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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know families who moved away from Tacoma park to Bethesda because the schools in TP were bad.[/quote]

I call BS on this post.[/quote]

DP.  I call BS on this BS.   The other poster bragged how the 97th percentile didn't get into the program, so that should tell you something. I'm familiar with the PBES program.  I don't think it's any different than the W feeders.  The main difference is TPMS, but now that it's a lottery, the program is not what it was.  There's also an issue with the RLA program at PBES that was never fixed, imho.  Both the P and teachers involved are still there.  Not saying it's a bad program by any means, but the combination of lottery and a few bad apples dragged down the stature of the program overall.[/quote]

This is very different than my experience. Both my kids loved TPES and PBES. They had no trouble making friends despite 10 classes. Both were consistently in the 96%-99% on both MAPs and so were many of their friends. Excellent schools. I could imagine better.[/quote]

Well my kids hated them and found them very unfriendly. There is no “community” at the schools either among the kids or the families. We joined in 2nd and 4th grade and there is absolutely no welcome to new families, no effort from the PTA and no attempt to be inclusive. No efforts to involve anyone other than white upper class families as volunteers.[/quote]

I'm sorry you had such a bad experience but the dozens of families I know who live within walking distance all disagree. In fact, it's a really tight knit community where everyone knows each other. Sure, kids may not all be in the same class each year but there are so many opportunities to interact with others that it hardly matters. Also, many great organizations like Takoma Soccer, D&D at the community center, or scouts that I can't help but think you weren't trying that hard.[/quote]

They were mostly closed for a year due to the pandemic. The year that my kids aged out. And some longer, like D and D which still hasn’t started again in person. But thanks for being so welcoming and understanding. You pretty much proved my point.[/quote]

My kids did it with Dave from the library and their regular group over zoom during the height of covid.[/quote]

My kids had no interest in more Zoom time. I’d also challenged the suggestion that zoom dungeons and dragons would actually easily lead to friendships.[/quote]

My kids also loved it. Thought it was great to play D&D and enjoyed seeing their many neighborhood friends which otherwise rarely happened during the pandemic.[/quote]

Ugh. You’re missing the whole point here. If you join the TKPK schools after kindergarten and don’t do after care or apparently go to scouts, and then a freaking pandemic hits YOU DON’T HAVE neighborhood friends to see in Zoom dungeons and dragons. It’s been incredibly difficult to make friends here ( and I’m speaking for myself as a well as my kids) and to be frank there are some mean kids at PBES. But that said, I haven’t seen anything like what PP claims happened to her kid. There’s just a lack of community feel and limited kindness going on at PBES which I think of mostly due to the large size and the lack of younger kids at the school.[/quote]

I don't do anything about that but my kids also thought it was wonderful. I guess it is difficult to make friends especially when you don't try and are angry at everyone. [/quote]

Youre proving the point here. An insular community where certain white upper middle class families insist everyone knows everyone without actually trying to reach out to newcomers. It’sa shame it’s not a more inclusive community. If the schools were smaller (and if fewer people had the attitude you do, PP) I’m sure it would be easier.[/quote]

I also moved to Takoma during this time and have found the community warm and welcoming. The size of the schools weren't a problem for us especially since with class sizees of 16-18 kids, but I suppose people's experiences can vary. [/quote]

You must be talking about TPES. At PBES there are about 28 kids per class and about 10 classes per grade.[/quote]

That's not exactly accurate. Yes, there are about 10 classes and roughly 210 kids per grade. As a PP noted, with the exception of the CES class, most classes are in the low 20s. At TPES classes are much smaller.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02749.pdf[/quote]

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