BCC principal said "you have choices"

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Maybe the choice she was referring to was the choice about whether or not to get all steamed up about a harmless remark?

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And there are some "low income" housing units in Bethesda and Silver Spring -- low income either because they are low cost or because you actually have to have an income below certain boundaries to qualify for the unit. Sadly, some of these units will be disappearing with the redevelopment of the Purple Line.

Oh, THAT'S why Chevy Chase is against the Purple Line -- because they're concerned about low-income people losing their housing! That's so sweet of them!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have the data to support this, but I wonder how much of this is due to BCC having the largest (or at least one of the largest) income disparities in MoCo high schools? The school feeds from everything from public housing to the toniest Bethesda neighborhoods - with everything in between. And it is located in a more urban setting than any other high school. It is a great environment, but probably leads to some serious socioeconomic segregation.

Please name the public housing that feeds to B-CC.

There is Section 8 housing in both Bethesda and Silver Spring. Some is mixed in with new development. You can google it.

There is no such thing as "Section 8 housing". Section 8 is a housing voucher. Any property owner may agree to rent under the voucher program.

That's not entirely true. There are buildings with section 8 contracts that cover some of the units. Like The Metropolitan in Bethesda, which has subsidized units mixed in with market rate units. There are also tax credit subsidized properties which have mixed income components. Many of the elderly-only properties also accept those with disabilities, which in this area typically means chronic substance abusers, and those residents do have plenty of kids going to school.