Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

[Anonymous]

Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

I do not think it is the parents pushing for this. It is BOE members who see the disparities in the high school experience because of the concentration of poverty in certain schools, which exacerbates the achievement gap (yes, school conditions impact academic achievement, who knew?) and that makes them look bad. Pumping money into those schools can only achieve so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

I do not think it is the parents pushing for this. It is BOE members who see the disparities in the high school experience because of the concentration of poverty in certain schools, which exacerbates the achievement gap (yes, school conditions impact academic achievement, who knew?) and that makes them look bad. Pumping money into those schools can only achieve so much.

can you say what school conditions are the result of low-income kids? are you just talking behavior? parents that don't have time/ability/interest in pushing kids?

my question is basically: do low-income kids get the 'special sauce' from being in a different school?

[Anonymous]

W parents move into DCC schools and demand changes to make conditions better? Is that the plan? Isn’t it offensive that they aren’t listening to DCC parents who surely are saying the same things (more APs, more security, actual consequences for kids who don’t behave etc).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

In a W cluster W, and wish we could figure out how to get the administration to deal with the bullying, and poorly behaved students. There are no consequences for any students, the students know this and can do anything

[Anonymous]

If this becomes a street by street battle it will destroy communities. Good job MCPS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

What? Where did you get that idea?

[Anonymous]

I think we’ve lost the thread again.

I think option 2 is probably the betting favorite.

How do we feel about split articulations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

What? Where did you get that idea?

Yeah, I’m not hearing any DCC parents say that IRL and DCC teachers certainly aren’t jonesing for W students or their parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we’ve lost the thread again.

I think option 2 is probably the betting favorite.

How do we feel about split articulations?

I’m more concerned that the kids who had online kindergarten will get screwed again in MS. They’ll go to one building for 6th grade and then have to move for 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

I bought a house by stretching in WJ cluster last year. Not happy to see a possiblity of FARMS increasing by 50-60% in WJ.

But I can't afford to sell and move. I will have to take a hit in price when selling.

[Anonymous]

People who blame segregation on Black and Latino people are truly shameless

[Anonymous]

I've heard people here say that these are just initial options, each focused on meeting just one of the four factors, and that we could get completely different maps come fall. But it seems to me that they won't be compeltely different -- maybe they will remove option 3 that so many dislike, but then they'll try to add more diversity into options 1, 2, and 4. It doesn't feel like we're going to get something wholly different. That means that people who don't like any of these maps aren't going to be happy come fall either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I don’t even know why DCC schools want W kids in their schools so badly. The kids are quite nice but can be entitled and anxious at the same time, without even realizing it. Many are very rich, some just regular rich, and think everyone else is too.

Many of the parents are cut throat and will take over PTSA/booster etc. They will not tolerate poor behavior/bullying from other students or poor teaching and their definition of that is different than yours. Many of them won’t stop until your kid is shipped off to another school.

I could go on and on but I know this is stereotyping. It’s just that I’ve seen it a lot over the years.

What? Where did you get that idea?

Yeah, I’m not hearing any DCC parents say that IRL and DCC teachers certainly aren’t jonesing for W students or their parents.

What makes you think we are all poor and want to be at W schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought a house by stretching in WJ cluster last year. Not happy to see a possiblity of FARMS increasing by 50-60% in WJ.

But I can't afford to sell and move. I will have to take a hit in price when selling.

Oh my.