Do all MCPS high schools have homecoming dances?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

My friends kid (white) goes to Wootton, she told me that since most of the school population is Chinese, and their “parents won’t allow them go to dances or do anything fun (they have to be studying all the time apparently)”, the attendance for past hoco dances were ridiculously low and the school was not making any money and it wasn’t worth the effort/cost. So they decided to all together cancel the dance.

Your bigotry is showing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

I could recall that my kid who graduated from Wootton had a homecoming dance during his senior year, which I’m shocked after what you just said. Is it the PTSA or SGA that’s causing the issue about not having any homecoming dances and potentially no prom?

Yup, it could come back if enough interest and volunteers willing to plan it!

[Anonymous]

How was Blair's?

[Anonymous]

Nobody goes to Churchill's dance but we do have one. Just not well-attended. Kind of sad. Hoco was a big deal when I was growing up. now kids like getting dressed up for photos but skip the dance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody goes to Churchill's dance but we do have one. Just not well-attended. Kind of sad. Hoco was a big deal when I was growing up. now kids like getting dressed up for photos but skip the dance

When schools moved to hire much cheaper DJ’s instead of live bands in the 00s, that’s when the interest level began to wane. Now there are no local bands left that market themselves for high school dances. It’s different in California, especially in Southern Calif, but in this area, dances have hit rock bottom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody goes to Churchill's dance but we do have one. Just not well-attended. Kind of sad. Hoco was a big deal when I was growing up. now kids like getting dressed up for photos but skip the dance

When schools moved to hire much cheaper DJ’s instead of live bands in the 00s, that’s when the interest level began to wane. Now there are no local bands left that market themselves for high school dances. It’s different in California, especially in Southern Calif, but in this area, dances have hit rock bottom.

There are plenty of bands started by teens but not all want to actually play at a dance - they'd rather attend socially with friends than be busy playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

My friends kid (white) goes to Wootton, she told me that since most of the school population is Chinese, and their “parents won’t allow them go to dances or do anything fun (they have to be studying all the time apparently)”, the attendance for past hoco dances were ridiculously low and the school was not making any money and it wasn’t worth the effort/cost. So they decided to all together cancel the dance.

Your bigotry is showing.

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Whitman doesn't have one either and it's a very white school white person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How was Blair's?

It was fantastic last night

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

My friends kid (white) goes to Wootton, she told me that since most of the school population is Chinese, and their “parents won’t allow them go to dances or do anything fun (they have to be studying all the time apparently)”, the attendance for past hoco dances were ridiculously low and the school was not making any money and it wasn’t worth the effort/cost. So they decided to all together cancel the dance.

Your bigotry is showing.

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Whitman doesn't have one either and it's a very white school white person.

Exactly, there's a difference between the W school in Bethesda and in Potomac.

Wootton and Churchill hold more Asian students than WJ or Whitman.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

My friends kid (white) goes to Wootton, she told me that since most of the school population is Chinese, and their “parents won’t allow them go to dances or do anything fun (they have to be studying all the time apparently)”, the attendance for past hoco dances were ridiculously low and the school was not making any money and it wasn’t worth the effort/cost. So they decided to all together cancel the dance.

Your bigotry is showing.

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Whitman doesn't have one either and it's a very white school white person.

Exactly, there's a difference between the W school in Bethesda and in Potomac.

Wootton and Churchill hold more Asian students than WJ or Whitman.

Wootton is not in Potomac though, even if they think they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

My friends kid (white) goes to Wootton, she told me that since most of the school population is Chinese, and their “parents won’t allow them go to dances or do anything fun (they have to be studying all the time apparently)”, the attendance for past hoco dances were ridiculously low and the school was not making any money and it wasn’t worth the effort/cost. So they decided to all together cancel the dance.

Your bigotry is showing.

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Whitman doesn't have one either and it's a very white school white person.

Not really. it is 40 percent minority. And a lot of the 60 percent have foreign born parents. Before I moved to a W school my prior blue collar town was 97 percent W and we had a very large amount of people who grew up in the town. At back to school night like 1/2 the parents grew up in the town. Prom was massive and attended by at least 98 percent of school. The rent a massive country club to hold it on a Saturday night and lasted till Dawn. Homecoming tickets sold out immediately.

I have neighbors whose parents grew up in Italy or France who identify as W but they are not people supporting these events.

[Anonymous]

Has Wootton or Whitman ever held a Homecoming dance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton does not do a dance at all. They do nothing for homecoming and it's embarrassing. I think the student association is just a bunch of boring brainiacs that want it on their college resume but don't care to do anything for the school.

Thanks for volunteering to get one started by assisting your kid who can work with the Student Association if they are already not in the Association to have a dance this year. Or are parents going to oppose a dance!!?

Wootton stopped having them so kids wouldn’t feel left out. In the name of Equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only MCPS school I'm aware of that doesn't have a homecoming dance is Wootton and I just learned about that fact last year on this very forum.[/quote


Whitman doesn’t do a dance either.

But homecoming is a big deal for most students. My DD went to the game and the POCO festival- games, free food music ( u can dance if u want to but no one does).
Then today, my DD and her big group of friends got all dressed up, went out to dinner and then to DC to take pics at the various monuments.

Whitman also has prep rallies and FOMS ( male version of cheerleading) all leading up to HOCO.

[Anonymous]

Wootton parent here. There used to be a homecoming dance years ago. My DD graduated in 2020. My senior has had no interest in the event that replaced it. I have no idea of the attendance but I do think it’s unfair to criticize the kids who plan it. If kids want w change, they should get involved. Either way, based on my FB feed, lots of kids still get dressed up at Wootton as though there is a dance.