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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah no it is weird that voters from across the county vote for every BOE district.  That being said, the whole "I'm from Bethesda, everybody hates me, I'm such a victim" thing is hilarious.

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A pro-boundary study resident of Silver Spring who grew up in Bethesda and went to Whitman.[/quote]

Who cares where you're from. I live in Gaithersburg in a low rated school and I'm also a proponent of the boundary study as long is it is done in a  reasonable and transparent way. Even I can objectively say that there's a lot of hatred towards the W schools. Look through these threads as evidence of that. [b]If you listen in on the Board of Ed meetings you can hear the disdain of some of the board members against the Ws[/b] but yet no one likes to admit that one of the primary reasons that MCPS is holding on to what's left of its reputation is because of the Ws. Do I think something has to be done to even out the disparities in SES in the schools? Yes, I do. Do I blame the parents who choose to attend high performing schools? No. I would do the same. That's on MCPS to ensure that all schools have the resources it needs to elevate and challenge its students; and the strategy will vary based on the school and its population. All MCPS likes to do is move kids around but that's not enough. [/quote]

I've been watching the board meetings for years and don't know what you're referring to. Do you have some specific examples?[/quote]

I'm going to take a wild guess that PP is referring to school board members referring to the term "W schools" in a negative light, not realizing that they are criticizing the term, not the schools.  It's a pretty terrible term.[/quote]

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