Did you waste your money buying a house to get access to MCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:With the recent news about the failure of 2.0, I wonder what we did when we bought our house to send our kids to MCPS.
My kids fall smack dab in the wave of 2.0. They are 13 and 14. They got a heavy dose of 2.0 and any changes that are planned won’t gelp them one bit.
It has been years of complaining, tutoring, frustration and a stint at a private school that we couldn’t afford.
The only upside for me is if they fix the schools (I can’t imagine it getting any worse), my property value will probably improve.
I feel as if my kids were cheated and as a parent, I was exhausted.
My distrust will persist because these public servants betrayed us.

Maybe spend more time working with your kids then complaining about MCPS on DCUM. That shit is helpful to no one and no system.

Not true. Informed parents can decide.

A complaint is not information. You spouting crap about and entire system failing everyone's kids is not information.IT IS OPINION! You do not know the difference.

So the audit is just an opinion? Why don't you call up Johns Hopkins and tell them you think they're wrong.

READ M***^**** I SAID YOU WERE SPOUTING OPINION. JOHNS HOPKINS ISSUED A REPORT!!!!!!! YOU ISSUED AN OPINION OUT OF YOUR A**

wow, you need to go take your meds.

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Anonymous wrote:I think every parent should complain as loudly as we can. The way 2.0 was implemented was nothing short of criminal negligence. Sure, some kids are going to be fine no matter what happens. Their native intelligence and advantaged circumstance protected them from an inadequate education at school. But for the majority of the students, 2.0 was a massive failure as the JHU studies pointed out in student performance changes relative to neighboring district. MCPS needs to be rebuked and held accountable by every stakeholder. Your child may be fine but the school reputation and your property value may be affected as well. Just tell others to shut up is not the answer when the external audit is so black and white.

I think it's good to hold MCPS accountable, and for parents to complain, but the doom and gloom regarding property values is over the top.

Is it though? I think most MoCo housing prices are not increasing as fast as the District or NoVa. The upper county is pretty slow recovering.

Eh, the real estate market is pretty good in our upcounty neighborhood. We just sold our place in 7 days to move to a larger place. Most houses only stay on the market for a week at most, unless there's something really wrong with them.

You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

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Anonymous wrote:I think every parent should complain as loudly as we can. The way 2.0 was implemented was nothing short of criminal negligence. Sure, some kids are going to be fine no matter what happens. Their native intelligence and advantaged circumstance protected them from an inadequate education at school. But for the majority of the students, 2.0 was a massive failure as the JHU studies pointed out in student performance changes relative to neighboring district. MCPS needs to be rebuked and held accountable by every stakeholder. Your child may be fine but the school reputation and your property value may be affected as well. Just tell others to shut up is not the answer when the external audit is so black and white.

I think it's good to hold MCPS accountable, and for parents to complain, but the doom and gloom regarding property values is over the top.

Is it though? I think most MoCo housing prices are not increasing as fast as the District or NoVa. The upper county is pretty slow recovering.

There are other reasons for property value increases in DC or NoVa, mostly around being closer to your job. Most people don't move to DC proper just for the schools. They do it to be close to their jobs. This is why Bethesda home prices are more expensive, because it's within the beltway. Similar for McLean etc.. Traffic going from MD to VA in the morning is worse than the other way because a lot of folks who live in MD work in VA.

Similar situation in SF where I'm originally from. SF schools are terrible, in general. But look at the housing prices. People aren't moving there for the schools. It's because of the jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:I think every parent should complain as loudly as we can. The way 2.0 was implemented was nothing short of criminal negligence. Sure, some kids are going to be fine no matter what happens. Their native intelligence and advantaged circumstance protected them from an inadequate education at school. But for the majority of the students, 2.0 was a massive failure as the JHU studies pointed out in student performance changes relative to neighboring district. MCPS needs to be rebuked and held accountable by every stakeholder. Your child may be fine but the school reputation and your property value may be affected as well. Just tell others to shut up is not the answer when the external audit is so black and white.

I think it's good to hold MCPS accountable, and for parents to complain, but the doom and gloom regarding property values is over the top.

Is it though? I think most MoCo housing prices are not increasing as fast as the District or NoVa. The upper county is pretty slow recovering.

Eh, the real estate market is pretty good in our upcounty neighborhood. We just sold our place in 7 days to move to a larger place. Most houses only stay on the market for a week at most, unless there's something really wrong with them.

You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Huh? I didn't even tell you what our house went for, so how can you make that judgment? We sold our house at the highest price our model has gone for since the recession (which was exactly market rate, btw).

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You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Because housing prices in Montgomery County aren't unaffordable to enough people yet?

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I also cringe when I think about the amount of time and anguish my kids went through with the scramble from tutor to tutor. Yes, there was some yelling too.

I suspect that there were some very immature people at a high up level. I am a fan of criminal charges. That will make the next school system think twice about fiddling with stuff they know nothing about. Leave curriculum writing to the experts!

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Anonymous wrote:I also cringe when I think about the amount of time and anguish my kids went through with the scramble from tutor to tutor. Yes, there was some yelling too.

I suspect that there were some very immature people at a high up level. I am a fan of criminal charges. That will make the next school system think twice about fiddling with stuff they know nothing about. Leave curriculum writing to the experts!

Damn you, Poe's Law.

