Least conservative/least MAGA of the top-ranked schools in MCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP:


Thank you very much for all your comments. Seems I have caused some offense; that was not my intention. I don’t have an issue with multiple perspectives. However, we’re moving in from a part of Florida where there’s absolutely correlation between certain high ranked schools and ultra conservative environments. Good to know the general profile in Montgomery County even for top ranked schools will be quite different.

Welcome to the area, OP.

Don't worry about causing offense. Arguing is DCUM's stock in trade.

Just to give you a hint at what's to come: my kid at Westland MS (in the BCC high school cluster) had summer reading assignments that were always centered around either bullying in school, and/or being LGBTQ+. They welcomed a lesbian soccer player for an assembly. The Pride club was very active. Now she's at BCC and knows a lot of non-binary, gender-fluid kids. She sits next to a MAGA-curious boy in AP US History and she enjoys debating him. Before Trump 2.0, some families sued MCPS for its readings of LGBTQ+ books in elementary classrooms, and that lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court and MCPS lost. Now parents have the right to opt their kids out of classroom readings they don't like. We do have some conservative families in this county: long-time Americans who are often deeply religious, and many immigrants who come from patriarchal and socially conservative countries, who are shocked to discover that homosexuality or gender fluidity can be discussed in primary education. That would never happen where they come from. But even taken together, they represent a small minority of the residents of this solidly liberal region.

So. We're a fun bunch here.

Oh, and there are just as many kids who are openly gay and non-binary than there are kids who are openly autistic, ADHD and generally neurospicy (their term, not mine). Everyone is very open about their differences here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,

My husband and I are planning our move to Montgomery County. We have two daughters, aged three and five, and a son aged 2. Currently, we are looking at the different top-ranked schools in the county, but we want to make sure to move into an area that is not too conservative or too MAGA. Based on what I have seen here, it appears WJ and BCC might be the best bet? If anyone else has other ideas, it would be great to hear from you all. Or if you could also say which places to avoid (be it even elementary schools), that would be helpful. Thanks.

You kids are not even in school yet. There are huge boundary and regional program changes going on. Further, the school is not conveyed with the house. This is a lesson that people keep having to hear and be reminded about everytime there is a boundary change.

Find an area of the county that you like for living, including diversity as that seems important to you. Because those things will show up in school.

Use what you read on DCUM with huge caution as it does not reflect the majority.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 26 high school that all lean left. Not sure where you are coming from, but that is a ridiculous question for this area.

Take note of the fact that there are 26 HS and you have only seen a couple of them mentioned in replies. It’s not because all the students in the other HS are doing terrible.😉

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, Op if you are a “moderate” be prepared for a lot of ultra liberal types. They can be very judgy of if don’t agree with their perspectives.

Yes, but don't worry because they will just assume that you agree with them. That's why they don't know how many Trump voters are in their midst.

In psychology, it's called the "false consensus effect."

[Anonymous]

Montgomery County has a diverse population with many differing points of view. This is good as long as long as everyone agrees with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, Op if you are a “moderate” be prepared for a lot of ultra liberal types. They can be very judgy of if don’t agree with their perspectives.

Yes, but don't worry because they will just assume that you agree with them. That's why they don't know how many Trump voters are in their midst.

In psychology, it's called the "false consensus effect."

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone,

My husband and I are planning our move to Montgomery County. We have two daughters, aged three and five, and a son aged 2. Currently, we are looking at the different top-ranked schools in the county, but we want to make sure to move into an area that is not too conservative or too MAGA. Based on what I have seen here, it appears WJ and BCC might be the best bet? If anyone else has other ideas, it would be great to hear from you all. Or if you could also say which places to avoid (be it even elementary schools), that would be helpful. Thanks.

Your best bet is a W school like Watkins mill high school.

[Anonymous]

Get your petty and your messy ready OP, especially if you land in moco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP:


Thank you very much for all your comments. Seems I have caused some offense; that was not my intention. I don’t have an issue with multiple perspectives. However, we’re moving in from a part of Florida where there’s absolutely correlation between certain high ranked schools and ultra conservative environments. Good to know the general profile in Montgomery County even for top ranked schools will be quite different.

What are the high performing MAGA schools in FL?

[Anonymous]

MCPS is extremely woke.

[Anonymous]

BCC and WJ are the more diverse of the Ws, so in a sense you are probably correct that they are more liberal than Churchill or Whitman. And, Poolesville and Damascus are probably the more conservative schools in the county. However, Montgomery County as a whole is blue, and liberal, so wherever you end up is probably fine.

[Anonymous]

I’m confused, why are selecting schools with little socioeconomic diversity? Move your family to a school cluster away from the wealthiest areas of MC to ensure no MAGA support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, Op if you are a “moderate” be prepared for a lot of ultra liberal types. They can be very judgy of if don’t agree with their perspectives.

Yes, but don't worry because they will just assume that you agree with them. That's why they don't know how many Trump voters are in their midst.

In psychology, it's called the "false consensus effect."

Unless you are ultra left leaning, be prepared to be lumped in with all the MAGAs that you hate... being a "moderate" or even left of center, but not left enough makes you MAGA in MoCo.

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Avoid Damascus (and, to some extent, Poolesville) and you’ll be fine. I wouldn’t even say MAGA is the majority in those schools but the conservative rhetoric and good ol’ boys network is strong. Like another PP mentioned, there are pockets of wealthy conservatives all over MoCo but they don’t speak out and embarrass themselves like MAGA. My son switched friend groups in hs and it was surprising to me how many of his new friends (white, Jewish) subtly promoted republican, misogynistic values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Damascus (and, to some extent, Poolesville) and you’ll be fine. I wouldn’t even say MAGA is the majority in those schools but the conservative rhetoric and good ol’ boys network is strong. Like another PP mentioned, there are pockets of wealthy conservatives all over MoCo but they don’t speak out and embarrass themselves like MAGA. My son switched friend groups in hs and it was surprising to me how many of his new friends (white, Jewish) subtly promoted republican, misogynistic values.

maybe your son will be a better adult than you