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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I live in TP and love it, but someone here is really trying to put the hate on!

Diversity does not necessarily mean perfectly blended, but we're working on it!  The "Maple apts" the hate-poster mentions are all over TP, and in the more expensive areas. There is a mix of kids in the schools and the parks and the shops.  My kids have had a good experience in the schools. They have been in all the magnets, so their classes have been largely great, but the non-magnet classes have been good for the most part too. Not every teacher is terrific, but there are some really outstanding teachers in all 3 TP schools. My math magnet kid has terrific English and History teachers this year.  I have 2 at TPMS & love the principal, Ms Deeny (she's been there way more than 2 years).  Kids can get rowdy, but I don't have a real sense of any "bad group." I have 6th and 8th grader. There are definitely some lippy kids, though.

You do see some racial grouping -- Asian kids from Potomac hang together,  kids who go to Rec center hang, kids who do E-motion dancers & basketball are largely AA or African immigrant, kids in drama club & softball are mostly white, Mathcounts is mostly Asian, but there is some blending across the board. Soccer is a total blend (looking through my kid's yearbook)! And there is certainly a mix in the classrooms.

I think one of the best things about TP is that we recognize that people aren't perfectly blended, we keep making the effort to embrace diversity and get to know our neighbors.

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