Reply to Where do you consider MCPS high schools on a scale of good-bad

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Where do you consider MCPS high schools on a scale of good-bad"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote]W schools are just segregated. Their test averages aren't lowered by the poverty that's present elsewhere. There's nothing special about this. It doesn't mean that a high-performed wouldn't find similar opportunities or a strong cohort at any other MCPS school. Further, they might develop a stronger empathy and compassion for others which isn't happening at places like Churchill where bullying and racism are rampant.[/quote]

I agree and disagree with parts of this. The W schools are segregated and primarily UMC to wealthy which correlates in MD to race. Within the W schools though wealthy Africans, AA and hispanics do quite well. There simply are not enough wealthy AA and Hispanic residents in Montgomery County using the public schools. The DCC and other non-W schools are segregated to just in a different way. The segregation occurs within the school which is sad.

I have no experience with Churchill but sadly these racial incidents are happening everywhere including schools like those in the DCC. I suspect the PP is just one of the W haters so loves pushing any negative thing that happens at one. Racism in the form of stereotypes is in some ways more prevalent in DCC schools where so many of the POC are also lower income. At a school like WJ where there is more SES homogeny, kids see that AA and hispanic students as well as middle eastern, African and asian students do just as well as white students. In some ways, these kids will come out with a healthier view that all people are equal than the kids who were exposed daily to segregation within their own school.

I agree that a top high performing kid can do well anywhere but far more kids exist right below this bar. We all want to think that our child is gifted or a genius but many are simply slightly above average with potential. They are impressionable and could be top students with high expectations and peer influences but they can also go the other direction and just skate by having fun. This type of kids performs much better surrounded by a high performing cohort with fewer options find peers who are not interested in school. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics