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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Rosemont with high schoolers. Our neighborhood elementary is Brooks. When our kids were in preschool, so many neighborhood parents were so smug about how they were supporting ACPS, that people who send their kids to private are "bad for the system", etc. They were often very rude and aggressive, in particular a few parents were systematic about calling people out for no reason and without being provoked. It was terrible.

We toured Brooks, but for our own person reasons went private. These people couldn't stand it. My decision had nothing to do with their decisions, their families, etc. We never discussed it in social settings, but several people would laser in on us and our educational decisions. It was beyond bizarre. And their children started repeating things they obviously heard their own parents say to our children, essentially bullying them (only dumb kids go to private, you're just a spoiled rich kid, you're gross, private schools are for losers, etc)

Then enter covid. Suddenly, some of these same parents start sending their kids to Catholic, private or boarding school. The ones who just a few years ago wouldn't shut up and took every opportunity to shame us and others. And the ones that kept their kids in ACPS (with the at home school pods, private tutors, etc) double downed and dug in their heels about how amazing ACPS, that their kids never see any fights, that their kids don't know anything about gangs, that their kids are doing great in all their self selected honors classes, that only fools and racists pull their kids from ACPS.

Those nut job parents are still here. They have those kindness or hate is not welcome (and one had a BLM garland in their window similar to a happy birthday garland), but yet they're not acknowledging any of the serious issues at ACPS because they keep their kids segregated from it. They are the biggest hypocrits and rudest people in the neighborhood.  [/quote]

I live in Rosemont too and I know just the people you are talking about. ACPS is exhausting. The focus on equity is noble, but misplaced. There is a lot of political posturing and I found most of the people you are describing sent their kids to private school after the pandemic. My kids are exceling in ACPS but they have to face a lot of situations as elementary and middle schoolers that I never thought they would have to experience. They see things that they do not want to see. They hear things that they wish they could not hear. I fear that they have very negative views about low income people.

Those parents you are describing are terrible. They are clique and tribal. They do not like anyone who tries to make ACPS more inclusive and welcoming of diverse thoughts and opinions. They do not really want to help poor people. My husband and I routinely say we'd move (probably to Old Town or Del Ray) but our kids are so happy here. For those who are asking why people stay: many of us are civil servants and don't make enough money to go to private or maybe private doesn't offer curriculum our kids need. One of my kids is working in a GW lab as a research assistant as a middle schooler. There are so many educational opportunities in ACPS that are not available at private schools. I do not think that my kids are getting ahead because they go to school with low income kids or a diverse school. Public schools offer dual enrollment, AP, lots of experiential learning opportunities. [/quote]

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