High school if you had to choose...

[Anonymous]

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Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

That's mostly due to money not necessarily about how smart they are or how well they did on standardized tests.

This is always a woke talking point. No one wants to admit that there's more TV watching happening is poorer homes and more book reading happening in wealthier homes. It's culture. Almost all disparities are cultural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

That's mostly due to money not necessarily about how smart they are or how well they did on standardized tests.

This is always a woke talking point. No one wants to admit that there's more TV watching happening is poorer homes and more book reading happening in wealthier homes. It's culture. Almost all disparities are cultural.

Not really. it's a well documented fact.

[Anonymous]

I would look at college acceptances or related evidence like the number of NMSF since those are outcomes that matter to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

That's mostly due to money not necessarily about how smart they are or how well they did on standardized tests.

This is always a woke talking point. No one wants to admit that there's more TV watching happening is poorer homes and more book reading happening in wealthier homes. It's culture. Almost all disparities are cultural.

Not really. it's a well documented fact.

Document away then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it was but some parents claim the kids tanked the PARC on purpose. I heard several other schools with low scores claim the same thing.

Correct. There was a really bad test year for Whitman, and the explanation from parents and real estate agents was that the kids "understood the futility of standardized tests and protested in the only way available to them."

Which, fine. But you'll notice none of that benefit of the doubt has ever been extended to schools with poor/working class populations, or schools that are global majority.

Even when failing tests, rich white children are extended the benefit of the doubt while poor/working class kids are assumed to be failing.

Because they typically do test high where the other side doesn’t. The benefit of a doubt it extended to outliers not norms.

Let’s put it this way which school do you think will have the highest percentage of high success kids which is what testing is all about right?

That's mostly due to money not necessarily about how smart they are or how well they did on standardized tests.

This is always a woke talking point. No one wants to admit that there's more TV watching happening is poorer homes and more book reading happening in wealthier homes. It's culture. Almost all disparities are cultural.

income and your parents' level of education drives this. I grew up lower income to parents who don't speak English. It's not like my parents had a lot of time to take me to the library, let alone buy me books.

BTW, I have been making six figures for the past 20 years, with a personal NW well over $1mil.

[Anonymous]

None of the above. Schools in MoCo are too big and impersonal. Love the way MoCo limits the size of big box stores but not the size of their high schools. Seneca Valley will be largest in the state - if ‘essential worker’ teacher unions ever actually lets kids in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Schools in MoCo are too big and impersonal. Love the way MoCo limits the size of big box stores but not the size of their high schools. Seneca Valley will be largest in the state - if ‘essential worker’ teacher unions ever actually lets kids in.

What is the capacity at SVHS after the remodel?

[Anonymous]

Blair is bigger and over capacity. Walter Johnson a close second.

2700 is what MCPS now builds to, which means any new HS school will be over 3k within a few years.

Parents need to wise up and all work together to advocate for smaller schools, rather than fighting over who goes where. MCPS thrives on the infighting, because it means no one is fighting them!

We choose private, after going public k-9.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair is bigger and over capacity. Walter Johnson a close second.

2700 is what MCPS now builds to, which means any new HS school will be over 3k within a few years.

Parents need to wise up and all work together to advocate for smaller schools, rather than fighting over who goes where. MCPS thrives on the infighting, because it means no one is fighting them!

We choose private, after going public k-9.

my kid would hate such a tiny school. It's not for everyone. Yes the huge ones aren't good, but the tiny ones like most private schools sometimes aren't great for some kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Schools in MoCo are too big and impersonal. Love the way MoCo limits the size of big box stores but not the size of their high schools. Seneca Valley will be largest in the state - if ‘essential worker’ teacher unions ever actually lets kids in.

What is the capacity at SVHS after the remodel?

The capacity of the new building is 2,551, so a bit smaller than Blair's capacity of 2,889. But SVHS's square footage is 439K, making it the largest HS building in the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Schools in MoCo are too big and impersonal. Love the way MoCo limits the size of big box stores but not the size of their high schools. Seneca Valley will be largest in the state - if ‘essential worker’ teacher unions ever actually lets kids in.

What is the capacity at SVHS after the remodel?

The capacity of the new building is 2,551, so a bit smaller than Blair's capacity of 2,889. But SVHS's square footage is 439K, making it the largest HS building in the state.

Large sqft is not an issue. It's actually better. Nice for SVHS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the above. Schools in MoCo are too big and impersonal. Love the way MoCo limits the size of big box stores but not the size of their high schools. Seneca Valley will be largest in the state - if ‘essential worker’ teacher unions ever actually lets kids in.

What is the capacity at SVHS after the remodel?

The capacity of the new building is 2,551, so a bit smaller than Blair's capacity of 2,889. But SVHS's square footage is 439K, making it the largest HS building in the state.

Large sqft is not an issue. It's actually better. Nice for SVHS.

It's larger because they have specially constructed spaces for the career/technical programs.