MCPS Somerset and Westbrook ES boundary study

[Anonymous]

The first public meeting is Monday at 7pm at Westland MS.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/SomersetWestbrookBoundaryStudy.aspx

[Anonymous]

What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

One is more crowded than the other.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

One is more crowded than the other.

+1 Somerset is enrolled at 130% of capacity and Westbrook is underenrolled. My kid attends one of these schools and I don't think there's any particular acrimony about changing the boundaries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

One is more crowded than the other.

+1 Somerset is enrolled at 130% of capacity and Westbrook is underenrolled. My kid attends one of these schools and I don't think there's any particular acrimony about changing the boundaries.

People don't like change, though.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

What in the world are you talking about? Pleas give some examples.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

One is more crowded than the other.

+1 Somerset is enrolled at 130% of capacity and Westbrook is underenrolled. My kid attends one of these schools and I don't think there's any particular acrimony about changing the boundaries.

People don't like change, though.

I'm in one of these school zones. It's an active, motivated population and compared to some other changes that have occurred in MCPS, the reaction to this change has been minimal.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

I thought Somerset ES was more desirable than Westbrook? but if Westbrook is underenrolled it sounds like it would mostly be about moving Somerset kids to Westbrook rather than vice versa.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

I thought Somerset ES was more desirable than Westbrook? but if Westbrook is underenrolled it sounds like it would mostly be about moving Somerset kids to Westbrook rather than vice versa.

Somerset ES had a higher GS rating in recent years (test scores) but as of this year, it's the same as Westbrook. My kid is at Somerset, and I wouldn't have a problem with them being at Westbrook. Somerset is a great school, but it's so crowded now that it doesn't have room for a music room or a faculty lounge anymore and it needs to have its boundaries redrawn. The developer loving MoCo Council keeps adding housing in the catchement area without realizing that all this new housing requires corresponding infrastructure for schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

I thought Somerset ES was more desirable than Westbrook? but if Westbrook is underenrolled it sounds like it would mostly be about moving Somerset kids to Westbrook rather than vice versa.

Somerset ES had a higher GS rating in recent years (test scores) but as of this year, it's the same as Westbrook. My kid is at Somerset, and I wouldn't have a problem with them being at Westbrook. Somerset is a great school, but it's so crowded now that it doesn't have room for a music room or a faculty lounge anymore and it needs to have its boundaries redrawn. The developer loving MoCo Council keeps adding housing in the catchement area without realizing that all this new housing requires corresponding infrastructure for schools.

Where has the developer-loving Montgomery County Council added housing to the Somerset service area?

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SomersetES.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

I thought Somerset ES was more desirable than Westbrook? but if Westbrook is underenrolled it sounds like it would mostly be about moving Somerset kids to Westbrook rather than vice versa.

Somerset ES had a higher GS rating in recent years (test scores) but as of this year, it's the same as Westbrook. My kid is at Somerset, and I wouldn't have a problem with them being at Westbrook. Somerset is a great school, but it's so crowded now that it doesn't have room for a music room or a faculty lounge anymore and it needs to have its boundaries redrawn. The developer loving MoCo Council keeps adding housing in the catchement area without realizing that all this new housing requires corresponding infrastructure for schools.

Where has the developer-loving Montgomery County Council added housing to the Somerset service area?

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SomersetES.pdf

Friendship Heights.

Duh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

What in the world are you talking about? Pleas give some examples.

Suffice it to say they like to scream, and I mean scream, at wonderful teachers during meetings if they don’t get what they want when what they want is misguided. And it is more than one person. It is a group of them. Horrible people.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the concern here? They are both top-performing schools with less than 5% FARMS in the same school pyramid. What does the boundary matter? It seems like Oxford vs. Cambridge.

Westbrook parents are elitist snobs. Some of them are horrible complainers who like to blame others for their own kids’ failures. This is most notable amongst the international parents. They will fight tooth and nail for what they want no matter how bigoted they are.

I thought Somerset ES was more desirable than Westbrook? but if Westbrook is underenrolled it sounds like it would mostly be about moving Somerset kids to Westbrook rather than vice versa.

Somerset ES had a higher GS rating in recent years (test scores) but as of this year, it's the same as Westbrook. My kid is at Somerset, and I wouldn't have a problem with them being at Westbrook. Somerset is a great school, but it's so crowded now that it doesn't have room for a music room or a faculty lounge anymore and it needs to have its boundaries redrawn. The developer loving MoCo Council keeps adding housing in the catchement area without realizing that all this new housing requires corresponding infrastructure for schools.

Where has the developer-loving Montgomery County Council added housing to the Somerset service area?

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/SomersetES.pdf

Friendship Heights.

Duh.

Parts of the Bethesda Plan will affect Somerset too. That's why money was put into the budget to do a "study" about what to do with the overcrowding of Somerset because if there isn't a plan to deal with it (in 5 years or so), there could in principle be a moratorium. So I guess the results of the "study" are to redraw the boundaries.