit by being in same classroom as higher performing students. Otherwise like that TV Welcome Back Kotter you had the class of SweatHogs” the poor performing and trouble making kids all bunched together in a holding pen till they age out of school.

A high performing school district in another state canceled all magnet programs and any separation of high performing students from low performers. Since rankings based on entire population of school they became highly ranked.

And how do the higher performance students benefit from this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of magnet schools, immersion programs etc. as they are the root cause of problems.

Not happening. Sorry.

Getting rid of magnet schools and immersion programs is useful. There was a study on this and lower performing students benefit by being in same classroom as higher performing students. Otherwise like that TV Welcome Back Kotter you had the class of SweatHogs” the poor performing and trouble making kids all bunched together in a holding pen till they age out of school.

A high performing school district in another state canceled all magnet programs and any separation of high performing students from low performers. Since rankings based on entire population of school they became highly ranked.

And how do the higher performance students benefit from this?

They don't. They get dragged down. But that the goal of equity, making everyone the same in the end no matter how bad that end is.