which schools in the county have some bad reputation in terms of environment and recent news headlines?

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Anonymous wrote:Any school in the NEC or DCC need a serious eval by parents. They are not all bad but one must ask the question why the lower test avg schools are are lumped together. What type of choice is that or than misdirection to stabilize property values so people think they don’t have to go to their home school. All the desirable schools are not part of choice program.

That's not entirely true. Blair is very desirable and it's part of the DCC. But yes, the other schools in the DCC and NEC are certainly way bumpier academically and environmentally compared to Blair.

That’s not completely true, the magnet is desirable for kids on high level college track families or those who aspire to be. It not like they are excited to go to Blair and often hump across the county. The only other people who think highly of Blair are the people facing worse options in the DCC. Most of Blair is just your avg DCC school in a middling area. It’s desirable by comparison not in reality

The magnet is like an honors college housed within an otherwise completely mediocre state university. Nothing else about Blair is particularly desirable.

Say that without crying 😢

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Anonymous wrote:Every school in MCPS can be said to have a "bad" reputation

NEC - low test scores, low graduation
DCC - just read about what some people have said on this board about Kennedy and kids with ankle bracelets
BCC - violent fights caught on video after the football game
Sherwood - racist taunting at sports games
Churchill - high pressure leading to mental health issues
RM - high profile security incidents recently

We could go on. Name a school and people on this board will give you the bad. In reality all MCPS high schools are basically very good schools but all of them have some negative aspects because no place is perfect

I don't know, if you talk to kids that recently went to certain schools they might say differently. Students in schools with large percentages of low-income kids see a lot in their time there. And recent MCPS grads say their schools didn't adequately prepare them for college. https://wjpitch.com/top-stories/2021/01/15/does-mcps-prepare-students-for-future-success/

FWIW I have a kid in a DCC ES. We plan on staying in the system, but we're not going to pretend it's awesome. We want awareness of MCPS's failures so they get their act together.

That's a ridiculous article to post. That article has one random student quoted and a reference to the author's sister. Plus it was written during covid and it spends a lot of space in the short opinion piece talking about turning off cameras and using the mute button.
Try to get your facts in order before spreading bad information.

My oldest did very well in mcps and failed one if their 1st semester college courses. This was a class they had an A in here at mcps. The college course was a 101 survey. They are not prepared.

You are one of many parents who've shared this anecdote. People who try to gaslight us into believing otherwise are either blind or have an agenda to preserve the status quo.

Anecdotes are not fact, especially on DCUM.

You want data? Here you go: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/04/01/mcpss-shocking-performance-on-college-and-career-readiness/

There is also a ton of reporting on this issue:
https://moco360.media/2024/10/08/does-mcps-deserve-a-passing-grade/

https://www.sourceofthespring.com/montgomery-county-news/2837171/montgomery-countys-grading-shift-sparks-questions-about-college-readiness/

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Those all cite anecdotal reports PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Those all cite anecdotal reports PP.

No. Click on the first link. There is hard data.

And by the way, "anecdotes" are valid especially when people are putting their names behind them and they are published by reporters. Why are you so invested in dismissing the experiences of students and teachers?

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Anonymous wrote:Every school in MCPS can be said to have a "bad" reputation

NEC - low test scores, low graduation
DCC - just read about what some people have said on this board about Kennedy and kids with ankle bracelets
BCC - violent fights caught on video after the football game
Sherwood - racist taunting at sports games
Churchill - high pressure leading to mental health issues
RM - high profile security incidents recently

We could go on. Name a school and people on this board will give you the bad. In reality all MCPS high schools are basically very good schools but all of them have some negative aspects because no place is perfect

I don't know, if you talk to kids that recently went to certain schools they might say differently. Students in schools with large percentages of low-income kids see a lot in their time there. And recent MCPS grads say their schools didn't adequately prepare them for college. https://wjpitch.com/top-stories/2021/01/15/does-mcps-prepare-students-for-future-success/

FWIW I have a kid in a DCC ES. We plan on staying in the system, but we're not going to pretend it's awesome. We want awareness of MCPS's failures so they get their act together.

That's a ridiculous article to post. That article has one random student quoted and a reference to the author's sister. Plus it was written during covid and it spends a lot of space in the short opinion piece talking about turning off cameras and using the mute button.
Try to get your facts in order before spreading bad information.

