People who ruin neighborhoods (like tkpk) by putting their kids in private school

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Anonymous wrote:A few dozen or even a couple hundred additional wealthy and brighter kids in a school doesn’t magically make it a great school. It merely MASKS its foundational issues, so people like OP can play pretend, the teachers union can secure salary hikes, and the transient admins can job hop to cushier jobs. It’s all one big illusion and scam. Smart and affluent parents realize life is short and you only get one role of the dice with your kids.

Sorry you’re too poor to live in a really good school district, because I can tell for a fact that they exist. Unfortunately, not many around here. Try Scarsdale, Bronxville, Darien or Treddyfrin-Easttown (Pa) for starters.

Ohhhhh so you mean a de facto private “public” school where the town is a gated enclave with 95% rich white/Asian families, no apartments (let alone low income subsidized apartments), minimum $1,000,000 to buy a SFM, and absolutely no choice students from a neighboring town? It’s hilarious how you public advocates tease out your racial and class biases.

Point is that not all rich people send their kids to private.

Depends what you consider rich. Essentially all ultra wealthy people do.

Correct, if it’s a crappy private when they know their kids couldn’t compete at the local public.

You people are absurd.

It’s true. You send your kid to Bullis, Flint Hill, Langley school, Bishop Ireton, The Langley School etc because they lack the smarts, motivation or self-discipline to excel in a public school. Just own your decision.

You sure do wear your insecurities.

Sure Jan, your kid could totally finish the IB Diploma, they just needed a “small environment” instead.

Listen dickwad, do you really deny that there is value to a small class? You never took a 10 person seminar in college or grad school? You seem to be compensating for something. Perhaps you have a chip on your shoulder from attending a series of middling schools throughout your life?

The rah-rah public school defenders are themselves public school lifers. If they went to college, it was some mediocre state school degree mill, where they were treated like garbage and half of their courses were 600 student lectures. They don’t know any better. Ignorance is bliss. And of course when you can’t afford a more premium product (private school), you get defensive and angry. Nobody calls their baby ugly.

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Anonymous wrote:Will never send my kids to public school, and honestly I’m tired of having to fund the education of public school children.

Amoral. Anti-social. Sick AF.

Why? Genuinely curious for people who pay way more than their fair share and feel exploited.

Do you want a bunch of uneducated, listless youth roaming the streets from 9-5?

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Anonymous wrote:More of a vent, but i am uttterly frustrated by people with money who move into nice MC neighborhoods like tkpk or silver spring with relatively good schools to get bigger houses and then choose to put their precious kids in private schools.

We are trying to build a community and bring the schools up and these people create a bad trend of pulling a whole group of UMC kids out of the public schools because they cannot handle the diversity and challenges of public schools. All while claiming to be left leaning and to have a social compass. But that is pure white flight. It is depressing. And they dont even seem to see how political and impactful their choice is.

I really wish they stayed out of my city and went to live next to the private schools they send their kids to.

Why’d you spend so much on a house in a nice suburb when you could have bought in a more diverse and vibrant lower income town and sent your kids to a more diverse public school?

Who says I do not live in a diverse neighborhood since I Live in a nice suburb, and I do. Aren't you the perfect little racist troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Will never send my kids to public school, and honestly I’m tired of having to fund the education of public school children.

Amoral. Anti-social. Sick AF.

Why? Genuinely curious for people who pay way more than their fair share and feel exploited.

Do you want a bunch of uneducated, listless youth roaming the streets from 9-5?

I want you doing your job as a parent, as I do, and make sure your kid/s is in school and learning, after that, I expect you to know where your child is, just as I do. It is not my job to assure that other peoples children are in school and learning, that is the job of their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:A few dozen or even a couple hundred additional wealthy and brighter kids in a school doesn’t magically make it a great school. It merely MASKS its foundational issues, so people like OP can play pretend, the teachers union can secure salary hikes, and the transient admins can job hop to cushier jobs. It’s all one big illusion and scam. Smart and affluent parents realize life is short and you only get one role of the dice with your kids.

Sorry you’re too poor to live in a really good school district, because I can tell for a fact that they exist. Unfortunately, not many around here. Try Scarsdale, Bronxville, Darien or Treddyfrin-Easttown (Pa) for starters.

Ohhhhh so you mean a de facto private “public” school where the town is a gated enclave with 95% rich white/Asian families, no apartments (let alone low income subsidized apartments), minimum $1,000,000 to buy a SFM, and absolutely no choice students from a neighboring town? It’s hilarious how you public advocates tease out your racial and class biases.

Point is that not all rich people send their kids to private.

Depends what you consider rich. Essentially all ultra wealthy people do.

Correct, if it’s a crappy private when they know their kids couldn’t compete at the local public.

You people are absurd.

It’s true. You send your kid to Bullis, Flint Hill, Langley school, Bishop Ireton, The Langley School etc because they lack the smarts, motivation or self-discipline to excel in a public school. Just own your decision.

You sure do wear your insecurities.

Sure Jan, your kid could totally finish the IB Diploma, they just needed a “small environment” instead.

Listen dickwad, do you really deny that there is value to a small class? You never took a 10 person seminar in college or grad school? You seem to be compensating for something. Perhaps you have a chip on your shoulder from attending a series of middling schools throughout your life?

The rah-rah public school defenders are themselves public school lifers. If they went to college, it was some mediocre state school degree mill, where they were treated like garbage and half of their courses were 600 student lectures. They don’t know any better. Ignorance is bliss. And of course when you can’t afford a more premium product (private school), you get defensive and angry. Nobody calls their baby ugly.

