Why does BCC get so much hatred?

[Anonymous]

Who were the kids causing the disruptive behavior? The poors or the spoiled rich kids?

[Anonymous]

The middle school I work in had a kid show up drunk once. A little later in the year, she brought some alcohol into school and shared it with another kid.

It's not even just high school.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC has major problems; anyone who denies this is understandably defending the school their kids go to. The kids roam around aimlessly, there’s no lunchroom, and it seems like it’s basically an IB degree mill for parents who enrich heavily at home and a four year purgatory for those who don’t. The kids we’ve met fall into these categories as well; the rich, enrichment focused parents in east Bethesda push their kids hard and they do well, and then there’s a big divide to a lot very underwhelming, poor discipline kids. Pot has become a huge problem, too, but we can’t talk about that because marijuana is good now, or something. I’d put BCC below WJ and WC at this point.

You’re ridiculous. I doubt you even know BCc. BCC has a lunch room, but it’s too small to fit the entire student body of 2300. When BCC did have a functioning lunchroom a bajillion years ago when I went there, there were 3 or 4 “lunch periods” some of which started really early (who wants to eat lunch at 10:30) or really late. Scheduling classes was even more of a nightmare because everyone had to have a lunch but there is no longer a clear grade cohort structure because kids have so many class options. A 10th grader might be taking AP Lang with 11th and 12th graders. It also was a nightmare to arrange to see teachers at lunch.

BCC long ago ditched the idea of everyone eating together in the cafeteria. BCC now has 1 “open” lunch period for everyone. “Open” means you can go off campus and eat at one of the many Bethesda takeout places. If you pack your lunch, you can eat anywhere with anyone. Or you can see teachers or participate in lunchtime club meetings. Lunch is still served in the cafeteria for those who want to buy it or get it for free. During the pandemic boxed lunch was free for all, which was great!

You are complaining about lunch accommodations that no one at BCC - neither teachers, parents nor students - thinks is problematic.

FWIW, the IB program is not just for rich kids. Unlike RM Magnet, BCC IB is open to all- including BCC’s immigrant, international and FARMS students. You can take a full IB load and get the degree or you can just take 1 or 2 classes. There is no tracking into IB - some bright kids do IB, some take APs, either way college outcomes are good.

As for pot - well it’s legal in MD and DC over age 21, so like alcohol now.

Also - who calls Churchill “WC” - do you even live in MoCo?

Bcc always had an open lunch.

[Anonymous]

BCC has a mix of families who are wealthier and families who are poorer than Ws, and overall the student body performs at a lower cumulative level.
That's not a reason to hate on it, but some people are snobby about that.

https://moderatelymoco.com/mcps-advanced-placement-ap-tests-scores-by-school-2019-2021-data-analysis/

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Anonymous wrote:20% of the kids at B-CC are lower middle class or poor. That scares a good chunk of the residents of the area.

Really? My friends and I moved to BCC area instead of Whitman BECAUSE it's more diverse. The people hating on BCC are mostly people at Whitman I think...

more than likely, yes.

Why do Whitman parents hate on BCC?

Envy.

Envy for what?

[Anonymous]

NP here - I hope things will improve at BCC, since we just bought into that school zone. Kid will start Westland in Fall. I picked that school zone over Pyle/Whitman for the reasons that Westland/BCC are more economically diverse and Westland student population is smaller than Pyle.

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Anonymous wrote:20% of the kids at B-CC are lower middle class or poor. That scares a good chunk of the residents of the area.

Really? My friends and I moved to BCC area instead of Whitman BECAUSE it's more diverse. The people hating on BCC are mostly people at Whitman I think...

more than likely, yes.

Why do Whitman parents hate on BCC?

Envy.

Envy for what?

Not being Whitman.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bcc pulls from parts of silver spring.

So?

BCC has a large student population who are much wealthier than most W schools but because of the students pulled from the Silver Spring apartments, the snobs on here think it’s not as good. They’d prefer a more upper middle class school that has more white kids.

In my experience, BCC has a level of diversity that the average Potomac parent doesn’t value. They somehow think their outdated colonial that has more than doubled in value since they bought it makes them elite. They have no concept of what ultra wealthy is and focus more on staying away from any lower middle class non-whites.

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Anonymous wrote:Bcc pulls from parts of silver spring.

So?

BCC has a large student population who are much wealthier than most W schools but because of the students pulled from the Silver Spring apartments, the snobs on here think it’s not as good. They’d prefer a more upper middle class school that has more white kids.

In my experience, BCC has a level of diversity that the average Potomac parent doesn’t value. They somehow think their outdated colonial that has more than doubled in value since they bought it makes them elite. They have no concept of what ultra wealthy is and focus more on staying away from any lower middle class non-whites.

Ok, but I don’t care about all this BS. What I want to understand is why do Whitman parents hate on BCC, and is BCC academically as strong as Whitman.

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Anonymous wrote:Bcc pulls from parts of silver spring.

So?

BCC has a large student population who are much wealthier than most W schools but because of the students pulled from the Silver Spring apartments, the snobs on here think it’s not as good. They’d prefer a more upper middle class school that has more white kids.

In my experience, BCC has a level of diversity that the average Potomac parent doesn’t value. They somehow think their outdated colonial that has more than doubled in value since they bought it makes them elite. They have no concept of what ultra wealthy is and focus more on staying away from any lower middle class non-whites.

Ok, but I don’t care about all this BS. What I want to understand is why do Whitman parents hate on BCC, and is BCC academically as strong as Whitman.

Income adjusted, BCC is probably stronger.

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PP here - sorry, not from area, what do you mean by "Income adjusted, BCC is probably stronger"?

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Anonymous wrote:PP here - sorry, not from area, what do you mean by "Income adjusted, BCC is probably stronger"?

Family income tracks closely with scholastic outcome. Wealthy families succeed pretty much everywhere. Poor families struggle pretty much everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Bcc pulls from parts of silver spring.

So?

Poor

[Anonymous]

I think it should be noted that I have seen from BCC many examples of kids from poor, immigrant families who have been elevated by going to school with motivated white kids. All of such kids in my DD’s elementary school class who graduated from BCC last year are now at UMD. All are first in their families to go to college. It’s really really nice to see.
I know people like these stories but don’t want it at the cost of their child’s education. That didn’t happen. My DD is at a great college and I think going to a school with such a big socio-economic mix was good for her.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here - sorry, not from area, what do you mean by "Income adjusted, BCC is probably stronger"?

Family income tracks closely with scholastic outcome. Wealthy families succeed pretty much everywhere. Poor families struggle pretty much everywhere.

Thanks for explaining.