No renovation to Wootton?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:...The wealthy have all the breaks and loopholes. They also don't care because they send their kids to the 180 private schools in the county alone.

As far as I know, there are no loopholes for getting out of paying property taxes. I laugh all the way to my public school thinking about all those property owners who pay $10,000+ per year in property taxes and then send their kids to private schools. They are doing the rest of us a favor. MCPS has lots of issues, but this isn't one of them.

Why do you laugh? They are the only ones paying a massive dent of the ever increasing poverty in this county getting a free education, meals, and now ESEOL. But are smart enough to realize it is a shitty education and send their kids elsewhere. Not to mention many people send their kids to private school in MCPS. Not just the rich. There wouldn't be a need for 180 of them if MCPS was actually decent.

[Anonymous]

I'm saying that all the people who pay for the schools (through property taxes) and then send their kids to private school are funding my kids' education. Private schools in Montgomery County are like vanity plates. Parents living within walking distance of some of the best high schools in the country are paying $40,000 a year to send their kids to private school. That's not a problem in my book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm saying that all the people who pay for the schools (through property taxes) and then send their kids to private school are funding my kids' education. Private schools in Montgomery County are like vanity plates. Parents living within walking distance of some of the best high schools in the country are paying $40,000 a year to send their kids to private school. That's not a problem in my book.

The best schools in the county can't scratch the surface of those private schools. LOL. They have like 13 kids in class, large diversity of kids that actually want to be in school, teachers that probably actually enjoy their jobs and autonomy to teach, and facilities that are top notch and safe. You do you and they do them. Comparing apples to oranges. The fact that you think someone who is in walking distance to one school and pays to go to another has to do with vanity and not that the schools are sub par, is your opinion. The parents I know at Wootton and Whitman are much more vain than private school. Some value a good education and some value the way they look and dress. To each is their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm saying that all the people who pay for the schools (through property taxes) and then send their kids to private school are funding my kids' education. Private schools in Montgomery County are like vanity plates. Parents living within walking distance of some of the best high schools in the country are paying $40,000 a year to send their kids to private school. That's not a problem in my book.

It would be a problem if they decided that the public schools they don't use don't need funding. It is also a problem for public schools in general if rich people decided that the public school system is for "them", not for "us".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...The wealthy have all the breaks and loopholes. They also don't care because they send their kids to the 180 private schools in the county alone.

As far as I know, there are no loopholes for getting out of paying property taxes. I laugh all the way to my public school thinking about all those property owners who pay $10,000+ per year in property taxes and then send their kids to private schools. They are doing the rest of us a favor. MCPS has lots of issues, but this isn't one of them.

Why do you laugh? They are the only ones paying a massive dent of the ever increasing poverty in this county getting a free education, meals, and now ESEOL. But are smart enough to realize it is a shitty education and send their kids elsewhere. Not to mention many people send their kids to private school in MCPS. Not just the rich. There wouldn't be a need for 180 of them if MCPS was actually decent.

Numerically, yes. But percentage-wise, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm saying that all the people who pay for the schools (through property taxes) and then send their kids to private school are funding my kids' education. Private schools in Montgomery County are like vanity plates. Parents living within walking distance of some of the best high schools in the country are paying $40,000 a year to send their kids to private school. That's not a problem in my book.

The best schools in the county can't scratch the surface of those private schools. LOL. They have like 13 kids in class, large diversity of kids that actually want to be in school, teachers that probably actually enjoy their jobs and autonomy to teach, and facilities that are top notch and safe. You do you and they do them. Comparing apples to oranges. The fact that you think someone who is in walking distance to one school and pays to go to another has to do with vanity and not that the schools are sub par, is your opinion. The parents I know at Wootton and Whitman are much more vain than private school. Some value a good education and some value the way they look and dress. To each is their own.

LOL
Keep dreaming and keep paying for privates because MCPS schools will keep beating the privates every year in academic competitions.

[Anonymous]

How are they going to shift the boundaries of the school district? Likely take some from WHS, some from QO, etc. people wont be happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are they going to shift the boundaries of the school district? Likely take some from WHS, some from QO, etc. people wont be happy.

The boundaries of the school district will not change. The service areas of the high schools will change. I agree that people won't be happy, but that's only because that's true regardless. People could be rezoned to Paradise High School, and they would still complain.

[Anonymous]

There aren't any discussions, let alone decisions, about boundaries until 18 months out from when they open the new school, which at this point in time is TBD. So please don't waste everyone's time speculating about what they will be: you have no idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well if you want to be a sanctuary county and welcome all the poor immigrants, you are going to see higher enrollment and higher FARMS, ESOL, and special education needs, but much less taxes that are being collected to go towards education. The middle class pays for every one of these FARMS kids. The wealthy have all the breaks and loopholes. They also don't care because they send their kids to the 180 private schools in the county alone. The poor don't pay taxes. The immigrants make more money than noted because they work under the table. so the middle class pay the majority. How about that massive property tax increase last year? Expect to see more in the future.

MCPS is stretched too thin. The BOE motto is to just ask the county and state for more and then cry that they have to increase ratios instead of getting rid of upper administration bulk and stupid programs like immersion, HGC, magnets, etc.. that cost a ton of money and only help a small window of kids by lottery What about the PEP program? Millions wasted. The state shouldn't have to keep giving so much for a poorly run overcrowded district. The county? If they want sanctuary as well as keep building apartments, condos, and townhouses, they need to fork over some more money instead of lining the pockets of the builders/politicians. But they don't and the county continues to go on a massive decline. Overcrowded, understaffed, building falling apart, and lack of security that keeps MCPS in the news weekly for sexual predators in the schools.

They also fudge their testing scores and grading to continue to look competitive when they are not. All honors and AP scores get a whole point higher. Most districts, it is only 0.5 higher. Add that to a 79.5 and an 89.5 equals an A for a semester grade. So if you get a 69.5 and a 79.5 in an honors course, you get an unweighted B and a weighted A for the year. It is total BS. And you wonder why all the kids were failing final exams? Oh wait, no one wonders. The county just got rid of them. Why? Because they were abysmal (60-70% failing.) So instead of getting to the root of what is wrong and making sure these kids are prepared for college, they yank them for good.

It is pretty sad.

FYI- PEP and special ed services are not just for immigrants who do not pay taxes. My DS is white, we pay taxes and he has some needs that require special ed services in school.

I am sorry, I didn't mean PEP. I meant the PCE, Ted talks etc... i confused the two. Millions wasted on a fake coalition that is supposed to better the county. Free TED talks that cost 5 figures to host and only 50 people show up.

It is absolutely worth it to support the raw talent these schools have and TEDtalks live on well beyond the live presentation. The team that put together those talks contributed a great deal to the community over their lifetime, no? The students are going Ivy no? I, for one, wholeheartedly support these students.