Germantown Elementary #1 Ranked Public in Maryland

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

But Cold Spring is #2 and they are lily white.

No, CS is about 40% Asian and about 43% white. Or are you counting Asians as de facto White?

[Anonymous]

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Not the PP and I sense your sarcasm but you can't deny that Germantown is rising in crime every year. So is Gaithersburg. If it keeps up, I would be very concerned. Not only for safety but the equity in my home too.

Of course I can deny it. What is the source of your information about crime rates in Germantown and Gaithersburg? Rates. Not numbers.

Also, please explain what this has to do with Germantown ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

But Cold Spring is #2 and they are lily white.

No, CS is about 40% Asian and about 43% white. Or are you counting Asians as de facto White?

On DCUM, white people consider Asian people as de facto white, under certain circumstances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The key word in the description is diversity

It is also located in the highest crime area in the county

Not even close.

You are correct SS counted for 24% of the crime and Germantown 19% SS was in decline while Germantown increased from the previous year.

Good point.

I live in Germantown and am assaulted on average at least once per year. All of my closest friends have been murdered.

My children have to alter routes periodically on their walk to school to avoid the firefights.

So, this isn't what life is like in Potomac?

Not the PP and I sense your sarcasm but you can't deny that Germantown is rising in crime every year. So is Gaithersburg. If it keeps up, I would be very concerned. Not only for safety but the equity in my home too.

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

[Anonymous]

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I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

You've got to be kidding right? Crown Farm is one example of many.

How many single family house (not townhouse) communities are currently being constructed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a great school, glad its being recognized. Not zoned in a high crime area at all. There are cities and there are neighborhoods within cities that run the gamut throughout the whole county.

Exactly. I'm a GES parent and while there is crime in Germantown, this is a small school that has excellent teachers and a close community feel. Germantown is a big place. Not denying there is crime even in our school district's boundaries, but it's really a tiny area with wonderful students and families.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

You've got to be kidding right? Crown Farm is one example of many.

How many single family house (not townhouse) communities are currently being constructed?

Crown Farm is a high-density housing project? I don't think of 337 townhouses, 60 single-family detached houses, 1149 multi-family units, and 257,400 square feet of commercial uses on 88 acres as "high density". Or "housing project". We must have different definitions.

This is where I got my numbers from: http://www.crownfarm.org/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

You've got to be kidding right? Crown Farm is one example of many.

How many single family house (not townhouse) communities are currently being constructed?

Crown Farm is a high-density housing project? I don't think of 337 townhouses, 60 single-family detached houses, 1149 multi-family units, and 257,400 square feet of commercial uses on 88 acres as "high density". Or "housing project". We must have different definitions.

This is where I got my numbers from: http://www.crownfarm.org/

White mom wants single family units only and expensive ones to keep the blacks and hispanics out.... multi-family units... like as in apartments and condos... agast!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

You've got to be kidding right? Crown Farm is one example of many.

How many single family house (not townhouse) communities are currently being constructed?

Crown Farm is a high-density housing project? I don't think of 337 townhouses, 60 single-family detached houses, 1149 multi-family units, and 257,400 square feet of commercial uses on 88 acres as "high density". Or "housing project". We must have different definitions.

This is where I got my numbers from: http://www.crownfarm.org/

White mom wants single family units only and expensive ones to keep the blacks and hispanics out.... multi-family units... like as in apartments and condos... agast!

Oh, so this is a "white mom" problem then? Why do you think the county's schools are suddenly becoming so overcrowded?

The problem is that MoCo is importing poverty from NoVA which has much less friendly social policies and places less emphasis on building "affordable housing." As taxes go up on MoCo's working families and businesses to pay for the expanding social net, the jobs and higher wage earners opt for the lower tax alternative in VA, which sports equally good amenities at a much lower cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I appreciate your concern for my home's equity, but my greater concern is all the high density housing projects that are littering the county. The impact of massive overdevelopment on our schools and roads will become much more acute in the coming years. The bleeding of good paying jobs and high earning households to more economically friendly neighborhoods in NoVA and years of budget mismanagement by MoCO and MD will inevitably transfer the burden of accommodating the exploding population of lower class migrants on the taxpayer shoulders.

Could you please provide some examples of these "high density housing projects" that are "littering the county"? I don't think I understand what you're referring to.

You've got to be kidding right? Crown Farm is one example of many.

How many single family house (not townhouse) communities are currently being constructed?

Crown Farm is a high-density housing project? I don't think of 337 townhouses, 60 single-family detached houses, 1149 multi-family units, and 257,400 square feet of commercial uses on 88 acres as "high density". Or "housing project". We must have different definitions.

This is where I got my numbers from: http://www.crownfarm.org/

Admittedly they're not building high rise clusters on Crown, but the housing stats you just cited prove my point. Unlike Bethesda and Wheaton where the multi-family skyscrapers are popping up, Crown Farm isn't within walking distance from a metro either. The "proposed" CCT system is merely a justification to shove more multi-family housing into the far suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Oh, so this is a "white mom" problem then? Why do you think the county's schools are suddenly becoming so overcrowded?

The problem is that MoCo is importing poverty from NoVA which has much less friendly social policies and places less emphasis on building "affordable housing." As taxes go up on MoCo's working families and businesses to pay for the expanding social net, the jobs and higher wage earners opt for the lower tax alternative in VA, which sports equally good amenities at a much lower cost.

Well, according to Bruce Crispell, who actually knows the addresses of the students in MCPS, it's mostly because people with kids are moving into existing housing units. (Obviously there are some exceptions, for example the schools in Clarksburg.)

[Anonymous]

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Admittedly they're not building high rise clusters on Crown, but the housing stats you just cited prove my point. Unlike Bethesda and Wheaton where the multi-family skyscrapers are popping up, Crown Farm isn't within walking distance from a metro either. The "proposed" CCT system is merely a justification to shove more multi-family housing into the far suburbs.

Skyscrapers in Bethesda? And Wheaton?! When you say "skyscraper", what exactly do you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Admittedly they're not building high rise clusters on Crown, but the housing stats you just cited prove my point. Unlike Bethesda and Wheaton where the multi-family skyscrapers are popping up, Crown Farm isn't within walking distance from a metro either. The "proposed" CCT system is merely a justification to shove more multi-family housing into the far suburbs.

OK, now I understand -- when you say "high density housing projects", what you mean is "townhouses and condos/apartment buildings".

At least some of those townhouses at Crown Farm are going for $650,000 and up. Not really what I consider housing for the poors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Oh, so this is a "white mom" problem then? Why do you think the county's schools are suddenly becoming so overcrowded?

The problem is that MoCo is importing poverty from NoVA which has much less friendly social policies and places less emphasis on building "affordable housing." As taxes go up on MoCo's working families and businesses to pay for the expanding social net, the jobs and higher wage earners opt for the lower tax alternative in VA, which sports equally good amenities at a much lower cost.

Well, according to Bruce Crispell, who actually knows the addresses of the students in MCPS, it's mostly because people with kids are moving into existing housing units. (Obviously there are some exceptions, for example the schools in Clarksburg.)

Yeah you're right. For now. Lots of for lease and for sale signs around everywhere you look. This problem is going to get worse very soon - especially given the budget crunches.