The most segregated schools in Maryland are in .... Howard County

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So is Howard more Republican than Montgomery?

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This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

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Anonymous wrote:TBH, redistricting schools based on real estate price to keep poor people together, middle class together, and wealthy together almost sounds illegal. If some unbuilt area is zoned for a school and some cheap housing is built there then they rezone people out based on being poor, you can’t come to this school, we don’t want your kind, I think they’ll be in for lawsuits.

How about the opposite? Redistricting schools to increase diversity, to make schools less "segregated"?

So an area is districted for a school. That area is “too poor” to attend the school so it’s redistricted to a different school with more poor people. Now we take that same area and redistricting it back to the original school and you are asking if that sounds illegal? Not really, no. Or are you trying to change the subject and talk about MoCo in a thread about HoCo?

Since there hasn’t been no high school boundary area changes since 2005 for the HoCo high schools listed in the chart, the blogger’s claim that HoCo is intentionally segregating the schools by income or property value is really peddling his personal agenda and skewed beliefs.

[Anonymous]

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This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

No, they didn't have Curriculum 2.0 which puts MCPS kids who are in the academic average to bottom at a severe disadvantage. You can't expect kids to know things if your curriculum is a mess as the John Hopkins University audit reported.

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Anonymous wrote:So is Howard more Republican than Montgomery?

Seems like it. If you look at the "richer" neighborhoods in HoCo, the blue is very light.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#10.47/39.227/-76.774

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

No, they didn't have Curriculum 2.0 which puts MCPS kids who are in the academic average to bottom at a severe disadvantage. You can't expect kids to know things if your curriculum is a mess as the John Hopkins University audit reported.

I live next door in Baltimore County and our curriculum was total crap too. Even the teachers knew it. It wouldn't surprise me if HoCo didn't have some of the same crappiness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is Howard more Republican than Montgomery?

That would be a plus but I doubt it's that different.

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Anonymous wrote:This blogger uses the variance in the FARMS rate to say that Howard County schools are the most segregated in Maryland. He doesn't show his numbers though -- I would have bet on MCPS.

https://howardcounty640805081.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/how-did-howard-county-schools-become-the-most-segregated-county-in-maryland/?fbclid=IwAR31j6y_KYs8FYtp8HKpCCEpUIiatyIQRHkV-U5us8YRgQHHE4XAwncHH-s

UMM...many of the newcomers to Howard left MoCo for Howard. So this makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

sounds good to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

sounds good to me.

+2.

It's what happens in a free country.

If you don't like it, move to North Korea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This blogger uses the variance in the FARMS rate to say that Howard County schools are the most segregated in Maryland. He doesn't show his numbers though -- I would have bet on MCPS.

https://howardcounty640805081.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/how-did-howard-county-schools-become-the-most-segregated-county-in-maryland/?fbclid=IwAR31j6y_KYs8FYtp8HKpCCEpUIiatyIQRHkV-U5us8YRgQHHE4XAwncHH-s

UMM...many of the newcomers to Howard left MoCo for Howard. So this makes sense.

MoCo has a significantly larger population than HoCo. With a larger population cones different challenges. HoCo will never be MoCo. It’s too far from DC and has no Metro access. Once traffic gets bad enough it’s going to be like driving out to Gainsville, VA in rush hour traffic on 66. That will kill growth momentum (which is still smaller than MoCo!)

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Anonymous wrote:OP, MCPS has been and continues to try really hard create diverse schools. MoCo also requires builders to add moderately priced units to any new development. So, I don't know why you would think MoCo was worse in terms of segregation. Sure, there are parts that are segregated, but for the most part, I find MoCo pretty diverse. I'm originally from the Bay Area.

Have you seen any SFH built that is less than $800K in the last 6 years in Bethesda? Also, haven't you noticed too many old houses that would have sold for $800K don't even come to market but are grabbed by developers to tare them down and build bigger houses that go for more than $1.75 millions, totally out of reach of even UMC families. Is it not economic segregation? MCPS may not be practicing economic segregation but it seems like the County Administration that gives housing permits seems to be actively practicing economic segregation and there by public school segregation in Montgomery County.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

On papers only

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is nonsense. Howard County public schools are among the best in the nation. There is no “segregation”. Neighborhoods that feed into different high schools are determined by the school board after analyzing multiple factors. Housing price is not a factor. Certainly some schools have more diversity - and much of that is because of some these schools have higher number of apartments and lower priced housing in their areas so they provide entry level living for people moving into the county or lower income families. Article is written to inflame and indoctrinate people into it’s author’s odd belief system; isn’t factual or from any official source.

What makes them the best PP? Cmon. They are the best because they have high test scores. They have high test scores because the population is full of wealthy, educated parents and not full of uneducated, poor people. This isn't rocket science.

On papers only

On paper reflects indicators of success... that is why those are tracked