Sherwood High School

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I'm no Olney fan and I don't live there but everything you said there can be applied to Bethesda and Potomac. As a Black person, I have gotten more "looks" in Bethesada, CC than in Olney. Olney is 61% white while Bethesa is 72% white and CC is over 80%. These two places are definitely not healthy climate.

Understood. But again, the thing that makes it worse in Olney is that it's very self-contained and more rural, which enhances the feeling even more. Dare I say I'd rather live in Bethesda and CC than Olney as the former 2, in my experience have more understanding people from what I've seen. I know that Sherwood (at least for me personally if I'm raising kids), is a no-go. OP should look into Blake, PB, and other clusters. Case closed.

Olney is not rural. Have you ever been there or sat in traffic on Georgia Ave or ridden the bus? I have lived there for 10 years. It's just bizarre to me that people on this thread believe people in Olney are just gunning to say the n-word. Very out of touch with reality. Also much of the discussion of Olney on this board has a classist element to it. White people who live in Olney don't have as much money as people who live in W clusters (maybe true in some cases maybe not in others), therefore they must be racist white trash Trumpers from a "rural" area. This is a common theme on this forum.

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It’s hilarious how many threads diss Olney as poor/not as good as the W schools and then paint us as racists.

It’s a family-centric community with a small town vibe despite being a bustling suburb. Would a rural community have 4 grocery stores? Lol.

I wonder if the haters are jealous of our multiple beer farms.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I can tell you as a 55 year old white person that I have never, ever heard anyone use the N-word, except in rap music. I'm sure there are a very small number that do, but you need to get over your paranoia. And yes, there are probably neighbors who move in who bring down property values, but I wouldn't necessarily tie that to race. In short, don't make assumptions about other people.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I can tell you as a 55 year old white person that I have never, ever heard anyone use the N-word, except in rap music. I'm sure there are a very small number that do, but you need to get over your paranoia. And yes, there are probably neighbors who move in who bring down property values, but I wouldn't necessarily tie that to race. In short, don't make assumptions about other people.

A lot of the MS kids I work with use it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I can tell you as a 55 year old white person that I have never, ever heard anyone use the N-word, except in rap music. I'm sure there are a very small number that do, but you need to get over your paranoia. And yes, there are probably neighbors who move in who bring down property values, but I wouldn't necessarily tie that to race. In short, don't make assumptions about other people.

A lot of the MS kids I work with use it.

Maybe we should stop using it in rap songs, etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I can tell you as a 55 year old white person that I have never, ever heard anyone use the N-word, except in rap music. I'm sure there are a very small number that do, but you need to get over your paranoia. And yes, there are probably neighbors who move in who bring down property values, but I wouldn't necessarily tie that to race. In short, don't make assumptions about other people.

A lot of the MS kids I work with use it.

Maybe we should stop using it in rap songs, etc.?

Well, damn that pesky first amendment.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I can tell you as a 55 year old white person that I have never, ever heard anyone use the N-word, except in rap music. I'm sure there are a very small number that do, but you need to get over your paranoia. And yes, there are probably neighbors who move in who bring down property values, but I wouldn't necessarily tie that to race. In short, don't make assumptions about other people.

A lot of the MS kids I work with use it.

Maybe we should stop using it in rap songs, etc.?

Well, damn that pesky first amendment.

The first amendment applies to government censorship. If people voted with their pocketbook and stopped glamorizing negative aspects of black culture such as their use of the n word in music and everyday slang, maybe white and Asian and Latino kids wouldn’t use it as much?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I'm no Olney fan and I don't live there but everything you said there can be applied to Bethesda and Potomac. As a Black person, I have gotten more "looks" in Bethesada, CC than in Olney. Olney is 61% white while Bethesa is 72% white and CC is over 80%. These two places are definitely not healthy climate.

Understood. But again, the thing that makes it worse in Olney is that it's very self-contained and more rural, which enhances the feeling even more. Dare I say I'd rather live in Bethesda and CC than Olney as the former 2, in my experience have more understanding people from what I've seen. I know that Sherwood (at least for me personally if I'm raising kids), is a no-go. OP should look into Blake, PB, and other clusters. Case closed.

