Anonymous wrote:

If you really feel the need for people to make comments with their names revealed, why don't you do that first, email the reporter with your name, and your comments on that "a DCUM poster should contact the Bethesda Beat reporter to add comments to the record with his/her name"?

I think that would be fair, right?

Huh?

If I had been there (which I wasn't), and the reporter had talked to me, I would have told the reporter my name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Wow, what you don't get is that people do spend a lot of time and sometimes money to find a house in the neighborhood they like with schools they want their children to attend. A lot of research goes into this and anyone that thinks that home values aren't seriously impacted by the reputation of the schools they feed into is living under a rock. This isn't just a Montgomery County issue. It's EVERYWHERE in the country. Why doesn't our BOE figure out how to make sure that all schools perform well instead of trying to use our children as guinea pigs? I'm lucky because mine are almost done, but as a citizen of the county I think that the idea of busing kids half-way across the county to participate in this farce is terrible. Just FIX the schools. Nothing is going to change the amount of support students have at home (parents, tutors, other enrichment), no matter which school they go to.

The contact information for the Bethesda Beat reporter is at the bottom of the article. You can e-mail the reporter and offer to make comments on the record, with your name.

If you really feel the need for people to make comments with their names revealed, why don't you do that first, email the reporter with your name, and your comments on that "a DCUM poster should contact the Bethesda Beat reporter to add comments to the record with his/her name"?

I think that would be fair, right?

Anonymous wrote:

Absolutely!

I’d rather the county spend money to bring resources into schools where kids are living so they can help them rather than spend it on studies and transportation to artificially boost numbers by bussing in kids who will do well anyway.

You, also, can e-mail the reporter and offer to make comments on the record, with your name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Wow, what you don't get is that people do spend a lot of time and sometimes money to find a house in the neighborhood they like with schools they want their children to attend. A lot of research goes into this and anyone that thinks that home values aren't seriously impacted by the reputation of the schools they feed into is living under a rock. This isn't just a Montgomery County issue. It's EVERYWHERE in the country. Why doesn't our BOE figure out how to make sure that all schools perform well instead of trying to use our children as guinea pigs? I'm lucky because mine are almost done, but as a citizen of the county I think that the idea of busing kids half-way across the county to participate in this farce is terrible. Just FIX the schools. Nothing is going to change the amount of support students have at home (parents, tutors, other enrichment), no matter which school they go to.

Absolutely!

I’d rather the county spend money to bring resources into schools where kids are living so they can help them rather than spend it on studies and transportation to artificially boost numbers by bussing in kids who will do well anyway.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Wow, what you don't get is that people do spend a lot of time and sometimes money to find a house in the neighborhood they like with schools they want their children to attend. A lot of research goes into this and anyone that thinks that home values aren't seriously impacted by the reputation of the schools they feed into is living under a rock. This isn't just a Montgomery County issue. It's EVERYWHERE in the country. Why doesn't our BOE figure out how to make sure that all schools perform well instead of trying to use our children as guinea pigs? I'm lucky because mine are almost done, but as a citizen of the county I think that the idea of busing kids half-way across the county to participate in this farce is terrible. Just FIX the schools. Nothing is going to change the amount of support students have at home (parents, tutors, other enrichment), no matter which school they go to.

The contact information for the Bethesda Beat reporter is at the bottom of the article. You can e-mail the reporter and offer to make comments on the record, with your name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Wow, what you don't get is that people do spend a lot of time and sometimes money to find a house in the neighborhood they like with schools they want their children to attend. A lot of research goes into this and anyone that thinks that home values aren't seriously impacted by the reputation of the schools they feed into is living under a rock. This isn't just a Montgomery County issue. It's EVERYWHERE in the country. Why doesn't our BOE figure out how to make sure that all schools perform well instead of trying to use our children as guinea pigs? I'm lucky because mine are almost done, but as a citizen of the county I think that the idea of busing kids half-way across the county to participate in this farce is terrible. Just FIX the schools. Nothing is going to change the amount of support students have at home (parents, tutors, other enrichment), no matter which school they go to.

Apparently they are not able to do that (or, doing that will not fix the problems).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

Oh, so nowadays speaking out for one's own interest becomes a shameful thing to do?

I guess in some people's mind, the "public good" is defined by what is good for the selected groups (by them?) of people that satisfy their own ego for "social justice"?

Evidently they thought so, since they didn't want their names attached to their comments.

If that was the case, then either they were wrong, or there is something wrong with the society.

Of course this is assuming that people believe it is not a healthy society where it becomes shameful to speak out for one's interest.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Wow, what you don't get is that people do spend a lot of time and sometimes money to find a house in the neighborhood they like with schools they want their children to attend. A lot of research goes into this and anyone that thinks that home values aren't seriously impacted by the reputation of the schools they feed into is living under a rock. This isn't just a Montgomery County issue. It's EVERYWHERE in the country. Why doesn't our BOE figure out how to make sure that all schools perform well instead of trying to use our children as guinea pigs? I'm lucky because mine are almost done, but as a citizen of the county I think that the idea of busing kids half-way across the county to participate in this farce is terrible. Just FIX the schools. Nothing is going to change the amount of support students have at home (parents, tutors, other enrichment), no matter which school they go to.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

Oh, so nowadays speaking out for one's own interest becomes a shameful thing to do?

I guess in some people's mind, the "public good" is defined by what is good for the selected groups (by them?) of people that satisfy their own ego for "social justice"?

Evidently they thought so, since they didn't want their names attached to their comments.

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

Oh, so nowadays speaking out for one's own interest becomes a shameful thing to do?

I guess in some people's mind, the "public good" is defined by what is good for the selected groups (by them?) of people that satisfy their own ego for "social justice"?

Anonymous wrote:Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

+1

Shameful. No wonder they didn't want their names to be published.

It sounds like it was attended by DCUMmies, all of whom declined to give their names.

“They won’t be able to keep up and they won’t study.”

White families are being punished for “working hard and doing well and choosing to live in a certain community.”

“If Montgomery County was paying my taxes, then they could do that. But they’re not, so I have a right to go to my local school. I made a decision to live where I live and pay the price I pay based on that school. They want to change everything and you can’t pull the rug out from under our feet. That’s wrong. Actually, it’s criminal and they will all be voted out.”

“We are satisfied with what we have, we don’t want change. It’s not our fault those children don’t have opportunities. You can’t put that burden on us.”

“Why can’t they have a different standard for Asian kids making it onto the basketball team? We’re not making the basketball team because we can’t reach the rebound, so we better let the ball bounce one time first. No, they don’t change that standard.”

I had planned to attend, but I couldn't attend. If some one can summarize what happened in this meeting then I will really appreciate it.