Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?

[Anonymous]

Almost certainly won’t move. I went to lousy public schools and turned out fine. Motivated high-achieving students will do fine anywhere. Plus it’s good to go to diverse schools—helps you learn how to deal with people of different backgrounds and with different approaches to life.

If we moved anyplace, it would be DC, just for shorter commutes as we both work downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moving to Howard. Better demographics and better schools.

They rezone regularly. Did you know that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost certainly won’t move. I went to lousy public schools and turned out fine. Motivated high-achieving students will do fine anywhere. Plus it’s good to go to diverse schools—helps you learn how to deal with people of different backgrounds and with different approaches to life.

If we moved anyplace, it would be DC, just for shorter commutes as we both work downtown.

I too grew up in lousy public schools and had lousy parents on top of that. And we’ve decided that we’ll most certainly move anywhere where the BOE does not dictate and force us via redrawing boundary lines the quality of school our children will be educated in. That is a privilege I choose to hang on to. So it will be private for us but so disappointed in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

About half our neighborhood is private, and we’d probably join them and stay put in our home. It would definitely stretch us though.

From the wording of the thread, I gather you think it’s ridiculous. I think, from my own opinion and talking to others, that people are just fed up with MCPS. The disaster curriculum changes, sex abuse charges, I think boundary changes might be the final straw for a lot of people. Me included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About half our neighborhood is private, and we’d probably join them and stay put in our home. It would definitely stretch us though.

From the wording of the thread, I gather you think it’s ridiculous. I think, from my own opinion and talking to others, that people are just fed up with MCPS. The disaster curriculum changes, sex abuse charges, I think boundary changes might be the final straw for a lot of people. Me included.

Boundary change will improve diversity though.

[Anonymous]

Pretty much all the MCPS changes are due to Federal requirements. Good luck finding a public system that isn't focused on "equitably closing the achievement gaps."

[Anonymous]

Going on north to Frederick County as many of our friends are considering as well. We’re not opposed to diversity but not at the expense of our children’s education. Sorry MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About half our neighborhood is private, and we’d probably join them and stay put in our home. It would definitely stretch us though.

From the wording of the thread, I gather you think it’s ridiculous. I think, from my own opinion and talking to others, that people are just fed up with MCPS. The disaster curriculum changes, sex abuse charges, I think boundary changes might be the final straw for a lot of people. Me included.

Boundary change will improve diversity though.

Sure, it probably will. MCPS will be home to the most diverse schools nationally! But at the cost of what? Something has to give. Quality of education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moving to Howard. Better demographics and better schools.

They rezone regularly. Did you know that?

They have tracking. With tracking, rezoning barely matters, except High School.

I lived through a rezoning at Howard. It was inconsequential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About half our neighborhood is private, and we’d probably join them and stay put in our home. It would definitely stretch us though.

From the wording of the thread, I gather you think it’s ridiculous. I think, from my own opinion and talking to others, that people are just fed up with MCPS. The disaster curriculum changes, sex abuse charges, I think boundary changes might be the final straw for a lot of people. Me included.

Boundary change will improve diversity though.

Sure, it probably will. MCPS will be home to the most diverse schools nationally! But at the cost of what? Something has to give. Quality of education?

+1
It may end up creating more gap. Those who can pay leave MCPS and those you can’t stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moving to Howard. Better demographics and better schools.

They rezone regularly. Did you know that?

They have tracking. With tracking, rezoning barely matters, except High School.

I lived through a rezoning at Howard. It was inconsequential.

It's odd that people fuss so much about something that's inconsequential.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ph-ho-cf-howard-school-board-redistricting-0131-story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moving to Howard. Better demographics and better schools.

They rezone regularly. Did you know that?

And they are the most segregated schools in the state of Maryland. So, when PP says “better demographics,” what they really mean is, white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost certainly won’t move. I went to lousy public schools and turned out fine. Motivated high-achieving students will do fine anywhere. Plus it’s good to go to diverse schools—helps you learn how to deal with people of different backgrounds and with different approaches to life.

If we moved anyplace, it would be DC, just for shorter commutes as we both work downtown.

I too grew up in lousy public schools and had lousy parents on top of that. And we’ve decided that we’ll most certainly move anywhere where the BOE does not dictate and force us via redrawing boundary lines the quality of school our children will be educated in. That is a privilege I choose to hang on to. So it will be private for us but so disappointed in MCPS.

I don't understand how you can be disappointed in MCPS for changing school boundaries. This is a thing that MCPS does. Did you not know that?

[Anonymous]

Fredrick Co.

[Anonymous]

It’s between private and HoCo for us.