Olney is not rural. Have you ever been there or sat in traffic on Georgia Ave or ridden the bus? I have lived there for 10 years. It's just bizarre to me that people on this thread believe people in Olney are just gunning to say the n-word. Very out of touch with reality. Also much of the discussion of Olney on this board has a classist element to it. White people who live in Olney don't have as much money as people who live in W clusters (maybe true in some cases maybe not in others), therefore they must be racist white trash Trumpers from a "rural" area. This is a common theme on this forum.

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It’s hilarious how many threads diss Olney as poor/not as good as the W schools and then paint us as racists.

It’s a family-centric community with a small town vibe despite being a bustling suburb. Would a rural community have 4 grocery stores? Lol.

I wonder if the haters are jealous of our multiple beer farms.

Which community in Montgomery County is not family-centric?

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I know someone who works in DC but lives in Olney. White family who moved here from Texas. I don’t understand why you would buy in Olney if your office is in downtown DC. I don’t think he is racist but he did say that they moved to Olney so they could avoid neighbors. I don’t really get that but whatever

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Anonymous wrote:OP, there is the wrong place to ask about Sherwood. There is a ton of Olney hatred on this site from white UMC people sheltered in W schools who believe that Olney is filled with racist white trash people who cannot afford a W school. I have lived in the Olney/Brookeville area for 12 years and my kids go to the Sherwood cluster. They are building $700k townhomes and $1m+ SFHs here. My neighbors are CPAs, Ph.D.'s, J.D.'s, to name a few. I do not know Trumpers. A school that is less than 50% white is not predominantly white. Yes, it is not as diverse as MCPS as a whole, but there is not as much poverty here in Olney. Funny how I rarely see threads saying the W school parents/kids are racist when their schools are far less diverse than Olney.

Just because the population is less than 50% White doesn't mean that White mainstream culture isn't predominant at the school, or that White experiences are usually centered to the detriment of children who are disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, lower-income, etc. Believe me, White UMC people aren't hating on your town - this poster has lived in East County all his life. That's a problem with this toxic thread, everyone from every other cluster is "hating on you". Just because someone is a professional doesn't mean that they are incapable of hiding their true hateful values. What we're trying to say is that Olney has that negative Country Club vibe for anyone who knows exactly what I mean. Not exactly a rocket science concept here.

Why don’t you explain that a little bit for us? I’m the pp POC that lived here since the 90s and I’ve never seen or felt any negative vibes. Walk-through town, go to school events, Olney Days and you will see how diverse Olney is.

What I’m not going to deny is that someone may have experienced racism, but that is not exclusive to Olney. That happens in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and even Takoma Park and it happens in every single MCPS school.

Yes, I'd love to. When I say "Country Club" vibe, I mean that, yes, people will be nice in your face because who would be dumb enough to utter the n-word in your presence. However, the second they get home, the second they see BIPOC moving in somewhere/congregating/what have you, they hop on the neighborhood listserve talking about " those people" who want to "bring down property values" or "destroy the integrity and character of our neighborhood". Very coded language, and they only work with minorities when they have to. A town that is ~70% White, according to Wikipedia, isn't going to be a very healthy climate. I'm not saying racism is exclusive to Olney, but I'm saying that out of the news we see from clusters historically, they're always up there in terms of trouble.

I'm no Olney fan and I don't live there but everything you said there can be applied to Bethesda and Potomac. As a Black person, I have gotten more "looks" in Bethesada, CC than in Olney. Olney is 61% white while Bethesa is 72% white and CC is over 80%. These two places are definitely not healthy climate.

Understood. But again, the thing that makes it worse in Olney is that it's very self-contained and more rural, which enhances the feeling even more. Dare I say I'd rather live in Bethesda and CC than Olney as the former 2, in my experience have more understanding people from what I've seen. I know that Sherwood (at least for me personally if I'm raising kids), is a no-go. OP should look into Blake, PB, and other clusters. Case closed.

Olney is not rural. Have you ever been there or sat in traffic on Georgia Ave or ridden the bus? I have lived there for 10 years. It's just bizarre to me that people on this thread believe people in Olney are just gunning to say the n-word. Very out of touch with reality. Also much of the discussion of Olney on this board has a classist element to it. White people who live in Olney don't have as much money as people who live in W clusters (maybe true in some cases maybe not in others), therefore they must be racist white trash Trumpers from a "rural" area. This is a common theme on this forum.

