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

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Anonymous wrote:Can I live in your neighborhood if I don’t have any kids? According to you, is that allowed?

+1 blaming neighbors for not sending kids to public school, whether they have kids or not, is really bizarre and none of your business

People without kids do not have the same impact. People with kids who choose to take their kids out of public school and send them to private have an impact on their neighbors, the more they are, the more they put pressure on their neighbors to not send their kids to public school. Because parents start to worry that they are not doing the right thing and if Larla and Larlo don’t go to public school it means it is not good enough.

Look, I understand the posters who say they do not care at all because the fate of public schools don’t matter to them. They have been pretty vocal on this thread and very clear about why they think public school is not something worth investing in.

But posters who think it has no impact when a growing number of UMC kids are not going to the local public schools are disingenuous or ignoring facts. Again if you don’t care, fine. But please don’t ignore the fact that it does have an impact.

Complete nonsense. My parenting decisions should have no impact on anyone else. If you care what I do, that is your problem.

This is the most reasonable response on here.

Worry about your own kids. End of story.

Eh people's parenting decisions do affect others as discussed on this thread. However, I agree it's unreasonable to expect parents to send their children to a school they don't want to send them to, purely for the good of society. Public school systems should work make the schools good so parents want to send their kids there and, to that end, local governments should support these efforts by integrating multifamily housing across the jurisdiction instead of concentrating it in certain areas. Instead the MCPS culture is "you take what you get and you don't get upset", and if people say they are leaving the school system people say "Good riddance!".

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I haven't read this whole thread, but I live in TKPK and have the following observations:

1. I know very few parents who send their kids to private school. There was a spike during COVID shutdowns but many seem to be coming back.

2. The kids who go to private school are typically not the academic stars. Many go because they have not been successful in the public schools.

3. The MCPS schools have their problems, but it is not for lack of parent participation or lack of funding. If anything, as one PP mentioned, adding more kids is going to just increase crowding without increasing funding.

4. I (and many people we know) love that TKPK has a real, true diversity of incomes and views on things, and I want the place to be welcoming to all nice people.

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This is WILD.

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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.

Such an ugly vent, OP. Filled with so much misplaced frustration and negative assumptions about why others make the choices they do. You don’t posses the moral high ground you think you do. In fact, the blatant and implied bias in this post combined with what seems to be a shocking lack of self awareness is pretty appalling. Do you really believe that only UMC families can bring a school up? Or that families who don’t make the same decisions as you have no moral compass?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Can I live in your neighborhood if I don’t have any kids? According to you, is that allowed?

+1 blaming neighbors for not sending kids to public school, whether they have kids or not, is really bizarre and none of your business

People without kids do not have the same impact. People with kids who choose to take their kids out of public school and send them to private have an impact on their neighbors, the more they are, the more they put pressure on their neighbors to not send their kids to public school. Because parents start to worry that they are not doing the right thing and if Larla and Larlo don’t go to public school it means it is not good enough.

Look, I understand the posters who say they do not care at all because the fate of public schools don’t matter to them. They have been pretty vocal on this thread and very clear about why they think public school is not something worth investing in.

But posters who think it has no impact when a growing number of UMC kids are not going to the local public schools are disingenuous or ignoring facts. Again if you don’t care, fine. But please don’t ignore the fact that it does have an impact.

Complete nonsense. My parenting decisions should have no impact on anyone else. If you care what I do, that is your problem.

OP, what exactly do you contribute to your kid's school? You said you could afford private. Do you donate the equivalent of private school tuition to your kid's public school? By using public school, you have shifted the financial burden of raising these kids onto taxpayers rather than the actual parents. What gives you the authority to judge other parents?

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Anonymous wrote:Throughout the history of education it has been a push and pull between people who believe segregation is better because it makes THEIR lives easier and people who recognize that segregation is terrible for kids.

That's why the IDEA defines the least restrictive environment (LRE) as disabled students learning alongside non-disabled peers. Of course it is easier to have all the disabled kids together so the services can be provided more efficiently, but that is bad for many kids and the law recognizes this.

One of the reasons why kid is in private now. No more having to hear kids scream uncontrollably in class.

I'm starting to understand why my public school classmates are more successful than the private school ones. There is something to be said for learning to deal with difficult situations. Academics isn't everything.in fact I would argue soft skills and resiliency are far more important.

Define " more sucessful" are you strictly referring to money? Because I want to see your hard facts

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Can I live in your neighborhood if I don’t have any kids? According to you, is that allowed?

+1 blaming neighbors for not sending kids to public school, whether they have kids or not, is really bizarre and none of your business

People without kids do not have the same impact. People with kids who choose to take their kids out of public school and send them to private have an impact on their neighbors, the more they are, the more they put pressure on their neighbors to not send their kids to public school. Because parents start to worry that they are not doing the right thing and if Larla and Larlo don’t go to public school it means it is not good enough.

