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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you care about making change, you need to do something serious like write a coherent document with data-backed arguments, not argue on an anonymous message board. [/quote]

Yes this.  Or attempting to get others (even those on DCUM) to comment favorably for the DCC option of choice in the feedback forms.  You can try to make allies but that’s apparently not your jam.[/quote]

And why should I as a non-DCC parent care about this? How does it affect me? Is it going to cost more and impact my property taxes? Is it going to lead to more congestion? Is it going to impact the boundaries of my cluster? And by retaining it, who is this helping? A few privileged strivers or the broader DCC? Or not and just whine about persistent inequality between clusters. [/quote]

Why should I take time to explain to you what has been explained ad nauseum on this thread? You don't need to read this thread or post here if you don't care.[/quote]

Because the alternative without a clear and concise summary of why any non-DCC parent should care is that I will advocate against any change from the current proposal. Why f do I care if it doesn’t affect me? A few squawking parents pissed that their striver doesn’t have the same options now? Yeah okay. Sounds like they should just move to a different cluster like the rest of us. [/quote]

Why are you posting here? You're saying you don't care but it sounds very much like you do. You're going to advocate for a proposal you don't care about? Lol[/quote]

Oh I enjoy the spectacle and the hand wringing and the holier than thou attitude that some of you DCC parents take for having decided not to be in a “W” school like it’s some badge of honor. It sounds like a lot of barking from a few privileged parents who suddenly don’t like the fact that their choices have come home to roost rather than a problem that affects the DCC as a whole. The fact that you can’t respond to this about who it affects is really telling! But please prove me wrong.

On the other hand, my admittedly modest amount of empathy for my fellow parents’ plight is also at play. I really don’t know how it affects the county as a whole and if it’s going to raise my property taxes and cost more or some other negative consequence, then I definitely care and would be happy to support rolling it back. So tell me, why should I care about this?[/quote]

You can't talk to people like this and expect them to answer your questions on demand.[/quote]

DP - that person is a psychopath.  They’re enjoying this exchange and have zero interest in caring about other people.[/quote]

Oh, I am enjoying this exchange but not for the reasons you think. I just like exposing hypocrites, especially the ones who have railed against W schools for years. The ugly truth is you’re not different than any of us even though you pretend your decisions are somehow better. [/quote]

Yes, you are.  No one is rallying against the W schools.  We are fine with them being separate but we want equal.  How hard is that to understand?  Why should one group of kids benefit from advanced classes on taxpayer dollars while another group doesn't?  Why should one group benefit from arts, sports and other things and another doesn't when we all pay the same taxes?[/quote]

You do realize that schools in the eastern part of the county get a lot more dollars per pupil than in the western part of the county.

You do realize it is much harder to get into UMD from the west of the county then east of the county? [/quote]

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