Anonymous wrote:
I live in Bethesda in a high-performing district, have attended multiple meetings, and find the anti-W bias so petty. It clearly stems from a few jealous individuals, and then every lemming starts repeating it.

I have attended multiple community meetings about boundaries, and NONE of the Bethesda parents I have spoken to are racist or prejudiced in any way against balancing socio-economic demographics. I am of mixed heritage, the parents I spoke to were of all ethnicities. We all moved to Bethesda because of the schools.

What we want is this for MCPS to:
1. ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING by building more schools and expanding others as appropriate. MCPS is not in charge of the school budget! This is on the State and County level - vote for politicians who care about overcrowding!
2. NOT HAVE STUDENTS SPEND HOURS ON BUSES - it increases congestion and wastes everyone's time. I can guarantee that no politician or MCPS administrator actually wants this. It's physically impossible in our already congested area anyway.

If you tweak boundaries so that schools are more balanced without impacting 1 and 2, then wonderful. My neighbors and I fully support that, even if we end up in a cluster we hadn't chosen to begin with!



Do some research before you talk. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox5dc.com/amp/news/local-news/some-montgomery-county-parents-fear-new-boundaries-for-school-communities

Anonymous wrote:It isn't that the parents at the W schools don't want minorities. They don't want any poor people. They are not fighting racial diversity; they are fighting economic diversity. They (wrongly) believe that poorer families don't deserve access to better resources and better schools. They want to keep those things for themselves.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're a kid. Things aren't so black and white. Personally, we chose a diverse area of MoCo to raise our kids. I am for a boundary change because the current boundaries are outdated and unsustainable. BUT some parents bought houses that were priced higher because they are in a W neighborhood. They did it because they wanted to give their kids the best, and avoid problems they believe will result in more diverse schools. Now they have several hundreds of thousands of dollars to lose if the boundaries change. While they might support integration in principle, their finances are tied to the status quo. Kind of like how Thomas Jefferson's kids were slaves, and he advocated for slavery to end, all the while owning like 600 slaves and only freeing his kids and wife. The rest of his slaves, he sold. Sometimes doing the right thing is complicated. Moral of the story for you, as you grow up-- if you don't put yourself in a moral quandary to begin with, you won't have these problems. Figure out what kind of morals you have now and then live by them even when it sucks. Develop your character when you're young, because you will need it when you're older.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're a kid. Things aren't so black and white. Personally, we chose a diverse area of MoCo to raise our kids. I am for a boundary change because the current boundaries are outdated and unsustainable. BUT some parents bought houses that were priced higher because they are in a W neighborhood. They did it because they wanted to give their kids the best, and avoid problems they believe will result in more diverse schools. Now they have several hundreds of thousands of dollars to lose if the boundaries change. While they might support integration in principle, their finances are tied to the status quo. Kind of like how Thomas Jefferson's kids were slaves, and he advocated for slavery to end, all the while owning like 600 slaves and only freeing his kids and wife. The rest of his slaves, he sold. Sometimes doing the right thing is complicated. Moral of the story for you, as you grow up-- if you don't put yourself in a moral quandary to begin with, you won't have these problems. Figure out what kind of morals you have now and then live by them even when it sucks. Develop your character when you're young, because you will need it when you're older.

Anonymous wrote:
I live in Bethesda in a high-performing district, have attended multiple meetings, and find the anti-W bias so petty. It clearly stems from a few jealous individuals, and then every lemming starts repeating it.

I have attended multiple community meetings about boundaries, and NONE of the Bethesda parents I have spoken to are racist or prejudiced in any way against balancing socio-economic demographics. I am of mixed heritage, the parents I spoke to were of all ethnicities. We all moved to Bethesda because of the schools.

What we want is this for MCPS to:
1. ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING by building more schools and expanding others as appropriate. MCPS is not in charge of the school budget! This is on the State and County level - vote for politicians who care about overcrowding!
2. NOT HAVE STUDENTS SPEND HOURS ON BUSES - it increases congestion and wastes everyone's time. I can guarantee that no politician or MCPS administrator actually wants this. It's physically impossible in our already congested area anyway.

If you tweak boundaries so that schools are more balanced without impacting 1 and 2, then wonderful. My neighbors and I fully support that, even if we end up in a cluster we hadn't chosen to begin with!

Anonymous wrote:It isn't that the parents at the W schools don't want minorities. They don't want any poor people. They are not fighting racial diversity; they are fighting economic diversity. They (wrongly) believe that poorer families don't deserve access to better resources and better schools. They want to keep those things for themselves.

Anonymous wrote:The w's dont want change. Especially Whitman High.. yuck. Its sad but we cant so anything about it except fight to the board for this boundary change!