Look, I understand the posters who say they do not care at all because the fate of public schools don’t matter to them. They have been pretty vocal on this thread and very clear about why they think public school is not something worth investing in.

But posters who think it has no impact when a growing number of UMC kids are not going to the local public schools are disingenuous or ignoring facts. Again if you don’t care, fine. But please don’t ignore the fact that it does have an impact.

Complete nonsense. My parenting decisions should have no impact on anyone else. If you care what I do, that is your problem.

OP, what exactly do you contribute to your kid's school? You said you could afford private. Do you donate the equivalent of private school tuition to your kid's public school? By using public school, you have shifted the financial burden of raising these kids onto taxpayers rather than the actual parents. What gives you the authority to judge other parents?

I get the impression OP contributes nothing but just wants to freeload more off the families that use other schools.

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Why did Biden send his sons and daughter to private school k-12 when he was broke?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who is “we”? I’ll send my kid to whatever school I want, thank you very much. BTW there are also people who homeschool & send their kids to far-flung magnets. It’s really none of your business. I am free to live wherever I want, too. I am not going to sacrifice my child’s education on the altar of diversity.

Not to mention, my kid wouldn’t be allowed to discuss where we went on spring break, our other house or their ECs, or else your child would feel bad & complain of “bragging.”

OP, you don’t really want this person’s kid in school with yours, do you?

Good point, but she is still taking one of the very few houses available and i wished i could have a less wealthy neighbor instead who would send her kids to public school. This is absolutely not neutral when more and more newcomers dont care about public schools and move into the available SFHs.

And I have plenty of cash myself. Travel extensively and could afford private school. I have zero envy. I just wish Takoma Park stayed the socially minded city it has been for so long. And public school is a KEY part of this project.

All the buzz words OP! Great. Then move to another neighborhood where other UMC parents send their kids to the public schools, along with many privates. My Bethesda block is totally mixed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can I live in your neighborhood if I don’t have any kids? According to you, is that allowed?

+1 blaming neighbors for not sending kids to public school, whether they have kids or not, is really bizarre and none of your business

People without kids do not have the same impact. People with kids who choose to take their kids out of public school and send them to private have an impact on their neighbors, the more they are, the more they put pressure on their neighbors to not send their kids to public school. Because parents start to worry that they are not doing the right thing and if Larla and Larlo don’t go to public school it means it is not good enough.

Look, I understand the posters who say they do not care at all because the fate of public schools don’t matter to them. They have been pretty vocal on this thread and very clear about why they think public school is not something worth investing in.

But posters who think it has no impact when a growing number of UMC kids are not going to the local public schools are disingenuous or ignoring facts. Again if you don’t care, fine. But please don’t ignore the fact that it does have an impact.

Complete nonsense. My parenting decisions should have no impact on anyone else. If you care what I do, that is your problem.

This is the most reasonable response on here.

Worry about your own kids. End of story.

Eh people's parenting decisions do affect others as discussed on this thread. However, I agree it's unreasonable to expect parents to send their children to a school they don't want to send them to, purely for the good of society. Public school systems should work make the schools good so parents want to send their kids there and, to that end, local governments should support these efforts by integrating multifamily housing across the jurisdiction instead of concentrating it in certain areas. Instead the MCPS culture is "you take what you get and you don't get upset", and if people say they are leaving the school system people say "Good riddance!".

Good points and schools should be better but many UMC parents will send kids to private anyway.

[Anonymous]

The poster who said all privates are better than all publics is delusional.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people like OP never bring up public vs private colleges? Same idea.

Cause then she'll be back as a merit-chaser!

[Anonymous]

So many limousine liberals are so defensive and in complete denial ! At least the trumpers are honest about their racism.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Such an ugly vent, OP. Filled with so much misplaced frustration and negative assumptions about why others make the choices they do. You don’t posses the moral high ground you think you do. In fact, the blatant and implied bias in this post combined with what seems to be a shocking lack of self awareness is pretty appalling. Do you really believe that only UMC families can bring a school up? Or that families who don’t make the same decisions as you have no moral compass?

Agree. Based on OP's post, she would be the one to ruin the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Such an ugly vent, OP. Filled with so much misplaced frustration and negative assumptions about why others make the choices they do. You don’t posses the moral high ground you think you do. In fact, the blatant and implied bias in this post combined with what seems to be a shocking lack of self awareness is pretty appalling. Do you really believe that only UMC families can bring a school up? Or that families who don’t make the same decisions as you have no moral compass?

Agree. Based on OP's post, she would be the one to ruin the neighborhood.

LMAO…can you imagine having to live next door? I’m willing to bet that this isn’t his/her only annoying pet issue.