Yeah New Trier, Scarsdale, Greenwich, Malibu, Southlake, Palo Alto, Millburn school districts are sooo inferior

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Anonymous wrote:At a certain age you wise up and realize public schools are just a gigantic cash register racket. The voting blocs, the unions, the staff, the worthless admins, all the fat pensions, the multi-millionaire contractors, the real estate scams, and all of the other pigs in the trough. The fake grades, all the behavior the admins cover up. Nobody in them gives a damn about your children.

Again, you’re describing bad school districts.

Nope. I’m describing literally every public school district. They are political weapons and cash registers to the people who control them.

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Anonymous wrote:Will never send my kids to public school, and honestly I’m tired of having to fund the education of public school children.

Amoral. Anti-social. Sick AF.

Why? Genuinely curious for people who pay way more than their fair share and feel exploited.

Do you want a bunch of uneducated, listless youth roaming the streets from 9-5?

I want you doing your job as a parent, as I do, and make sure your kid/s is in school and learning, after that, I expect you to know where your child is, just as I do. It is not my job to assure that other peoples children are in school and learning, that is the job of their parents.

You should move to some podunk southern state with low taxes & poor public education if that’s what you desire

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Anonymous wrote:The dummies saying “I support your kid’s public school through taxes” don’t understand how per-pupil funding works. If a school is underenrolled, it gets rezoned or closed down. They let go of teachers, not let kids enjoy smaller class sizes.

That. School budget is linked to enrollement and for some small "icing on the cake" activities it is linked to PTA fundraising. Sure, your property taxes fund Moco budget, but not directly the school you are zoned for.

And reading the pro private school/ anti public school posters of the last few pages, i think it is fair to think that the more private school people there are in an area, the more their votes and politics will impact public school budget and investments in the long run.

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The only good thing about this thread is that it’s active enough that Jeff is probably going to have to make an effort this week to summarize the ranting from every which angle. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

The fact that people are having conversations about how “horrible” public schools will be for their kids because of all the low-income kids in one of the most affluent counties in the country is so wild. So many people here are reflecting upon their own bad experiences attending high-poverty schools, but did you attend as a low-income or high-income student? That makes a world of a difference.

I am a Whitman alumni and I would send my kids to Blair tomorrow—magnet or not. It’s a fantastic school with a lot of opportunities.

Say what you want about sending your kids to private school, which is your right. But do not disparage the public schools which are doing a tremendous job and produce better results than the privates you pay $$$ for.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will never send my kids to public school, and honestly I’m tired of having to fund the education of public school children.

Amoral. Anti-social. Sick AF.

Why? Genuinely curious for people who pay way more than their fair share and feel exploited.

Do you want a bunch of uneducated, listless youth roaming the streets from 9-5?

I want you doing your job as a parent, as I do, and make sure your kid/s is in school and learning, after that, I expect you to know where your child is, just as I do. It is not my job to assure that other peoples children are in school and learning, that is the job of their parents.

You should move to some podunk southern state with low taxes & poor public education if that’s what you desire

You doing your job as a parent? Well, if you do not want to parent your child then do not have any. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that people are having conversations about how “horrible” public schools will be for their kids because of all the low-income kids in one of the most affluent counties in the country is so wild. So many people here are reflecting upon their own bad experiences attending high-poverty schools, but did you attend as a low-income or high-income student? That makes a world of a difference.

I am a Whitman alumni and I would send my kids to Blair tomorrow—magnet or not. It’s a fantastic school with a lot of opportunities.

Say what you want about sending your kids to private school, which is your right. But do not disparage the public schools which are doing a tremendous job and produce better results than the privates you pay $$$ for.

Amen

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Anonymous wrote:I sent my DS to a huge, low income public high school that has a small group of wealthier families from one little neighborhood. I had the same sentiments as OP. My DS is a senior and I think I was wrong. I think the lower income, non- English speakers would be better served if they were the entire school, not 90% of it, because then all the teachers and administrators could totally focus on, and specialize in, how to best serve this population. Having some high income, English speakers really does not seem to help anyone.

The problem is that the choice is 90% or 100%.

There are mountains of research showing that segregating schools by income is terrible for low-income students.

I’m not so sure about that research. The reality is that concentrating low-income students allows schools to efficiently provide the wrap-around social services those kids need & get.

::Sigh:: I can't help you if you ignore the facts

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that people are having conversations about how “horrible” public schools will be for their kids because of all the low-income kids in one of the most affluent counties in the country is so wild. So many people here are reflecting upon their own bad experiences attending high-poverty schools, but did you attend as a low-income or high-income student? That makes a world of a difference.

I am a Whitman alumni and I would send my kids to Blair tomorrow—magnet or not. It’s a fantastic school with a lot of opportunities.

Say what you want about sending your kids to private school, which is your right. But do not disparage the public schools which are doing a tremendous job and produce better results than the privates you pay $$$ for.

It's the public school parents telling the private school parents why they are sending their children to private. I think you need to direct your suggestion to the public school parents to be more confident of their public schools and be thankful the classrooms are not over crowded because some choose private. Your frustration is misguided. These threads are always started by a jealous/unsatisfied public school parent. Look in the mirror.

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Anonymous wrote:At a certain age you wise up and realize public schools are just a gigantic cash register racket. The voting blocs, the unions, the staff, the worthless admins, all the fat pensions, the multi-millionaire contractors, the real estate scams, and all of the other pigs in the trough. The fake grades, all the behavior the admins cover up. Nobody in them gives a damn about your children.

This^^^