New boundary study for Churchill, Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, RM, Northwest, Poolesville, QO, SV, WM, Wootton

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Anonymous wrote:If MCPS has good schools with top-notch education programs, FARMS won't matter one way or the other. Parents that care about education will relocate to the county for their children's educational opportunities.

It seems MCPS has given up trying to provide top-notch programs. Now their only strategy is to shift around poor people in the hopes of watering down issues at their home schools.

However, the assumption that poor=problem is one MCPS CO is making up themselves. Instead the CO should step up and go sit daily at the schools with problems and instead of at Hungerford. And they should sit there, at that school, until it's problems have been fixed.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, there's a direct correlation between test scores and poverty. Schools with the least poverty have the highest averages. Even schools where many kids do as well as anywhere have a lower average because they shoulder more poverty. You can try to pretend it doesn't matter but it really does.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, you can pretend that FARMS can be solved by the school, but not really.

The "direct correlation between test scores and poverty" is pretty straight-forward. Parents who are educated tend to educate at home and seek out schools with high academic standards. Parents who are not educated, on average, earn less income. A child without academic support at home is less likely to academically succeed. The compensating factor would be to offer free tutoring (which MCPS did). The question is how many FARMS students even took advantage of the program? You can lead a horse to water..

Pretend all you want, but the school can't change a child's parents.

Some of it is also genetics. Those with higher incomes often have higher IQ's they pass onto their kids/

Poor kids and rich kids are not each homogenous groups. Most poor kids care about school and are bright, some are even gifted, but they are put in learning environments with the most troubled children and that are least conducive to learning

Wrong. With restorative justice, classrooms are equitable.

Great. So there should be no problem adjusting boundaries to relieve crowding. The RJ and other initiatives would simply follow, proportionately, the populations in need to preserve that equitability.

What she said.

[Anonymous]

Have they even pulled a permit for Crown yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they even pulled a permit for Crown yet?

Not sure, but the latest Construction Progress report says the project is 4% completed.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/D83NTS61809A/$file/Construct%20Prog%20Rpt%20240731.pdf

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Don't worry. The leftie parents in MoCo will be insisting their wealthy/UMC children go to school with poor kids in the name pf equity/equality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have they even pulled a permit for Crown yet?

There is construction activity going on at and around the site.

[Anonymous]

Do boundary studies ever result in anything besides wasted time and money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do boundary studies ever result in anything besides wasted time and money?

They typically result in new school boundaries, especially when a new school is being built, as is the case here.

[Anonymous]

RFP details for the boundary study were just put out by Adam Pagnucco: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/09/24/mcps-planning-massive-boundary-review-contract/

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Anonymous wrote:RFP details for the boundary study were just put out by Adam Pagnucco: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/09/24/mcps-planning-massive-boundary-review-contract/

So 2026 new boundaries will go into effect. That'll be must-see TV.

[Anonymous]

Prepare for the meltdowns now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for the meltdowns now.

Stone Cold Steve Austin is melting down in Urbana already. You don't even go here, Steve!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RFP details for the boundary study were just put out by Adam Pagnucco: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/09/24/mcps-planning-massive-boundary-review-contract/

So 2026 new boundaries will go into effect. That'll be must-see TV.

The decisions will be made in 2026, but they won't go into effect until 2027 (or later).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If MCPS has good schools with top-notch education programs, FARMS won't matter one way or the other. Parents that care about education will relocate to the county for their children's educational opportunities.

It seems MCPS has given up trying to provide top-notch programs. Now their only strategy is to shift around poor people in the hopes of watering down issues at their home schools.

However, the assumption that poor=problem is one MCPS CO is making up themselves. Instead the CO should step up and go sit daily at the schools with problems and instead of at Hungerford. And they should sit there, at that school, until it's problems have been fixed.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, there's a direct correlation between test scores and poverty. Schools with the least poverty have the highest averages. Even schools where many kids do as well as anywhere have a lower average because they shoulder more poverty. You can try to pretend it doesn't matter but it really does.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, you can pretend that FARMS can be solved by the school, but not really.

The "direct correlation between test scores and poverty" is pretty straight-forward. Parents who are educated tend to educate at home and seek out schools with high academic standards. Parents who are not educated, on average, earn less income. A child without academic support at home is less likely to academically succeed. The compensating factor would be to offer free tutoring (which MCPS did). The question is how many FARMS students even took advantage of the program? You can lead a horse to water..

Pretend all you want, but the school can't change a child's parents.

Some of it is also genetics. Those with higher incomes often have higher IQ's they pass onto their kids/

Poor kids and rich kids are not each homogenous groups. Most poor kids care about school and are bright, some are even gifted, but they are put in learning environments with the most troubled children and that are least conducive to learning

Wrong. With restorative justice, classrooms are equitable.

Great. So there should be no problem adjusting boundaries to relieve crowding. The RJ and other initiatives would simply follow, proportionately, the populations in need to preserve that equitability.

Huh? You’re smoking some serious pot. If Crown or Rio gets trashed by gangs and drug dealers in the name of RJ and equity, you can bet the Council will be looking for other employment- and not with MCPS since their budget would get slashed to pay for damages. Rio is one of the few relatively-low-crime-areas in the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If MCPS has good schools with top-notch education programs, FARMS won't matter one way or the other. Parents that care about education will relocate to the county for their children's educational opportunities.

It seems MCPS has given up trying to provide top-notch programs. Now their only strategy is to shift around poor people in the hopes of watering down issues at their home schools.

However, the assumption that poor=problem is one MCPS CO is making up themselves. Instead the CO should step up and go sit daily at the schools with problems and instead of at Hungerford. And they should sit there, at that school, until it's problems have been fixed.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, there's a direct correlation between test scores and poverty. Schools with the least poverty have the highest averages. Even schools where many kids do as well as anywhere have a lower average because they shoulder more poverty. You can try to pretend it doesn't matter but it really does.

This is nonsense. Even in MCPS, you can pretend that FARMS can be solved by the school, but not really.

The "direct correlation between test scores and poverty" is pretty straight-forward. Parents who are educated tend to educate at home and seek out schools with high academic standards. Parents who are not educated, on average, earn less income. A child without academic support at home is less likely to academically succeed. The compensating factor would be to offer free tutoring (which MCPS did). The question is how many FARMS students even took advantage of the program? You can lead a horse to water..

Pretend all you want, but the school can't change a child's parents.

Some of it is also genetics. Those with higher incomes often have higher IQ's they pass onto their kids/

Poor kids and rich kids are not each homogenous groups. Most poor kids care about school and are bright, some are even gifted, but they are put in learning environments with the most troubled children and that are least conducive to learning

Wrong. With restorative justice, classrooms are equitable.

Great. So there should be no problem adjusting boundaries to relieve crowding. The RJ and other initiatives would simply follow, proportionately, the populations in need to preserve that equitability.

Huh? You’re smoking some serious pot. If Crown or Rio gets trashed by gangs and drug dealers in the name of RJ and equity, you can bet the Council will be looking for other employment- and not with MCPS since their budget would get slashed to pay for damages. Rio is one of the few relatively-low-crime-areas in the county.

Take this bull somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for the meltdowns now.

Started in the KF Neighbors FB group this morning.