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I'm the pp you're responding to.  Our kids go to Wood Acres.  They have spent time in trailers b/c the school is overcrowded.  The facilities are good but can't compare to private schools (nor would I want them to - that's too much ostentatious wealth for any child to see at school in my opinion).  [b]You can judge public school parents at "affluent" schools if you want, but the truth is that these schools have a lot of kids from a variety of income levels.[/b]  There are large houses, small ones, town houses and apartments that feed into the school.  All of these kids benefit from a vibrant parent community.  All of them.  I know families at the other schools you mention and I know the same is true of these schools.  I simply don't buy the "everyone in Bethesda is wealthy" line. [/quote]

Yes, that's true. A variety of income levels, ranging from not-poor to rich. At Wood Acres ES, the FARMS rate (the percent of kids now on FARMS) is [u]<[/u]5%, and the ever-FARMS rate (the percent of kids who have ever been on FARMS) is [u]<[/u]5%. Wood Acres is 72% white, 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic, [u]<[/u]5% black. I'm glad you're in MCPS; it's true that the facilities at Wood Acre don't compare to (some) private schools; but the fact remains that Wood Acres ES is a public school for kids whose parents can afford it -- and many, many parents in Montgomery County can't.

For comparison, in MCPS overall:

FARMS: 35%
Ever-FARMS: 43%
White: 32%
Asian: 14%
Hispanic: 27%
Black: 21%[/quote]

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