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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP. I have two kids in a MCPS public school with a FARMS rate just under 20% and an ever-FARMS rate just over 20%.[/quote]

So what are you arguing about?  You just don't want anyone to go to the public schools with lower farms rates?  If what you want is more varied housing so the economic mix is more equitable throughout the county, go advocate for that.  But don't dump on the parents who send kids to publics in higher SES areas.  [/quote]

I am arguing that the public schools attended by people who live in Bethesda and Potomac exclude a significant part of the public. But, as I said, I think that MCPS is better off if the Bethesda/Potomac parents send their children to MCPS than if they send their children to private schools. And actually, I do advocate for less residential economic segregation in Montgomery County.[/quote]

So you're completely off-point, then.  You AGREE that the parents who send their kids to MCPS public schools (even the high-SES ones) are in fact getting more economic diversity than the privates, and being better educational citizens than those who send their kids to the privates.  But you're clouding the issue by saying that they're not being as good as you are, because you send your kids to a somewhat lower SES public school.  Yay you. You do know that there are schools that have higher FARMS rates than yours, right?  [/quote]

No, I didn't say that. I said that MCPS is better off if the Bethesda/Potomac parents send their kids to public schools. Whether the kids themselves are better off is up to their parents to decide.

And I also didn't say that I'm better than the Bethesda/Potomac parents. I'm certainly less affluent than they are. I couldn't afford to send my kids to private school, even if I wanted to. And there are poor kids in my kids' school. Those aren't value judgments; those are facts.

And yes, I know very well that there are lots of schools in MCPS with much higher FARMS rates.

Why so defensive, PP?[/quote]

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