Tell me about BCC - DC Resident moving to MoCo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

Diversity isn’t always about skin color. Those non-white people at Whitman are very well off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are not pleased with our DC HS and are moving over the line for his 10th grade. He has some mild LD and is not getting support. We are exploring Bethesda schools (WW, BCC). Would appreciate any insights on the school FWIW we are at Jackson Reed.

i would definitely check on class sizes. Due the all the new condos and apartments, i have heard that B-CC has very large class sizes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are not pleased with our DC HS and are moving over the line for his 10th grade. He has some mild LD and is not getting support. We are exploring Bethesda schools (WW, BCC). Would appreciate any insights on the school FWIW we are at Jackson Reed.

WJ has an advanced curriculum for gifted students with ADHD.

BCC and Whitman are very different schools so it really depends on more factors than mild LD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

C’mon don’t be disingenuous.

BCC is 14% Black
Whitman is 4% Black

A better question is which school do Black students perform better. The evidence points to Whitman. Just a couple years ago they had a Black student admitted to Harvard who lived in HOC housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are not pleased with our DC HS and are moving over the line for his 10th grade. He has some mild LD and is not getting support. We are exploring Bethesda schools (WW, BCC). Would appreciate any insights on the school FWIW we are at Jackson Reed.

It's the same as any MCPS HS. They offer most of the same courses and even draw teachers from the same pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

C’mon don’t be disingenuous.

BCC is 14% Black
Whitman is 4% Black

A better question is which school do Black students perform better. The evidence points to Whitman. Just a couple years ago they had a Black student admitted to Harvard who lived in HOC housing.

Not really, the county only states <5% as to not identify specific individuals. Basically, there's less than 5% at the segregated schools like Whitman so not enough data but typically those schools have had so many racial indicdents from handing out N*word cards to kids running around in black face that I'd avoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are not pleased with our DC HS and are moving over the line for his 10th grade. He has some mild LD and is not getting support. We are exploring Bethesda schools (WW, BCC). Would appreciate any insights on the school FWIW we are at Jackson Reed.

i would definitely check on class sizes. Due the all the new condos and apartments, i have heard that B-CC has very large class sizes.

Class sizes are the same across the county. Only places with smaller class sizes are title-1 and focus schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

C’mon don’t be disingenuous.

BCC is 14% Black
Whitman is 4% Black

A better question is which school do Black students perform better. The evidence points to Whitman. Just a couple years ago they had a Black student admitted to Harvard who lived in HOC housing.

Not really, the county only states <5% as to not identify specific individuals. Basically, there's less than 5% at the segregated schools like Whitman so not enough data but typically those schools have had so many racial indicdents from handing out N*word cards to kids running around in black face that I'd avoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

Diversity isn’t always about skin color. Those non-white people at Whitman are very well off.

All 2 of them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want diversity go to B-CC if you don't go to Whitman.

Whitman is 33% non-white. BCC is 42% non-white.

C’mon don’t be disingenuous.

BCC is 14% Black
Whitman is 4% Black

A better question is which school do Black students perform better. The evidence points to Whitman. Just a couple years ago they had a Black student admitted to Harvard who lived in HOC housing.

Not really, the county only states <5% as to not identify specific individuals. Basically, there's less than 5% at the segregated schools like Whitman so not enough data but typically those schools have had so many racial indicdents from handing out N*word cards to kids running around in black face that I'd avoid.

Both of those incidents were well documented here but I can't remember which W they happened at.

[Anonymous]

I mean, do you folks really care that much about % of non-whites in HS? I (not white) personally don't give F about how many whites/non-whites. I want schools that teach kids to excel. Nothing else. Just educate them. Keep social issues out of f'king school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, do you folks really care that much about % of non-whites in HS? I (not white) personally don't give F about how many whites/non-whites. I want schools that teach kids to excel. Nothing else. Just educate them. Keep social issues out of f'king school system.

When hundreds or thousands of people are brought together, such as in a school, there will be social issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, do you folks really care that much about % of non-whites in HS? I (not white) personally don't give F about how many whites/non-whites. I want schools that teach kids to excel. Nothing else. Just educate them. Keep social issues out of f'king school system.

Yes, and disregard the oodles of studies that show that diversity in academic populations adds strength to the program for all students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, do you folks really care that much about % of non-whites in HS? I (not white) personally don't give F about how many whites/non-whites. I want schools that teach kids to excel. Nothing else. Just educate them. Keep social issues out of f'king school system.

Yes, and disregard the oodles of studies that show that diversity in academic populations adds strength to the program for all students.

This is a fallacy. Please direct us to the "oodles" of studies.

[Anonymous]

Ooh, yeah! Culture warriors going at it! (grabs popcorn)