Thoughts about Richard Montgomery HS?
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Anonymous
I wouldn't want to guess where or if Twinbrook would be moved out of RM but there are definitely a lot of people in the W schools that are in total denial. The school board literally said they want to consider diversity so it's foolish to assume that they won't do so. I think it's safe to assume that each of the W schools will have at least one lower income or minority ES reassigned to them. They aren't going to be flooded with them or anything like that. People don't need to be terrified because one ES with brown people are going to their high school no matter how much they act like it's the end of the world. From my perspective it's actually a good thing because when you go about your daily life, you aren't only going to run into or work with all white and Asian people. |
Anonymous
Plenty of people are biking on Rockville Pike to do their shopping?? |
Anonymous
No. Plenty of people are biking, NOT on Rockville Pike, because Rockville Pike is a lousy place to bike (and walk, and take a bus, and drive). To get from Twinbrook Metro to Pike & Rose on a bike, you'd ride on the Bethesda Trolley Trail. |
Anonymous
Which unfortunately uses Rockville Pike at Twinbrook...anyways way off topic for the thread. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=0D603FE4F8E8A243BE99F7D7652B8CE50010CC82&thid=OIP.PaEkawytDDKa1JHQyCC1WQHaMj&mediaurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilemaplets.com%2Fthumbnails%2F5861_thumbnail-1024.jpg&exph=1024&expw=604&q=bethesda+trolley+trail&selectedindex=3&ajaxhist=0&vt=0&eim=1,2,6 |
Anonymous
I think the topic can be summed up as: People zoned for RM think it's a good school. People zoned for Wooton think RM sucks and everyone should buy a house in their neighborhood even if they cost more than the person can afford or aren't interested in living there. |
Anonymous
People are also upset about the projects that are currently being built, plus the several already built apartment complexes that are not yet up to capacity and will mean even additional students, once they are full. Drive around the area if you’re interested. Tons of empty, new units that will eventually fill up. Plus more development promised. Look for those white large signs that detail how many units are going up. |
Anonymous
No, Chapman. The Bethesda Trolley Trail is not good bike infrastructure, but it's still better than biking on the sidewalks that are right next to the road on Rockville Pike. |
Anonymous
Can you cite a few specific examples of new apartments that will fill up and bring a lot of kids to the RM district? |
Anonymous
Not really. The amount of new apartments (and housing in general) isn't much above replacement rate. There are also many neighborhoods in the area where larger homes are occupied by empty nesters nowadays - less kids in those houses than you were seeing 25 years ago. |
Anonymous
in our neighborhood on the (nowhere near there) empty nesters are constantly being replaced by young families |
Anonymous
In our neighborhood, empty nesters are being replaced by multiple families. An investor buys the home and rents it out to multiple families. So, in a house where there were zero kids last year, there are now 6. |
Anonymous
What do you expect RM zoned people to say? RM sucks? Those who think non magnet portion of RM is nothing special is more than Wootton zoned families. I really don’t think Wootton zones families really care about RM as much as some people here think. And no, we are not in w district, Wootton or else. |
Anonymous
DP... and if a W school sucks, would most W zoned people say so? People who live in the cluster are the ones with first hand knowledge and experience. If they are happy with it, then who are you to gainsay what these folks say? If a non W parent says that a W school sucks, the response is always.."oh, you're jealous". But if a W parent says RM sucks with no first hand knowledge, then of course, it's true. RM cluster is not perfect. There is no perfect cluster. Look at the MD forum and the issues at W schools. But RM cluster has great diversity (doesn't matter if your child chooses to self segregate or not), IB, AP, honors, and regular classes. It has over 300 clubs. RM has about a 20% FARMs rate, so it doesn't have as much of the wealthy school problems or the low income school problems. The housing stock is pretty decent, and the price range is pretty wide. Personally, we chose RM for the IB program. One DC is in the program, but if the other decides not to be in the program, then there is AP/honors or regular track. We like the wide variety. |
Anonymous
As CGES parent, I would highly recommend our school. When we were looking, we passed up on house in RP feeder zone due to school reputation, however I am sure there are nice things about it. New ES has recently opened in the cluster and I have heard fantastic things about it from Chinese immersion families that were reassigned there. |
Anonymous
If them school is really diverse, then no, they dont. At least not in elementary. My (white) DS has 2 besties - chinese and south american descent ones. Plus rest of his friends can probably form a UN session (Zimbabwe, Russia, Japan, Ireland, England, Mexico, etc) |