BOE Memer is proposing to study school boundary in MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

[Anonymous]

I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

So? She can still go to the meeting and make her voice heard, as can other BOE members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I don't find it hypocritical. DCC schools are overcrowded and some of the W schools are not. The school can still be "good" and overcrowded, but it would be better for the students if the school was less overcrowded.

I live in the RM cluster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

So? She can still go to the meeting and make her voice heard, as can other BOE members.

Sure. But she might not say what you want her to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

So? She can still go to the meeting and make her voice heard, as can other BOE members.

Sure. But she might not say what you want her to say.

Given that she goes to RM and is in favor of rezoning due to overcrowding, I seriously doubt she would be *for* increasing the threshold to 150%, so I think she will say what I want her to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I expect that the DCC people get so excited about the prospect of rezoning your kids to their schools because "yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!" is what you think they think of their schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I haven’t heard any DCC parents say that on this thread. What I’ve heard — and what I totally agree with — is a certain satisfaction that parents who paid an extra $300k segregation fee when they bought their houses may have to send their children to school with brown kids after all. It’s basically schadenfreude. I live in an area that could possibly be rezoned to Woodward and believe it or not I’d rather my kid stay at Einstein.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I haven’t heard any DCC parents say that on this thread. What I’ve heard — and what I totally agree with — is a certain satisfaction that parents who paid an extra $300k segregation fee when they bought their houses may have to send their children to school with brown kids after all. It’s basically schadenfreude. I live in an area that could possibly be rezoned to Woodward and believe it or not I’d rather my kid stay at Einstein.

+1

I am perfectly happy with the DCC schools my kids have attended, but I do love to see racists hoisted by their own petards. You do not buy into a school pyramid, you buy into a district and your pyramid can change at any time for reasons that benefit the entire student population.

Protecting the property values of people willing to pay a segregation tax is not actually the job of MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I haven’t heard any DCC parents say that on this thread. What I’ve heard — and what I totally agree with — is a certain satisfaction that parents who paid an extra $300k segregation fee when they bought their houses may have to send their children to school with brown kids after all. It’s basically schadenfreude. I live in an area that could possibly be rezoned to Woodward and believe it or not I’d rather my kid stay at Einstein.

What makes you feel glee at the misfortune of others?

Would you also feel shaudenfreude if I crash my car tomorrow and break a leg or worse? Are you one of those jealous people who secretely rejoys when coworkers lose pregnancies, do not get a promotion they deserve?

I actually now feel happy that my kid is districted for a different school than yours, making it highly unlikely that you are a parent of one od their friends and may one day enter my home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find it hypocritical when Consortium residents get so excited about the prospects of rezoneing the W’s to the DCC. As if they are like; yah that will show them how miserable we are and help offload the oppressive amount of problem kids our communities are burdened with!!

But they they turn around and say how great their schools are and poor kids aren’t a problem. Which way is it?

I haven’t heard any DCC parents say that on this thread. What I’ve heard — and what I totally agree with — is a certain satisfaction that parents who paid an extra $300k segregation fee when they bought their houses may have to send their children to school with brown kids after all. It’s basically schadenfreude. I live in an area that could possibly be rezoned to Woodward and believe it or not I’d rather my kid stay at Einstein.

What makes you feel glee at the misfortune of others?

Would you also feel shaudenfreude if I crash my car tomorrow and break a leg or worse? Are you one of those jealous people who secretely rejoys when coworkers lose pregnancies, do not get a promotion they deserve?

I actually now feel happy that my kid is districted for a different school than yours, making it highly unlikely that you are a parent of one od their friends and may one day enter my home.

DP.

Crashing a car
Having a miscarriage
Not getting a deserved promotion
Getting rezoned to a DCC high school

One of these things is not like the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

I saw that!

I would imagine she is concerned about the overdevelopment and the fact that they want to add even MORE students to RM, which is already over crowded.

She would be allowed to share her experience at the Rockville Council meeting as a student. I believe minors can share their comments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly -- I think they need to at least consider this option. Some schools are massively overcrowded while other are under-utilized. Why build new schools when they could potentially solve the problem with redistricting. Isn't that a more cost effective solution?

Where is MCPS building a new school where they could solve the problem with boundary changes? Could you provide one specific example, please?

The recent expansion to Westbrook could be used to reduce Wood Acres overcrowding. Note that this would move kids from the Pyle/Whitman feeder track to the Westland/BCC feeder track, which would make many Wood Acres parents spontaneously combust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this BOE member is going to attend the upcoming Rockville City Council meeting

Much of the school overcrowding has been a direct result of overdevelopment in the County.

Too many housing units are being built, without the appropriate schools being built.

And now developers are pushing for even more development at Twinbrook and RTC. This will directly impact Richard Montgomery HS.

I hope she makes her voice heard with the City Council.

This BoE member is a student at Richard Montgomery HS.

I saw that!

I would imagine she is concerned about the overdevelopment and the fact that they want to add even MORE students to RM, which is already over crowded.

She would be allowed to share her experience at the Rockville Council meeting as a student. I believe minors can share their comments?

You think it's "overdevelopment". Other people don't. She might, she might not. She can make up her own mind and testify as she sees fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly -- I think they need to at least consider this option. Some schools are massively overcrowded while other are under-utilized. Why build new schools when they could potentially solve the problem with redistricting. Isn't that a more cost effective solution?

Where is MCPS building a new school where they could solve the problem with boundary changes? Could you provide one specific example, please?

The recent expansion to Westbrook could be used to reduce Wood Acres overcrowding. Note that this would move kids from the Pyle/Whitman feeder track to the Westland/BCC feeder track, which would make many Wood Acres parents spontaneously combust.

The recent expansion to Westbrook is there to accommodate students from the development that's supposed to happen at Westbard. If you move students from Wood Acres to Westbrook, where are you going to put the students from Westbard when they come?