MCPS Boundary Study Meeting Tonight (12/11) at Julius West @ 7pm

[Anonymous]

It’s like they are assuming that if you were ever on FARMs, you will always be poor. I reject that.

[Anonymous]

I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s like they are assuming that if you were ever on FARMs, you will always be poor. I reject that.

No, they are not assuming that.

"Ever-FARMS" = whether a student has now or in the past received FARMs. That's it. If you are a MCPS student, and at some point during your MCPS schooling, you received FARMs, then you're included in the ever-FARMS percent. Otherwise, you're not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Understood. But aren’t there others like me, who were once poor but worked their way through school to get out of that?

I'm sure that there are. But that doesn't have anything to do with the ever-FARMS percentage. If you received FARMS as a student, but now you're upper-middle-class, then your kids are not included in the ever-FARMS percentage. They would only be included in the ever-FARMS percentage if they had received FARMS while in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

To pp 9:35. Thank you! I am in complete agreement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

Property values = property taxes = teacher salaries and retirement benefits

[Anonymous]

Are you aware that the County currently has a $100 million budget shortfall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

Property values = property taxes = teacher salaries and retirement benefits

Opponents of the boundary analysis, to MCPS: Your sole focus should be on educating my children!
Also opponents of the boundary analysis, to MCPS: Your decisions should maintain my property values!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you aware that the County currently has a $100 million budget shortfall?

All the more reason to conduct the boundary analysis. Capital funding for new schools will be limited. MCPS will have to address overcrowding through boundary changes at existing schools.

[Anonymous]

The budget shortfall is real and likely we will all see cutbacks. This is the real world not a utopia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you aware that the County currently has a $100 million budget shortfall?

All the more reason to conduct the boundary analysis. Capital funding for new schools will be limited. MCPS will have to address overcrowding through boundary changes at existing schools.

I agree. They can’t keep building and building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

My UMC kids are at two different DCC high schools. I would send them again, no regrets, but please do share these studies that show "white" students benefit from schools with racial and SES diversity. To my knowledge there are no good studies that show this. What are they measuring? School performance? I think there are benefits, but they are not things easily quantifiable.

[Anonymous]

But that doesn’t mean they need a countywide redistricting based especially on diversity.

I’m all for switching boundaries for utilization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The budget shortfall is real and likely we will all see cutbacks. This is the real world not a utopia.

The budget shortfall is not actually real - at least not yet. It's a projected shortfall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why this is so difficult for people.

-White and Asian kids do just as well academically regardless of the SES or racial demo of a school. If anything, being in a higher FARMs demo would make it easier for them to get into elite schools.

-Studies show White kids in particular actually benefit the most from being in SES and racially diverse schools. Go figure. Most white kids in America go to deeply segregated schools that does not reflect the world they will deal with when they become an adult.

-Residents are entitled to free public school, but they are not entitled to a particular school. If parents have a problem with this, they can do like the rest of white americans and can isolate their kids in a private school.

-You are free to pay for specialized enrichment activities for your child on your own dime.

Don't let your fear of brown and black people and your perception of their respective "cultures" blind you from basic facts.

Can you link the studies?