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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect.  The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie.  The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students.  The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there.  Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer.  Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

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My kid just graduated from Rockville and our experience could not be more different than what you describe. My kid had a great experience starting in ES, including lots of smart, motivated kids in his IB and AP classes in high school.  A diverse school, to be sure, much like the world he will live in. Maybe the RHS experience was so positive because people who are prone to judge based on race or ethnicity move out and the people who remain are the smart ones able to see more than that. Lucky us! [/quote]

Social sorting explains many things.  You're concerned about diversity of ethnicity; I'm concerned about diversity of scholastic ability.  How do explain the absence of smart kids at RHS, why do they have to go to some other school to get a good education?

You may think diversity is making your school stronger, but the sad fact is that academic achievements have been politicized because of that diversity leading to the segregated system you so cherish.  Scholastics function much differently when diversity isn't an issue.  Every homogenous rural white school has advanced tracks for math and AP placement.[/quote]

You seem to have misread my post. There are plenty of smart kids at Rockville, my kid  among them. Kids taking AP and IB classes, scoring 5s and 7s. Getting 1500+ on SATs. Getting in to Ivy League and other excellent schools. And thriving there. You seem to think ethnic diversity cannot coexist with scholastic excellence. I know from first hand experience that it can and does at Rockville. The fact that there are some kids who do not excel academically, for whatever reason, doesn’t prevent others from doing so. [/quote]

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