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Anonymous wrote:I think every parent should complain as loudly as we can. The way 2.0 was implemented was nothing short of criminal negligence. Sure, some kids are going to be fine no matter what happens. Their native intelligence and advantaged circumstance protected them from an inadequate education at school. But for the majority of the students, 2.0 was a massive failure as the JHU studies pointed out in student performance changes relative to neighboring district. MCPS needs to be rebuked and held accountable by every stakeholder. Your child may be fine but the school reputation and your property value may be affected as well. Just tell others to shut up is not the answer when the external audit is so black and white.

I think it's good to hold MCPS accountable, and for parents to complain, but the doom and gloom regarding property values is over the top.

Is it though? I think most MoCo housing prices are not increasing as fast as the District or NoVa. The upper county is pretty slow recovering.

Eh, the real estate market is pretty good in our upcounty neighborhood. We just sold our place in 7 days to move to a larger place. Most houses only stay on the market for a week at most, unless there's something really wrong with them.

You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Huh? I didn't even tell you what our house went for, so how can you make that judgment? We sold our house at the highest price our model has gone for since the recession (which was exactly market rate, btw).

My point is that there is good and there is excellent. I want excellent schools.

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You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Because housing prices in Montgomery County aren't unaffordable to enough people yet?

+1 I keep hearing how people are fleeing MoCo but then see all these new developments come up. If you are expecting that a better curriculum would make Gaithersburg house prices and desirability to be the same as Bethesda, then you will be waiting for a very long time (like never).

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Anonymous wrote:I think every parent should complain as loudly as we can. The way 2.0 was implemented was nothing short of criminal negligence. Sure, some kids are going to be fine no matter what happens. Their native intelligence and advantaged circumstance protected them from an inadequate education at school. But for the majority of the students, 2.0 was a massive failure as the JHU studies pointed out in student performance changes relative to neighboring district. MCPS needs to be rebuked and held accountable by every stakeholder. Your child may be fine but the school reputation and your property value may be affected as well. Just tell others to shut up is not the answer when the external audit is so black and white.

I think it's good to hold MCPS accountable, and for parents to complain, but the doom and gloom regarding property values is over the top.

Is it though? I think most MoCo housing prices are not increasing as fast as the District or NoVa. The upper county is pretty slow recovering.

Eh, the real estate market is pretty good in our upcounty neighborhood. We just sold our place in 7 days to move to a larger place. Most houses only stay on the market for a week at most, unless there's something really wrong with them.

You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Huh? I didn't even tell you what our house went for, so how can you make that judgment? We sold our house at the highest price our model has gone for since the recession (which was exactly market rate, btw).

My point is that there is good and there is excellent. I want excellent schools.

DP. . as do we all, but did we waste money buying into MCPS? No, I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

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You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Because housing prices in Montgomery County aren't unaffordable to enough people yet?

+1 I keep hearing how people are fleeing MoCo but then see all these new developments come up. If you are expecting that a better curriculum would make Gaithersburg house prices and desirability to be the same as Bethesda, then you will be waiting for a very long time (like never).

LOL. Nice troll job.

- Kentlands resident (avg HHI in our neighborhood is $160K ... not all areas of Gaithersburg are the same)

[Anonymous]

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You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Because housing prices in Montgomery County aren't unaffordable to enough people yet?

+1 I keep hearing how people are fleeing MoCo but then see all these new developments come up. If you are expecting that a better curriculum would make Gaithersburg house prices and desirability to be the same as Bethesda, then you will be waiting for a very long time (like never).

LOL. Nice troll job.

- Kentlands resident (avg HHI in our neighborhood is $160K ... not all areas of Gaithersburg are the same)

Kentland prices is still no where near house prices in Bethesda. I was trying to disparage Gaithersburg. Just stating that house prices around here are not just dependent on school curriculum but more on being closer in.

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^ lol.. sorry, I meant to state "I wasn't trying to disparage".

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Anonymous wrote:What is it with the spate of MCPS HAS BETRAYED US AND RUINED OUR LIVES threads on DCUM? Is this a regular spring break thing?

There are definitely a bunch of doom and gloom MCPS posters who resurface every now and then.

+1 MCPS has issues but many of these posters aren’t constructive. They’re starting posts on other forums (Virginia schools) that turn into rants about McPS. They need to run for the Board so they can change the things they feel are so badly mismanaged or find a job so they can stop whining.

Or, just maybe, you could shut up. People are right to be upset that the curriculum failed their kids.

I have to assume that 1) you're an MCPS hack, 2) you're a private school parent, 3) you're from another school system, or 4) you don't give a crap about your kid's education.

NP, you obiviously went to a school system that failed you pp. You made a lot of dumbass assumptions above. Guess what, there are a lot of MCPS parents who do not feel their kids have been failed. Do people have concerns, complaints, suggestions, YES. But a lot of us are good with what we have and do not feel like their kids have a doom and gloom future spent complaining about shit on the internet.

That's us. Happy with MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:

You might have gotten more if the schools were better.

Because housing prices in Montgomery County aren't unaffordable to enough people yet?

+1 I keep hearing how people are fleeing MoCo but then see all these new developments come up. If you are expecting that a better curriculum would make Gaithersburg house prices and desirability to be the same as Bethesda, then you will be waiting for a very long time (like never).

LOL. Nice troll job.

- Kentlands resident (avg HHI in our neighborhood is $160K ... not all areas of Gaithersburg are the same)

Kentland prices is still no where near house prices in Bethesda. I was trying to disparage Gaithersburg. Just stating that house prices around here are not just dependent on school curriculum but more on being closer in.

Ok, but they're far and away higher than Gaithersburg prices overall.