Should MCPS start busing or open enrollment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a high achieving kid who is bussed to GTLD center in a DCC MS that has 75% FARMS. There are no textbooks, no music program, no sports, three extracurriculars offered, no clubs, three ancient computers in the media center. There are daily incidents of violence, and MS13 recruitment efforts are strong[b]. So my high achieving kid is lost in the shuffle because this school, which is under enrolled and utterly mismanaged, is singularly focused on discipline and control. He has been beaten up three times. We are leaving for private.

Hugs to you. I'm so sorry that your son had to endure being mistreated. You're doing the right thing by removing him from an unsafe environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work at Seneca Valley and can tell you first hand, the farms kids have iPhones and designer sneakers, jackets and jeans. The PP is right. Nothing but a crutch out taxes pay for to help people mismanage money. I 100% agree with Dr Ben Carson.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a high achieving kid who is bussed to GTLD center in a DCC MS that has 75% FARMS. There are no textbooks, no music program, no sports, three extracurriculars offered, no clubs, three ancient computers in the media center. There are daily incidents of violence, and MS13 recruitment efforts are strong[b]. So my high achieving kid is lost in the shuffle because this school, which is under enrolled and utterly mismanaged, is singularly focused on discipline and control. He has been beaten up three times. We are leaving for private.

Hugs to you. I'm so sorry that your son had to endure being mistreated. You're doing the right thing by removing him from an unsafe environment.

Thank you. I'm appalled that any school system would tolerate such an environment, but they do. I feel so badly for the kids who aren't lucky enough to get out either via COSA or private/parochial.

[Anonymous]

I was bused for a couple years from the suburbs to the inner city. It was no big deal, and most families did it. Honors classes were still honors classes. You do realize that if moco started busing, your children would continue to be surrounded by kids like them? There would just also be some kids who came from poorer families. And there's no inner city in moco -- just more suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:I work at Seneca Valley and can tell you first hand, the farms kids have iPhones and designer sneakers, jackets and jeans. The PP is right. Nothing but a crutch out taxes pay for to help people mismanage money. I 100% agree with Dr Ben Carson.

What is your job that you know the identity of the FARMS kids?

Not the pp, but the FARMS kids also tend to be obese, that is because of all the starvation from poverty.

Nope - because McDonald's is more cost effective than fruits and vegetables at the Supermarket.

+1. A pack of strawberries costs about 2.65. You can get a big mac for $1 or something close to this. When I was a young kid 35 years ago, a big mac was more expensice than a piece of fruit.

It is not cost. It is uneducated and easy. Have you seen Costco? It is like a third world country in there buying a bunch of crap food in bulk quantities. I see people spending food stamps on wants, not fruits and veggies. Saying it is only cost is a cop out. It is a way of life. No one is slicing up fruit or serving carrots. They are what they have learned.

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But seriously folks, if MoCo keeps botching curriculum 2.0, there won't be any good students or property value left.

Oh? Are property values in Montgomery County declining? Is enrollment in MCPS declining?

an excellent point - property values are going up and enrollment is going up.

Property values are going up in certain sections (good school zones) but most are not. Enrollment is going up because of the big welcome mat MC offers illegal aliens. It is the #2 location in the country (not state, COUNTRY) that illegal aliens establish "residency." And that is why a dumbed down curriculum like 2.0 was put in place.

I have heard that MoCo is a magnet in Central America. There are people touting the benefits and making it sound like you just show up and are given everything you need. Ask around in the Hispanic community what the reputation is and why they came or their friends came.

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This thread has become really gross.