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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home. [/quote]

Don’t you get it?  It will never work.  Ever.  We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”?  We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman.  As do all of our friends.  Or we go to private.  And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone.  Guess what?  Life isn’t fair.  It’s not.  Some people have more.  My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends.  Does yours?  And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools.  I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to  figure out what to do to help lower performing schools.  But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.    [/quote]

The Troll is strong in this one![/quote]

I’m not a troll.  I am actually a really good person who cares about all children’s education.  But I just care about my kids the most.  And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.  [/quote]

I think this is a very common attitude and I appreciate the honesty. It's the reality of people who will spend more to be in a certain school district and it's important that the BOE take it into consideration. Because this poster is right--they aren't going to just spread the wealth to another school. They will spread the wealth to the private schools. Because they can. FWIW, I don't have kids in a W school district and my kids' HS gets put down on here all the time so I have no plans to go private nor a desire to go to a W school. But I also moved to my neighborhood because I feel like it was the right move for my family and my kids and would be pissed if they wanted to bus my kids across town, even though in our case, it could be to a "better" school.[/quote]

It's not honest to claim that the same house costs triple in Bethesda what it would in the DCC. This poster has no earthly idea what Montgomery County even looks like outside of Bethesda and Potomac.

NOBODY WITH ANY POWER WANTS OR IS PLANNING TO BUS MORE KIDS ACROSS TOWN UNLESS IT IS FOR MAGNET PROGRAMS WHICH ARE STUPID.[/quote]

I wasn't referring to the claim about housing. I was disputing the fact that the poster was a troll because I would wager to say that most of those in W schools feel just like this poster but don't want to say it out loud.

I'm not saying that the BOE will actually start bussing kids all over but I think that is what some people are suggesting in the name of "equity".

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Who is suggesting this? Like give me some NAMES OF ACTUAL PEOPLE. DCUM trolls don't count.[/quote]

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