Is it time to break into smaller school districts in MoCo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My Public HS way back out town had our own school district and had mansions with no kids and lucrative commercial property tax base. We had maybe 15-16 minorities in my 1,000 person HS.

We had an equestrian team, go kart racing, Olympic pool, 32 tennis courts, free drivers Ed, free SAT tutors was glorious not sending out tax dollars to support deadbeats in other towns

That's nice. Why don't you raise your kids there so they don't have to mix with poor kids?

we try, but some are convinced that if only illiterate poor kids could only wittiness my kids doing algebra and going to lacrosse practice then hundreds of years of being exploited and abused will disappear.

So, you moved back to your "way back out town" with their own school district, but some liberals moved in and decided to allow in more poor kids and now your school district has gone down the tubes?

Do these "deadbeats" have jobs? If not, how do you know this? If they do have jobs, then how are they "deadbeats"?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a town-based system. As I'm sure others have mentioned in this thread, there are tradeoffs to both approaches. I'm not even entirely sure how it would work here, because so much is administered at the county level.

But it sure is frustrating that "it's too big!!!!" is the automatic retort to any suggestion that MCPS try to bring at least some student back for in person learning. For covid-response, it seems like the advantages of size (more resources, more staff) are completely overshadowed by the complexities of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a town-based system. As I'm sure others have mentioned in this thread, there are tradeoffs to both approaches. I'm not even entirely sure how it would work here, because so much is administered at the county level.

But it sure is frustrating that "it's too big!!!!" is the automatic retort to any suggestion that MCPS try to bring at least some student back for in person learning. For covid-response, it seems like the advantages of size (more resources, more staff) are completely overshadowed by the complexities of it.

I think MCPS is too big and should be split north/south. I also think trying to implement hybrid is a lot harder when the school district is very large. I have stated this numerous times: sometimes having more resources does not help maneuver a large project any faster. No matter how much horsepower a tank has, it will still take longer to make a sharp turn than a minicooper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Public HS way back out town had our own school district and had mansions with no kids and lucrative commercial property tax base. We had maybe 15-16 minorities in my 1,000 person HS.

We had an equestrian team, go kart racing, Olympic pool, 32 tennis courts, free drivers Ed, free SAT tutors was glorious not sending out tax dollars to support deadbeats in other towns

That's nice. Why don't you raise your kids there so they don't have to mix with poor kids?

we try, but some are convinced that if only illiterate poor kids could only wittiness my kids doing algebra and going to lacrosse practice then hundreds of years of being exploited and abused will disappear.

Where’d the study on the education, literacy, and culture of the parents? Isn’t that the main driver of ones attitude towards learning, work ethic, discipline?

Until the left addresses this it will just be more bandaid money, wasted time, subpar education thrown down the garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

No one? Sidwell, GDS, Maret, NCS, St. Albans, Episcopal, SJC, Gonzaga, Landon, Holton, Stone Ridge, Visitation, St. Anslems, Bullis, JDS, SAES....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

I went to MCPS way back then. It was just as bad. With technology parents can be more involved and see more of what is going on. Its much harder to hid things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Public HS way back out town had our own school district and had mansions with no kids and lucrative commercial property tax base. We had maybe 15-16 minorities in my 1,000 person HS.

We had an equestrian team, go kart racing, Olympic pool, 32 tennis courts, free drivers Ed, free SAT tutors was glorious not sending out tax dollars to support deadbeats in other towns

That's nice. Why don't you raise your kids there so they don't have to mix with poor kids?

we try, but some are convinced that if only illiterate poor kids could only wittiness my kids doing algebra and going to lacrosse practice then hundreds of years of being exploited and abused will disappear.

Where’d the study on the education, literacy, and culture of the parents? Isn’t that the main driver of ones attitude towards learning, work ethic, discipline?

Until the left addresses this it will just be more bandaid money, wasted time, subpar education thrown down the garbage.

I think the "left" is trying to address it, at least here, by providing all kinds of parenting classes, education classes, supports ,etc..

So, if you think it's "wasted time", what should we do with these *children*? Should we kick them out of school?

Let's play this out.. let's say we kick them out of school. Then what? What type of adults do you think these children will become? What do you think this means long term for our society? Do you know that overall, it costs more to house a person in prison than it does to provide free PreK, meals, and support throughout their school years?

From an overall fiscal perspective, it's a lot cheaper for our society to support children through their school years than it is to house them in prison long term in jails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

Just stop. Now you’re completely unhinged and reading into things that aren’t there. Bored? No protests today? Some advice: you will always be offended if you’re always looking to be offended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

I think those people are ok with foreign born, just not dark skinned, poor foreign born. If you are rich, then it's fine. Remember, Trump and Trumpsters don't want poor people coming into the country, only the wealthy, even as Trump's own mother would not have been allowed by their measuring stick, oh right.. except she was white. Silly me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

Just stop. Now you’re completely unhinged and reading into things that aren’t there. Bored? No protests today? Some advice: you will always be offended if you’re always looking to be offended.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

Just stop. Now you’re completely unhinged and reading into things that aren’t there. Bored? No protests today? Some advice: you will always be offended if you’re always looking to be offended.

DP.. then tell us what the ^PP "really" meant. This seems to be a recurring theme with certain groups and a certain POTUS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS blows. It was once a good school district. It is no longer.

Still no one in the DC area can compete with MCPS.

Nope. No one believes this, even married couples without kids gets. Mcps is a shell of itself 15-20+ years ago, and so is the county.

What the PP means is: they don't like all those foreign-born people who live in Montgomery County these days.

Just stop. Now you’re completely unhinged and reading into things that aren’t there. Bored? No protests today? Some advice: you will always be offended if you’re always looking to be offended.

Never read something so true.