Olney Schools on the Decline?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder why olney schools lag behind bethesda and poolseville schools...what is the difference?

Why do you assume they "lag behind"? On what basis?

Test scores, national merit scholars

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I’m a lawyer. My neighbors are lawyers, doctors, nurses, bankers, Feds, police, firefighters, teachers, etc.

While the pp is trying to paint Olney as low-brow house fraus and mediocre office workers, I find that rude and simply untrue. Yes, there are SAHMs, but there are more working moms...like me...a lawyer. The benefit about our sahms and working moms: parents are very active in schools. There’s a small town, neighborly feel here.

The schools are mcps without the socioeconomic issues in some parts of the county. That doesn’t mean there isn’t racial diversity; rather, the lack of rentals simply means we don’t have as much socioeconomic diversity.

Parts of Wheaton and Aspen Hill are in demand for Spanish speakers since the local businesses and schools cater to them. That drives housing and rental costs.

You're probably a government lawyer. What grade and step are you inching your way toward, now? Just might be able to save up for that new dishwasher. Olney is no Bethesda. Give it up.

Nope, not a Fed. We didn’t want to overpay to be close-in. We prefer to use the money we saved to travel. Plus, we wanted the neighborly feel.

To answer another pp: the neighborly feel is knowing practically everyone from school and sports, carpooling, helping each other out, etc. Lots of Olney/Brookeville residents grew up here.

And, lots of residents have places at the local beaches. We joke that certain beaches are basically Olney on the coast. This means families shuttles kids/friends back and forth.

But this forum is about schools. The schools are good. It’s a good look lifestyle.

Stop trying to make Olney a 'thing' - OMG its just like the Hamptons!!

[Anonymous]

Here's the deal, if you want to move to Olney, keep in mind that there is strong focus on sports and not so much academia program access within the schools/social environments.
To hear from MCPS when asking about various programs around the county that to get a program at our MS or HS it requires the demand from the parents makes me wonder what our "Olney" parents are focusing on.
At our elementary school, I only noticed a few of US working with administration to get in the ELC program but once it happened everyone wanted to be in the program.

So it comes down to this, do you mind driving to get to run an errand because big box stores are not allowed in Olney.
Do you want your child to go to school where the programs are pretty set run of mill because our PTA's are focused on parties and sports rather than holding administration down on making sure that grammarr and math facts and supplemental classes are available for all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the deal, if you want to move to Olney, keep in mind that there is strong focus on sports and not so much academia program access within the schools/social environments.
To hear from MCPS when asking about various programs around the county that to get a program at our MS or HS it requires the demand from the parents makes me wonder what our "Olney" parents are focusing on.
At our elementary school, I only noticed a few of US working with administration to get in the ELC program but once it happened everyone wanted to be in the program.

So it comes down to this, do you mind driving to get to run an errand because big box stores are not allowed in Olney.
Do you want your child to go to school where the programs are pretty set run of mill because our PTA's are focused on parties and sports rather than holding administration down on making sure that grammarr and math facts and supplemental classes are available for all?

That's not why you have to drive to run an errand in Olney. You have to drive to run an errand in Olney because Olney was developed based on the assumption that everyone would drive to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why olney schools lag behind bethesda and poolseville schools...what is the difference?

Why do you assume they "lag behind"? On what basis?

Test scores, national merit scholars

In that case I guess Bethesda schools lag behind RM and Blair. They have way, way more national merit scholars than the Bethesda schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's not why you have to drive to run an errand in Olney. You have to drive to run an errand in Olney because Olney was developed based on the assumption that everyone would drive to do anything.

For all the popularity of "new urbanism" in MoCo, it's still - and likely to remain - a largely car-dependent county outside those new urbanish centers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's not why you have to drive to run an errand in Olney. You have to drive to run an errand in Olney because Olney was developed based on the assumption that everyone would drive to do anything.

For all the popularity of "new urbanism" in MoCo, it's still - and likely to remain - a largely car-dependent county outside those new urbanish centers.

Sure, especially if we act on the assumption that it's car-dependent so it's gonna stay car-dependent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the popularity of "new urbanism" in MoCo, it's still - and likely to remain - a largely car-dependent county outside those new urbanish centers.

Sure, especially if we act on the assumption that it's car-dependent so it's gonna stay car-dependent.

How do you see it changing? Outside a few corridors, there's not enough density to make transit or walking work. It's why MoCo is trying so hard to push development into those corridors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the popularity of "new urbanism" in MoCo, it's still - and likely to remain - a largely car-dependent county outside those new urbanish centers.

Sure, especially if we act on the assumption that it's car-dependent so it's gonna stay car-dependent.

How do you see it changing? Outside a few corridors, there's not enough density to make transit or walking work. It's why MoCo is trying so hard to push development into those corridors.

What does "there's not enough density to make walking work" mean? Lots of people in easy walking/biking distance of the stores in Olney don't even have sidewalks, to say nothing of the acres and acres and acres of asphalt surface parking lots in the middle of Olney, and the horrible, dangerous walking/biking experience on Georgia Avenue and 108.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the deal, if you want to move to Olney, keep in mind that there is strong focus on sports and not so much academia program access within the schools/social environments.
To hear from MCPS when asking about various programs around the county that to get a program at our MS or HS it requires the demand from the parents makes me wonder what our "Olney" parents are focusing on.
At our elementary school, I only noticed a few of US working with administration to get in the ELC program but once it happened everyone wanted to be in the program.

So it comes down to this, do you mind driving to get to run an errand because big box stores are not allowed in Olney.
Do you want your child to go to school where the programs are pretty set run of mill because our PTA's are focused on parties and sports rather than holding administration down on making sure that grammarr and math facts and supplemental classes are available for all?

Truth! And GC is certainly no better than Sherwood except that it is expensive. Olney is a very nice place to live, but the schools are only just Ok.

[Anonymous]

Inlet is the best! Their schools are vastly better than any of those overrated Ws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Inlet is the best! Their schools are vastly better than any of those overrated Ws.

I'm totally moving to Inlet, as soon as I figure out where it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inlet is the best! Their schools are vastly better than any of those overrated Ws.

I'm totally moving to Inlet, as soon as I figure out where it is.

Somewhere near that Olney beach community, of course!

[Anonymous]

We live in only and are happy with the schools here. There is a very strong parent involvement. I have kids and three schools and all the principles are open and receptive and I have had mostly positive experiences with teachers. I don’t think that it’s any more or less sports oriented than other Montgomery County schools. The academics are rigorous and Sherwood has good programs.

[Anonymous]

Olney does not want Target and Walmart there even if they wanted to be there.