My oldest did very well in mcps and failed one if their 1st semester college courses. This was a class they had an A in here at mcps. The college course was a 101 survey. They are not prepared.

You are one of many parents who've shared this anecdote. People who try to gaslight us into believing otherwise are either blind or have an agenda to preserve the status quo.

Anecdotes are not fact, especially on DCUM.

Ok. Thanks for the gaslighting.

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Anonymous wrote:Those all cite anecdotal reports PP.

No. Click on the first link. There is hard data.

And by the way, "anecdotes" are valid especially when people are putting their names behind them and they are published by reporters. Why are you so invested in dismissing the experiences of students and teachers?

Because they have an agenda. The most likely scenario is they work for the system. The other possibility is they're a parent who is weirdly obsessed with preserving the reputation of MCPS because it worked well for their kid, so they can't stretch their brains to imagine that might not be true for every family across our 200+ schools.

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PP no one has an agenda but you. Everyone recognizes this could be an issue. They are just saying you're not doing yourself any favors in the way you are writing and being defensive while still managing to sound not that bright.

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Anonymous wrote:PP no one has an agenda but you. Everyone recognizes this could be an issue. They are just saying you're not doing yourself any favors in the way you are writing and being defensive while still managing to sound not that bright.

You're trying to gaslight more than one person here and also not making much sense.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.sourceofthespring.com/montgomery-county-news/2837171/montgomery-countys-grading-shift-sparks-questions-about-college-readiness/

Great quotes from Lynne Harris. Why wasn’t she talking like this when she was on the Board of Ed? So tired of the low expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:PP no one has an agenda but you. Everyone recognizes this could be an issue. They are just saying you're not doing yourself any favors in the way you are writing and being defensive while still managing to sound not that bright.

You're trying to gaslight more than one person here and also not making much sense.

Trying and failing miserably, and then posturing with smug, stupid remarks that they think make sound superior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? Even with the racism incidents, there’s no way that Wootton is anywhere near the top of any bad list of schools in MCPS.

The classism and racism that is prevalent at Wootton is not unique to Wootton. It comes with the territory when you have schools that are de facto segregated. Those racist and classist attitudes are also in existence at all of the W schools, because those attitudes are common in circles where wealth, privilege and whiteness are dominant.

I worked in the Wooton cluster for years and did not find it to be racist or classist in any way. Just the opposite, actually. I found families and students to be very open-minded.

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Anonymous wrote:My school business administrator is a crook. She runs a real estate business from her office, killed both the ptsa and booster club because they wanted money to go to students. She literally steals money from families to fund programs for teachers she likes, and when mcps is informed, they disregard it and shame you for daring to challenges her. We don’t have a school newspaper because they tried to expose her and they got shut down. She’s had at least 2 principals removed by making false allegations against them when they found out what she was up to.

This rings true to me!

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? Even with the racism incidents, there’s no way that Wootton is anywhere near the top of any bad list of schools in MCPS.

The classism and racism that is prevalent at Wootton is not unique to Wootton. It comes with the territory when you have schools that are de facto segregated. Those racist and classist attitudes are also in existence at all of the W schools, because those attitudes are common in circles where wealth, privilege and whiteness are dominant.

I worked in the Wooton cluster for years and did not find it to be racist or classist in any way. Just the opposite, actually. I found families and students to be very open-minded.

That's not how Black students, parents and staff at Wootton feel.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? Even with the racism incidents, there’s no way that Wootton is anywhere near the top of any bad list of schools in MCPS.

The classism and racism that is prevalent at Wootton is not unique to Wootton. It comes with the territory when you have schools that are de facto segregated. Those racist and classist attitudes are also in existence at all of the W schools, because those attitudes are common in circles where wealth, privilege and whiteness are dominant.

I worked in the Wooton cluster for years and did not find it to be racist or classist in any way. Just the opposite, actually. I found families and students to be very open-minded.

That's not how Black students, parents and staff at Wootton feel.

Please. Channelling Jawando who's smearing hundreds of students because of what one or two kids did so he can be relevant isn't credible.

From what I heard - someone printed on a printer, someone wrote on a desk, someone yelled something from a car. Was it the same or different kids? Were they suspended? End of story.

If you want to do an article about a crappy school, start with Blair. Now that's a school you can write books about!

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It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.