+1

It’s hilarious how many threads diss Olney as poor/not as good as the W schools and then paint us as racists.

It’s a family-centric community with a small town vibe despite being a bustling suburb. Would a rural community have 4 grocery stores? Lol.

I wonder if the haters are jealous of our multiple beer farms.

Which community in Montgomery County is not family-centric?

The ones where kids are raised by nannies. The ones where people aren’t neighborly.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who works in DC but lives in Olney. White family who moved here from Texas. I don’t understand why you would buy in Olney if your office is in downtown DC. I don’t think he is racist but he did say that they moved to Olney so they could avoid neighbors. I don’t really get that but whatever

I can think of a million reasons.

Price out homes in SS or Bethesda and then price out Olney. Your dollar goes much farther in the outer burbs. That’s an economic choice, not a racist one.

Schools could be another reason. People tend to look at the at a glance reports for mcps. If you can’t afford a “good” school pyramid close in, you tend to look further out.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who works in DC but lives in Olney. White family who moved here from Texas. I don’t understand why you would buy in Olney if your office is in downtown DC. I don’t think he is racist but he did say that they moved to Olney so they could avoid neighbors. I don’t really get that but whatever

Only on upper crust elitist DCUM do you assume someone lives in a more affordable suburb because they are racist. It’s absurd.

[Anonymous]

I’m not from any of these areas, but I’ve always found it odd that DCUMers always love to trash Poolesville, Olney, and Damascus for being “racist” and “Trumpy.” I’m not going to deny that some of these areas are more conservative than down-county & may have problems w/racism. I’ve heard of a number of incidents coming out of Damascus HS, but it’s also an issue in down-county schools west of 270 as well, and I can say that from personal experience with those schools. It may not be the “Trumpy” kind, but it was still racism and still instilled lifelong trauma in minority students. So if you’re commenting on here about how Sherwood is “racist” and you’re a parent from a W school, I hope you have the same energy towards the racism in your own communities as well.

I have relatives & friends who went to Sherwood, and my impression of the school is that it’s a solid & well-rounded high school. The community around the school seems to have a healthy mix of socio-economic diversity. While the FARMS rate at Sherwood is low, it has more FARMS than W schools do, and there’s much more variety in income levels among the non-FARMS students there. Whereas the W schools non-FARMS students are more uniformly affluent, the non-FARMS students at Sherwood are a good mix of regular middle-class, UMC, and very affluent. Racial diversity is like something between the W schools and DCC schools. Sports seem like a huge deal there. There’s not as much pressure to be perfect there like there is in the W schools, but there’s still plenty of motivation & opportunities for high-achieving students to do their thing. I can’t really comment about the teachers or staff, since I don’t know much about that. But as far as the academics of the school and the community around it go, I never noticed anything unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who works in DC but lives in Olney. White family who moved here from Texas. I don’t understand why you would buy in Olney if your office is in downtown DC. I don’t think he is racist but he did say that they moved to Olney so they could avoid neighbors. I don’t really get that but whatever

Only on upper crust elitist DCUM do you assume someone lives in a more affordable suburb because they are racist. It’s absurd.

Honestly! And the crazy part they don’t realize is that a lot of newly well-off non-white immigrants like to live in places like Olney, Clarksburg, Urbana, Poolesville, Damascus, Crofton, Glenelg,
etc as well, making these areas grow incredibly diverse. DCUMers would like to pretend that only white people who are too poor to afford a W appreciate the extra room though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone who works in DC but lives in Olney. White family who moved here from Texas. I don’t understand why you would buy in Olney if your office is in downtown DC. I don’t think he is racist but he did say that they moved to Olney so they could avoid neighbors. I don’t really get that but whatever

Thousands and thousands of people commute from outside of DC into DC. Not just from Olney. That doesn’t mean anything except that they wanted to live in that town. And as far as the Texas mention, depending on where they’re from houses sit on large plots of land and they don’t like having people live close by, ie. neighbors. In Olney/Brookeville you can find houses on larger lots and not have neighbors living so close to you. All that means is they value having property and not living next to neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if this makes you think Olney is more or less rural, but Olney has 9 venues with live music tonight and through the weekend. Nine.

Apparently we are a lively bunch.