Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

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Anonymous wrote:To have the luxury to not worry about 100s of thousands of dollars…..lol. Love it.

Omg, so dramatic.

You don't lose 100s of thousands in cash when your property value goes down. Your mortgage stays the same. You have food and shelter and so much more. Good lord.

Oof. The lack of economic sense is a sight to behold, as is the twisting of words. Of course you have less money if your property value declines. It happens when you sell your house.

Yes, when you sell your house and your property value has gone down, you won't make as much money. That is the reality of property ownership. No property carries with it a guarantee of maintaining its value. You'll learn when you are all grown up and have a mortgage yourself.

And some of us need that money to send kids to college. We aren’t like you, who can afford otherwise.

Ok, I'm confused. So, you overspent on a house to get away from some of us, and then you cannot afford college. Sounds like a you problem. We bought a house we can afford and stayed so we can save and afford college, and have the house paid off before college. Would we like a big fancy house? Not sure, but I don't want the upkeep, maintenance, property taxes or stress. What you have. You cannot complain when you aren't willing to make the sacrifices.

what? I overspent on a house because the market sucks right now. I moved from DC to get away from regualry shootings in my neighborhood and don't at all have a fancy house. I put everything I have into it because I wanted my kid to feel safe and to be able to walk to school without that concern.

Plenty of places in MoCo are safe and aren't so expensive that you will lose "100s of thousands" because of a change in school boundaries

Look, I didn't say hundreds of thousands. That was the person saying she was fine if her home value tanked.

I’d love for mine to tank. Less property taxes.

What will actually happen if it tanks is that umc ppl will move away and stop coming here, and then your taxes will go up. Way up.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

I'm not complaining. I am building up a healthy retirement fund. Are you envious?

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

I'm not complaining. I am building up a healthy retirement fund. Are you envious?

No, because we are doing the same thing except we own our house so that extra mortgage money can go in there too. Envious? It shouldn’t be one or the other. You need regular savings, investments, retirement and college funds. And, as soon as kids get jobs all their money goes into a Roth IRA. We don’t need their money so better off to save it too.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

I'm not complaining. I am building up a healthy retirement fund. Are you envious?

No, because we are doing the same thing except we own our house so that extra mortgage money can go in there too. Envious? It shouldn’t be one or the other. You need regular savings, investments, retirement and college funds. And, as soon as kids get jobs all their money goes into a Roth IRA. We don’t need their money so better off to save it too.

Ok, it sounds like we are both happy with our finances. How wonderful for us.

But no, it is not financially smart to pay off a low interest loan early. It may be something you want to do for other reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

That's Option 4, prioritizing geography. Do you think that's viable, with so many split articulations?

How many more split articulations do Options 2 and 4 have compared to the current number?

Looks like about 12 currently and 50 in the new options.

50??? Yeah that's not good.

Option 1 has zero split articulations from ES to MS.

Option 1 seems the most reasonable to me. They should “refine” off that one.

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New Boundary Study that will “help” with Wheaton’s overcrowding shows:

Option #1: Wheaton [...] would then be above 100% capacity.

Option #2: "All of the high schools would fall between 80% and 100% of enrollment capacity and the majority of the attendance zones would have contiguous boundaries, except for a small area of Wheaton’s attendance zone. "

Option #3: "Wheaton would be slightly above 100% of capacity."

Option #4: "Wheaton [...] would be at about 120% [of capacity]."

https://bethesdamagazine....84YKnifJPw

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Anonymous wrote:New Boundary Study that will “help” with Wheaton’s overcrowding shows:

Option #1: Wheaton [...] would then be above 100% capacity.

Option #2: "All of the high schools would fall between 80% and 100% of enrollment capacity and the majority of the attendance zones would have contiguous boundaries, except for a small area of Wheaton’s attendance zone. "

Option #3: "Wheaton would be slightly above 100% of capacity."

Option #4: "Wheaton [...] would be at about 120% [of capacity]."

https://bethesdamagazine....84YKnifJPw

Most posters on this thread are oblivious to the needs of schools like Wheaton HS and were easily placated by the notion of adding more capacity at Edison.

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Omg the people competing about having the best finances to say who can claim progressive rights in saying they “actually” arent predatory capitalists..DCUM, never change.

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It is highly inadvisable for people to start their objections to these proposed boundaries with fears about their property values. It will not play out well with the MCPS decision makers or the media. If you don’t feel the inherent wrongness of these objections yourself, at least be practical and read the room and realize that these objections will not get you anywhere in a county that is majority minority and 50% FARMS.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg the people competing about having the best finances to say who can claim progressive rights in saying they “actually” arent predatory capitalists..DCUM, never change.

There is nothing predatory about living below your means

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Anonymous wrote:New Boundary Study that will “help” with Wheaton’s overcrowding shows:

Option #1: Wheaton [...] would then be above 100% capacity.

Option #2: "All of the high schools would fall between 80% and 100% of enrollment capacity and the majority of the attendance zones would have contiguous boundaries, except for a small area of Wheaton’s attendance zone. "

Option #3: "Wheaton would be slightly above 100% of capacity."

Option #4: "Wheaton [...] would be at about 120% [of capacity]."

https://bethesdamagazine....84YKnifJPw

Most posters on this thread are oblivious to the needs of schools like Wheaton HS and were easily placated by the notion of adding more capacity at Edison.

There isn’t room as some of that land is rec department for a pool. They need another school in lower dcc.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

I'm not complaining. I am building up a healthy retirement fund. Are you envious?

No, because we are doing the same thing except we own our house so that extra mortgage money can go in there too. Envious? It shouldn’t be one or the other. You need regular savings, investments, retirement and college funds. And, as soon as kids get jobs all their money goes into a Roth IRA. We don’t need their money so better off to save it too.

Ok, it sounds like we are both happy with our finances. How wonderful for us.

But no, it is not financially smart to pay off a low interest loan early. It may be something you want to do for other reasons.

Yes it is because you are always at risk of job loss and other things. It’s stability.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the overcomplexity? Leave kids in the school they are closest to instead of bringing them by bus to places farther out.

agree

Many kids are not currently assigned to the school that is closest. It is impossible to do this for every family.

but why make it worse?

Did nobody tell you that several high schools in MoCo are overcrowded and they built two new high schools to address that? Many children are going to have to change schools and some will have to travel further. I agree it is unfortunate, but sometimes, life is not fair. Maybe when you grow up and have a mortgage, you will understand.

Why isn’t your mortgage paradise off? Those of us who are grown up paid off our mortgages.

oh the dripping entitlement.

It’s not entitled. When you go to fancy meals, travel, upgrade your house, all kinds of nice things, we went without and paid off our mortgage. See how that works. We haven’t been on a vacation in years, not even a weekend away.

For those of us who have a sub 3% rate, that is not smart financially. We invest our money instead.

Why can’t you do both? That’s what we did. Paying off your house is life changing. So, you have the money, stop complaining.

I'm not complaining. I am building up a healthy retirement fund. Are you envious?

No, because we are doing the same thing except we own our house so that extra mortgage money can go in there too. Envious? It shouldn’t be one or the other. You need regular savings, investments, retirement and college funds. And, as soon as kids get jobs all their money goes into a Roth IRA. We don’t need their money so better off to save it too.

Ok, it sounds like we are both happy with our finances. How wonderful for us.

But no, it is not financially smart to pay off a low interest loan early. It may be something you want to do for other reasons.

Yes it is because you are always at risk of job loss and other things. It’s stability.

Guys, take this to the personal finance board please. It is very off-topic here but you can have a great discussion about it there with other interested people and see who they say is right.