Reply to Question about Woodward High School and Kensington/Garrett Park real estate

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Question about Woodward High School and Kensington/Garrett Park real estate "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Very interesting.  [b]Why is Piney Branch in Takoma Park, which is 31% FARMS, a Title I school[/b], but Viers Mill, which is 61% FARMS, not?  There are several other examples of schools with more low income students than Piney Branch also not being Title I schools.  Is it because Piney Branch is in Takoma Park and that part of the county is more politically connected?  Heck, even Rosemary Hills is 26% FARMS (higher than at least one school on the list) - why isn't it a Focus School?  Is it because it's in Chevy Chase?  [/quote]

Piney Branch is not a Title I school.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/dtecps/title1/schools.aspx

The Title I schools are Arcola, Bel Pre, Brookhaven, Burnt Mills, Clopper Mill, Cresthaven, Capt. James Daly, Gaithersburg, Georgian Forest, Harmony Hills, Highland, Joann Leleck at Broad Acres, Kemp Mill, New Hampshire Estates, Roscoe Nix, Oak View, Rolling Terrace, Sargent Shriver, South Lake, Strathmore, Summit Hall, Twinbrook, Washington Grove, Watkins Mill, Weller Road, Wheaton Woods, and Whetstone - all elementary schools.[/quote]

But RHES, as you call it, would have be a Focus school and therefore have smaller class sizes. Isn’t that an enormous benefit?

Thanks for clarifying this.  I think that a lot of posters assume that Title I designations are tied only to the percentage of FARMS; there are many other factors such as capacity calculations (how many kids and families are using the school now and projections for the near future), needs for special supports, etc.  I'm peeved by posters who associate participation in State and Federally funded school resource programs as the kiss of death but who would gladly have the same supports and resources for their school (and frequently do--they just pay out of pocket; don't get me started on the Chevy Chase ES Foundation) so long as those supports don't come with a label.  We are talking about families who are seeking the same educational opportunities as you are.  Being a person of color, or an immigrant, or multi--lingual is not a crime.  It seems that most of the objections to Einstein, Northwood, etc. are simply hate mongering tactics--they're all criminals!  they don't act like our nice white kids!  And we should avoid the elementary schools because we know they are all criminals from the cradle.  I bet that many of the posters screeching about the dangers of families in FARMS schools or at Einstein employ nannies and housecleaners who live in these very neighborhoods and whom they happily leave to supervise their precious children.  If these families are good enough to take care of your homes and families, why aren't they good enough to be your neighbors and your children's playmates?

I am sorry for the folks who believe that MoCo schools are going to hell in a handbasket.   Best sell your house now and get out before it's too late.  Maybe the OP can take it off of your hands.

[b]Oh, and Rosemary Hills is in Silver Spring, not Chevy Chase.  I lived down the street from the school for 8 years and sent 4 kids there. [/b] It was tiring to listen to the Chevy Chase moms complain about having to send their child to school not in Chevy Chase and moan that their precious darling was attending school with kids who wouldn't be going to Chevy Chase ES.  I never had the heart to tell them about school mixing at Westland and B-CC...[/quote]

True. But note that if Rosemary Hills were not mixed with the Chevy Chase and North Chevy Chase elementary schools, it would be a Focus school and have smaller class sizes. As you say, those extra resources are extremely valuable.  Isn’t it worth exploring decoupling Chevy Chase, North Chevy Chase and Rosemary Hills for that reason?[/quote]

Nope.  Rosemary Hills is a primary school, so only has K-2 along with a couple of pre-K classes.  Decoupling from CCES and NCC would have the opposite effect--RHPS would need to become RHES--and that would involve a serious redistricting of the entire B-CC cluster at the elementary level.[/quote][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics