NW/SV/Clarksburg redistricting

[Anonymous]

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What, you don't think that 10% home value reduction in NW- and CL-assigned homes that will get re-assigned to SV is true? Someone is going to get hit. Of course I hope it's not our neighborhood.

Correct.

Justify your opinion, please.

I would like to think that moving to SV would not impact my property value. Then I can sell and move to a preferred school district when the times comes. Right now, my fear is that I will be stuck in SV because I won't be able to afford to sell at a 10% loss.

Thanks.

You're proposing to sell your house and move because you want to avoid a high school you know nothing about (and nobody else does, either).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What, you don't think that 10% home value reduction in NW- and CL-assigned homes that will get re-assigned to SV is true? Someone is going to get hit. Of course I hope it's not our neighborhood.

Correct.

BTW, dear social reformer - no matter what, my child will not go to SV unless they grow up to need vocational training. We may end up losing money, but you will not get my child or my neighbors' children, to participate in your socialism scheme.

So while your re-drawing of school boundaries are a headache for everyone involved, you won't get the "integration" you are clamoring for. I will not limit my child's opportunities so that some BOE member can can written up at the WashPost as the Reformer of the Century, and get some cushy tenured federal job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What, you don't think that 10% home value reduction in NW- and CL-assigned homes that will get re-assigned to SV is true? Someone is going to get hit. Of course I hope it's not our neighborhood.

Correct.

Justify your opinion, please.

I would like to think that moving to SV would not impact my property value. Then I can sell and move to a preferred school district when the times comes. Right now, my fear is that I will be stuck in SV because I won't be able to afford to sell at a 10% loss.

Thanks.

You're proposing to sell your house and move because you want to avoid a high school you know nothing about (and nobody else does, either).

I know all I need to know about it.

SV has abysmal minimal-standard state exam passage rate, the basic testing that goes into the GS rating.
The school has minimal AP offerings.
5% of the students or less who take AP exams get a 5 on the exam. That means that 1-2 kids PER CLASS get a 5 on the AP exam. That means that if, somehow, my child ends up in that school, I will need to hire a tutor for every AP class because the class instruction means nothing.
It is going to host a county-wide vocational education program, which is amazing for kids that need it, but that define the school.
NW is getting a biomed education center, early college, Ulysses program, and has a full plate of AP exam offerings.

You can take your diversity shpiel and give it to the Washington Post, the NYT, or to the latest bastion of fake diversity in education leading to fake improved results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I know all I need to know about it.

SV has abysmal minimal-standard state exam passage rate, the basic testing that goes into the GS rating.
The school has minimal AP offerings.
5% of the students or less who take AP exams get a 5 on the exam. That means that 1-2 kids PER CLASS get a 5 on the AP exam. That means that if, somehow, my child ends up in that school, I will need to hire a tutor for every AP class because the class instruction means nothing.
It is going to host a county-wide vocational education program, which is amazing for kids that need it, but that define the school.
NW is getting a biomed education center, early college, Ulysses program, and has a full plate of AP exam offerings.

You can take your diversity shpiel and give it to the Washington Post, the NYT, or to the latest bastion of fake diversity in education leading to fake improved results.

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

[Anonymous]

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

How is changing the population of the school and expanding the offering window dressing? Do you think SV's current challenges are based on lead in the water or a bad curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

BTW, dear social reformer - no matter what, my child will not go to SV unless they grow up to need vocational training. We may end up losing money, but you will not get my child or my neighbors' children, to participate in your socialism scheme.

So while your re-drawing of school boundaries are a headache for everyone involved, you won't get the "integration" you are clamoring for. I will not limit my child's opportunities so that some BOE member can can written up at the WashPost as the Reformer of the Century, and get some cushy tenured federal job.

Let's see.

Patricia O'Neill is 67 and has been on the BoE since 1998. If she were interested in a "cushy federal job", she'd probably have one by now, if there were such a thing.

Jeanette Dixon is a retired principal. Probably not interested in a "cushy federal job".

Judith Docca is a retired principal and is almost 80. So, again, probably not interested.

Karla Silvestre is comparatively young, but she already has a "cushy county job".

Rebecca Smondrowski and Shebra Evans is young, so I suppose they might be interested in a "cushy federal job" at some point - getting hired by whom to do what?

And then there's Ananya Tadikonda, who hasn't even started college yet, and I don't think that young people are finding the prospect of federal employment any too cushy, these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

$138 million. Those are some expensive curtains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

$138 million. Those are some expensive curtains.

Chdck out the Zuckerberg Camden school experiment. You cannot solve demographics by throwing money on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

$138 million. Those are some expensive curtains.

Chdck out the Zuckerberg Camden school experiment. You cannot solve demographics by throwing money on it.

If it's so important for you that your children avoid contact with poor/black/brown kids, then move. Seriously. It sounds like you have the option. Take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Seneca Valley is

a. getting rezoned
b. doubling in size
c. getting a vocational center (Council funding permitting) that nobody knows yet how it will work

This is not a "diversity spiel", it's the facts. You may do with them what you wish, of course.

DO you have an example of one - just ONE - High School in MoCo that actually improved after this kind of window dressing?

Right now, Northwest is indistinguishable from QO based on test scores and AP exam pass rate; it is an excellent school that actually TEACHES students. SV is a failing school. No, I will not risk my children's future by hoping against hope that a failing school will somehow become better because it's bigger.

$138 million. Those are some expensive curtains.

Chdck out the Zuckerberg Camden school experiment. You cannot solve demographics by throwing money on it.

If it's so important for you that your children avoid contact with poor/black/brown kids, then move. Seriously. It sounds like you have the option. Take it.

Three more years and we're out of here.

My older attended a poorly ranked elementary with tracking. We were overjoyed - she had advanced instruction and interaction with normal, regular, diverse student body.

But the pit that the MCPS is rolling into is a cesspool.

[Anonymous]

Is somebody on here trying to say teaching vocations in HS is a BAD thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is somebody on here trying to say teaching vocations in HS is a BAD thing?

No but in general, there's a belief that kids who attend vocational programs don't attend college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is somebody on here trying to say teaching vocations in HS is a BAD thing?

No but in general, there's a belief that kids who attend vocational programs don't attend college.

Actually the belief seems to be that kids who attend vocational programs have infectious cooties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As we eagerly await the proposed boundaries for the three schools, I am interested in what you all 'hope' to see, boundary-wise.

What do you hope the new boundaries will look like? What about the student bodies at all 3 schools?

What I hope isn't the same as what will happen of course. But in my opinion, Clarksburg kids should go to Clarksburg High. Germantown kids should go to Seneca Valley and Northwest. Those 2 schools serve Germantown. When Clarksburg was built, years ago, they decided to take some of the neighborhoods previously zoned for SVHS to Clarksburg to address overcrowding. Now that SVHS is renovating and can handle more students, it only makes sense that Germantown kids are zoned back to SVHS. SVHS from what MCPS is telling us is going to be a really nice school when it's done so based on that, we should assume that it would serve the community well.