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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me it would depend on what would be the goal of such an effort? If it is to alleviate over crowding, I am all for it. If it is for "diversity" than forget it. I dont want my kid bussed across the county to some gang school. FWIW we are in RM cluster, not W[/quote]

Which school or schools are gang schools in your opinion?
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The one we moved away from, Watkins Mill. I would also include Gaithersburg, Seneca Valley, SS schools.[/quote]

What a snob you are. Did you have a child who actually attended any of these schools?  My children are students at one of the schools you listed. They are not afraid to go to school. There are not gang fights in the hallways. My relative's children recently graduated from Watkins Mill, where they were involved in a lot of activities and enjoyed their high school experience; their kids were not afraid to go to school, either.

There are plenty of students from good, caring families at the schools you listed, and teachers/administrators who care about their students. If you wanted to move away because you didn't want  your kids to go there, fine, but don't put down a school you don't have any experience with.

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I might be a snob, but we did have "first hand" experience, albeit not through our kid attending. Watched 4 neighbor kids graduate and attended graduation ceremonies for all of them (3 years btb). Each year it got worse. We also volunteered at couple of events (to help neighbor out, as she didnt have enough volunteers). Oh, and my friends neighbor was a pot addicted teacher at WM. Thats for high school. Middle school, witnessed arrest of minor with gun on school grounds. Elementary has a score of 2 out of 10 and NONE of the kids in neighborhood we were part of went there in the end (magnet, private, whathave you). 
I want the best for my kid, if the school works for you - great, enjoy less crowding, more resources, whatever. I am just not sending my kid there.[/quote]

Ding-ding-ding! No first hand knowledge of the school, because your child didn't attend the school. Now, what was that about all the gang violence?!  :roll:

Let's just be honest here -- you didn't want your child to go to the school because of the diversity and the FARMS rate.  And while some people from your neighborhood may have chosen to go another route, absolutely fail to believe that not one person in your neighborhood sent their child to the public schools. But keep telling yourself that, if it makes you feel better.

The teacher who is "addicted" to pot? That's rich. I'm sure there are no teachers who smoke weed or do any other drugs in other MCPS schools...[/quote]

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