Concerned about buying in WJ cluster because of re-zoning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

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Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

Whitman and WJ are certainly down county. But WJ is less down county than Woodward.

[Anonymous]

It would be cool if they made an actual DCC of schools inside the beltway.

[Anonymous]

To all the people who believe they’re not racist but just “don’t want to lose money” on their home. Consider that the exact same thing could have been (and was) said by all the whites decades ago who left neighborhoods or started avoiding neighborhoods as soon as a black family moved in. There goes the neighborhood! They weren’t “racist” of course, they just saw that black people moving in meant the area would be decrease in value as a result so best to pack up and leave. Perhaps we all have to be willing to have our finances adversely affected a bit to change our society in ways we (liberals) claim to want?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

Whitman and WJ are certainly down county. But WJ is less down county than Woodward.

No Woodward is just north of WJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be cool if they made an actual DCC of schools inside the beltway.

Whitman and B-CC are the only high schools located inside the beltway. But areas inside the beltway also go to WJ, Einstein, Northwood, Blair, and Springbrook. Not to mention those in the consortia areas going to Wheaton, Kennedy, Paint Branch, or Blake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why it is wrong to be concerned with WJ neighborhoods being zoned out of WJ and potentially to the DCC which will cost those owners tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and turn their lives upside down.

If the wanted to be in the DCC they would have taken the discount and moved there

+1

Not sure why some posters think it has to do with segregation and all that. No one wants to lose money in house because amount won't be a small one if you lose.

It's true that both Woodward and B-CC should be zoned for the DCC since they're both located down county.

Whitman and WJ are certainly down county. But WJ is less down county than Woodward.

No Woodward is just north of WJ.

Thanks - that's what I meant! I was reacting to the other poster who suggested Woodward is a downcounty school without considering Whitman or WJ, which are farther south than Woodward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the people who believe they’re not racist but just “don’t want to lose money” on their home. Consider that the exact same thing could have been (and was) said by all the whites decades ago who left neighborhoods or started avoiding neighborhoods as soon as a black family moved in. There goes the neighborhood! They weren’t “racist” of course, they just saw that black people moving in meant the area would be decrease in value as a result so best to pack up and leave. Perhaps we all have to be willing to have our finances adversely affected a bit to change our society in ways we (liberals) claim to want?

Save your BS for the black people who buy in the district or there McMansions in Waldorf for not integrating higher SES areas. Put some low income housing in colonial village at the same pace you want to put it Chevy Chase.

People don’t have a right to live in places that can’t afford. Anybody who can afford it can move anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the people who believe they’re not racist but just “don’t want to lose money” on their home. Consider that the exact same thing could have been (and was) said by all the whites decades ago who left neighborhoods or started avoiding neighborhoods as soon as a black family moved in. There goes the neighborhood! They weren’t “racist” of course, they just saw that black people moving in meant the area would be decrease in value as a result so best to pack up and leave. Perhaps we all have to be willing to have our finances adversely affected a bit to change our society in ways we (liberals) claim to want?

Save your BS for the black people who buy in the district or there McMansions in Waldorf for not integrating higher SES areas. Put some low income housing in colonial village at the same pace you want to put it Chevy Chase.

People don’t have a right to live in places that can’t afford. Anybody who can afford it can move anywhere.

Your response is non-sensical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the people who believe they’re not racist but just “don’t want to lose money” on their home. Consider that the exact same thing could have been (and was) said by all the whites decades ago who left neighborhoods or started avoiding neighborhoods as soon as a black family moved in. There goes the neighborhood! They weren’t “racist” of course, they just saw that black people moving in meant the area would be decrease in value as a result so best to pack up and leave. Perhaps we all have to be willing to have our finances adversely affected a bit to change our society in ways we (liberals) claim to want?

Your solution is to have buyers overpay in WJ to not appear racist? Bravo for linking people not wanting to lose money in housing to being racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all the people who believe they’re not racist but just “don’t want to lose money” on their home. Consider that the exact same thing could have been (and was) said by all the whites decades ago who left neighborhoods or started avoiding neighborhoods as soon as a black family moved in. There goes the neighborhood! They weren’t “racist” of course, they just saw that black people moving in meant the area would be decrease in value as a result so best to pack up and leave. Perhaps we all have to be willing to have our finances adversely affected a bit to change our society in ways we (liberals) claim to want?

Save your BS for the black people who buy in the district or there McMansions in Waldorf for not integrating higher SES areas. Put some low income housing in colonial village at the same pace you want to put it Chevy Chase.

People don’t have a right to live in places that can’t afford. Anybody who can afford it can move anywhere.

Your response is non-sensical.

It makes perfect sense. I am not the PP, but I got his point perfectly. Not sure why it didn't make sense to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be cool if they made an actual DCC of schools inside the beltway.

Whitman and B-CC are the only high schools located inside the beltway. But areas inside the beltway also go to WJ, Einstein, Northwood, Blair, and Springbrook. Not to mention those in the consortia areas going to Wheaton, Kennedy, Paint Branch, or Blake.

Create a few consortiums based on where people actually live. On the other hand what real value do they add even now?

[Anonymous]

Whitman and BCC should be combined with 2 HS from DCC to form a new consortium.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whitman and BCC should be combined with 2 HS from DCC to form a new consortium.

Why? Do you really want every kid in this area to spend 3+ hours on a bus stuck in traffic? We're a BCC family on the far east side of the zone, and the commute to Westland is ridiculous -- an hour each way. And that's still from Chevy Chase. It's really not worth it; my kid dropped extracurricular stuff because it would have meant a 1.5 hour ride home on an activity bus. There are better ways to improve integration and academic outcomes than bussing kids all over creation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman and BCC should be combined with 2 HS from DCC to form a new consortium.

Why? Do you really want every kid in this area to spend 3+ hours on a bus stuck in traffic? We're a BCC family on the far east side of the zone, and the commute to Westland is ridiculous -- an hour each way. And that's still from Chevy Chase. It's really not worth it; my kid dropped extracurricular stuff because it would have meant a 1.5 hour ride home on an activity bus. There are better ways to improve integration and academic outcomes than bussing kids all over creation.

PP wasn’t serious. It was just to get a rise out of anxious parents.

MoCo has a dwindling number of decent schools. They’ll put WJ in play if they have to, but they aren’t going to mess with the crown jewels .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whitman and BCC should be combined with 2 HS from DCC to form a new consortium.

Why? Do you really want every kid in this area to spend 3+ hours on a bus stuck in traffic? We're a BCC family on the far east side of the zone, and the commute to Westland is ridiculous -- an hour each way. And that's still from Chevy Chase. It's really not worth it; my kid dropped extracurricular stuff because it would have meant a 1.5 hour ride home on an activity bus. There are better ways to improve integration and academic outcomes than bussing kids all over creation.

PP wasn’t serious. It was just to get a rise out of anxious parents.

MoCo has a dwindling number of decent schools. They’ll put WJ in play if they have to, but they aren’t going to mess with the crown jewels .

Agree here. WJ is pretty much gone, but BOE is never going to touch Whitman and Churchill.