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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WJ, now Woodward parent here. I think Woodward will be good school. However, I will be selling my property and buying at WJ district. This is my personal choice due to my very sensitive kid whose friends are staying at WJ and she supposed to leave for Woodward. Yes, I will loose money, yes it sucks. But I prioritize my kid mental health and comfort[/quote]

No judgement at all, but how do you expect your daughter to handle going to college and the real world if your response to her being redistricted is selling your house to “protect her mental health”? [/quote]

I purposely chose to not have my kids raised in that "world".

But everyone's real world is different.

There are people that can live their entire lives in a bubble.  Growing up in a country club lifestyle and living that way all through the life.

These people also tend to go to very prestigious/exclusive colleges and for their careers work surrounded by similar people.

So while it may not be your world, it's their "real world".

Like I said, I purposely didn't want my kids to live in that type of world.  But no one should be judging on who's world is the real or right one.

And hey for all of the virtue signalling from Dr. Taylor and Dr. Starr, just wanted to point out that they still chose to live in the richest part of the county.  If diversity and equity was such a big deal to them, shouldn't they make sure that their families live in the "real world" too?[/quote]

Lady your house isn't being reassigned to Woodward for equity. It's because WJ and multiple nearby high schools are wildly overcrowded [/quote]

I actually wasn't referring to the topic of this thread.  But more so all of the other programs/initiatives that they expressed support for.  Such as the regional models or yes, if they're doing anything to try to balance out demographics/performance at schools.  Maybe not necessarily at Woodward but at other schools/programs.[/quote]

Sounds like you really want to black Black and Latino people for your choice to sell your house and move even though they have literally nothing to do with that.[/quote]

No.  Actually in previous/earlier threads I suggested if MCPS really wanted to be equitable they could look into allocating seats or percentages to students from specific schools.

For example, there's no representation from the NEC to the Blair magnet program?  Then allocate like 15 spots just for the students from the NEC.

MCPS isn't doing anyone any favors in dumbing down programs and curriculum or just mix student groups to balance out test scores but not help students improve proficiency.  Because it all ends up showing in standardized tests, college and afterwards.[/quote]

What on earth does that have to do with you wanting to sell your house?[/quote]

I didn't say anything about selling a house.

I said that there are different worlds and no one's world is necessarily the real/right world.  It's just different worlds and it's fine.

BUT with all of the talk about Joshua Starr and Thomas Taylor being champions for equity and diversity, they choose to live isolated in the richest parts of the county and their families wouldn't be affected by any of the proposed changes.  Anything coming from them would just be based off of theory or numbers.  And they really live in a different world but making judgement and decisions for people living in others.

I was originally responding back to the poster who said that some former WJ families mixing with Woodward families would be good for them because they'd get more exposed to the real world.  But did veer off in a tangent a little bit.  But honestly Taylor and Starr are in their own little worlds too.[/quote
Oh so you aren't the person who said "I will be selling my property and buying at WJ district"? Yet you responded to posts as if you were.[/quote]

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