African American parents - which schools in MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman pyramid. And private tutoring.

This got to be a joke, right ?

No. It is not. Whitman offers a lot to students. Whitman also have (like all W schools) some real terrible teachers. I did not realize that OP only has 800K to spend. She should in that case move somewhere else in the county. I do not want to say Silver Spring though. I will suggest QO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP. We are zoned for Beverly Farms/Hoover/Churchill, houses here are well within your budget, and we have a number of AA/POC neighbors. We are a close knit neighborhood and the kids are happy and well-adjusted.

But not a very big number.

Why do you want a big number? The majority in MoCo are Hispanics and then Whites. AA and Asian Americans are minority here.

All the schools should reflect the demographic ratio of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP. We are zoned for Beverly Farms/Hoover/Churchill, houses here are well within your budget, and we have a number of AA/POC neighbors. We are a close knit neighborhood and the kids are happy and well-adjusted.

But not a very big number.

Why do you want a big number? The majority in MoCo are Hispanics and then Whites. AA and Asian Americans are minority here.

All the schools should reflect the demographic ratio of the county.

Churchill is 8.7% black, so less than half of the MoCo average of 21%.

[Anonymous]

Why not Edison or Einstein?

[Anonymous]

Bethesda Magazine has a Teen Award every year. Here are the list for 2018: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/march-april-2018/top-teens-3/
The first teen is a black kid from BCC.
OP, your kid could success in any high school in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP. We are zoned for Beverly Farms/Hoover/Churchill, houses here are well within your budget, and we have a number of AA/POC neighbors. We are a close knit neighborhood and the kids are happy and well-adjusted.

But not a very big number.

Why do you want a big number? The majority in MoCo are Hispanics and then Whites. AA and Asian Americans are minority here.

All the schools should reflect the demographic ratio of the county.

The point is that when PP says they have "a number of African-American/POC neighbors", that number might be 1 African-American neighbor. Or even 0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman pyramid. And private tutoring.

This got to be a joke, right ?

No. It is not. Whitman offers a lot to students. Whitman also have (like all W schools) some real terrible teachers. I did not realize that OP only has 800K to spend. She should in that case move somewhere else in the county. I do not want to say Silver Spring though. I will suggest QO.

Um.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whitman pyramid. And private tutoring.

Nooooooooooo, stay away from WHITE MAN

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One pyramid to consider is the following, which we have found much more diverse than what we experienced in DCPS in 2 different schools, one of which (at the time at least) touted its diversity:

Rosemary Hills (K-2), Chevy Chase/North Chevy Chase (3-5), Silver Creek (6-8), BCC (9-12)

This is the winner. BCC HS district, preferably Silver Creek MS. Elem is eh, but hey you can’t have everything

[Anonymous]

Come attend a BCC open house, dates are on the school website. Also Silver Creek has a phenomenal AA principal. $800k can get you a house in that cluster, look near East West and Rock Creek elem. plenty options

[Anonymous]

Wow. No love for the NEC or down county schools? Having had my AA child in a wealthy cluster K-8 and a NEC school 9-12 I can tell you that so much of this starts in the home. Test scores, FARMS rate, etc. Please stop with this. My child faired extremely well after graduation. Got into some very competitive schools and UMD, which some of her cohorts we left on the wealthier district did not. Yes, we left the affluence for a wonderful diverse groups of kids from all sorts of backgrounds, income brackets, etc. and it was the best tho g we ever did for our child. That’s the real world folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not Edison or Einstein?

Clearly you have no idea how Edison works as a school.

Einstein would be a great choice if her DS is interested in the visual arts magnet. Otherwise, there are better options if he wants STEM or the humanities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. No love for the NEC or down county schools? Having had my AA child in a wealthy cluster K-8 and a NEC school 9-12 I can tell you that so much of this starts in the home. Test scores, FARMS rate, etc. Please stop with this. My child faired extremely well after graduation. Got into some very competitive schools and UMD, which some of her cohorts we left on the wealthier district did not. Yes, we left the affluence for a wonderful diverse groups of kids from all sorts of backgrounds, income brackets, etc. and it was the best tho g we ever did for our child. That’s the real world folks.

I have no issue with the NEC, but it’s not a joyous commute unless you head to Columbia or Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP. We are zoned for Beverly Farms/Hoover/Churchill, houses here are well within your budget, and we have a number of AA/POC neighbors. We are a close knit neighborhood and the kids are happy and well-adjusted.

But not a very big number.

Why do you want a big number? The majority in MoCo are Hispanics and then Whites. AA and Asian Americans are minority here.

All the schools should reflect the demographic ratio of the county.

The point is that when PP says they have "a number of African-American/POC neighbors", that number might be 1 African-American neighbor. Or even 0.

Seriously, you think when I posted "a number", I meant zero?

Just doing a high level count in my head, out of about 20 houses on my street, there are three African American families, three Asian American families, and one Indian American family. Seems about typical for the neighborhood. The houses that have sold in the past two years went for 700s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One pyramid to consider is the following, which we have found much more diverse than what we experienced in DCPS in 2 different schools, one of which (at the time at least) touted its diversity:

Rosemary Hills (K-2), Chevy Chase/North Chevy Chase (3-5), Silver Creek (6-8), BCC (9-12)

This is the winner. BCC HS district, preferably Silver Creek MS. Elem is eh, but hey you can’t have everything

Another great thing about this pyramid is it will also become a lot more diverse once they complete the boundary study.