Rockville HS vs. Richard Montgomery HS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

My original concern still applies...why does Rockville only have 36% of kids that meet Univ. of Maryland entry requirements and RM have 64%? Looking into all the Rockville elementary feeder schools it appears that only one of them (Barnesley) offers compacted 4/5 and compacted 5/6 math. It seems like all the feeder elementary schools at RM do offer those. Is that a big factor? Again, my kids are still in lower elementary but are doing quite well in math and I expect at least 1 of them to need access to the higher levels of math.

Rock Creek Valley also offers compacted math. Its much smaller than Barnsley too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too.[/quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

And I think both RM and RHS fit that description (though IB at RM is high pressure).

[Anonymous]

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Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

I'm always struck by the implicit assumption on DCUM that all students from rich families care about education. Some kids from poor families do, some kids from poor families don't, but all kids from rich families do. That's not my personal experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People get way, way too caught up in school ratings. Pick a place you like, and then provide support and enrichment opportunities to your kid.

I agree with this. OP, beyond high school ratings, what are you looking for in terms of community, housing, commute, etc? Schools are important but I think there are more factors to consider and perhaps we can help give you a better feel for each of the communities within the two clusters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

And I think both RM and RHS fit that description (though IB at RM is high pressure).

PP Here.. I agree, both HS are in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

I'm always struck by the implicit assumption on DCUM that all students from rich families care about education. Some kids from poor families do, some kids from poor families don't, but all kids from rich families do. That's not my personal experience.

I think it's just statistics. Of course, there are those on both sides who don't fit the stereotype.

Many low income schools, especially in the non honor/AP classes, have issues with disruptive students. That doesn't mean that wealthy schools don't have such students but it's just less, at least outwardly. Conversely, there are "poor' students who value education, and there are those wealthy students who don't.

I grew up on the lower income side in a lower income school, and I took both AP and "regular" classes. My AP classes almost never had disruptive students because this is a self selecting group of students who want to do well in school. In the regular classes, you had several students who didn't care and were quite disruptive.

[Anonymous]

So when people say "caring about education", what they really mean is "not disruptive in class"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

And I think both RM and RHS fit that description (though IB at RM is high pressure).

PP Here.. I agree, both HS are in the middle.

I'd pick Churchill over RH/RM any day. Stupid comparison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Believe me, the families at Churchill are better than either school, for many, many reasons. Everyone wants to attend Churchill.

Seriously? What makes a family "better"?
I have a doctorate degree making six figures and work in a highly respectable field. I live in the Rockville cluster. What makes your family better than mine? I wouldn't want to live near you if you paid me.

ignore PP, who is an idiot. my husband and i have 3 grad degrees between us, and our HHI is $400k. we are in QO cluster. some people just have massive superiority complexes.

DP.. that ^^PP is a troll. Don't feed it. Go read some of the Churchill threads. Not such a great school. They have issues at that school, too./quote]

This is true. All schools have issues and Churchill is no different. It is, however, at a different level than Rockville and RM (except magnet).

- np

Yes, in some ways, the issues are worse. Schools with too many kids from wealthy families and those with too many kids from poor families have issues that are different sides of the same coin.

And in many ways, they are not. Wealth brings certain issues, lack of it brings another set of issues. Pick your poison.

Disruptive students who don't care about education vs lots of designer drugs and high pressure. I'll pick something in between. Luckily, MCPS does have HSs that are not these extremes.

And I think both RM and RHS fit that description (though IB at RM is high pressure).

PP Here.. I agree, both HS are in the middle.

I'd pick Churchill over RH/RM any day. Stupid comparison.

I wouldn't. I know you don't care about the issues in wealthy schools, but some of us parents don't want our kids around that. You are welcome to move to Churchill cluster.