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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the folks on this thread are repeat posters. Why can't we just agree that there are many great HS options in MoCo?

My kids are at Blair, and they are absolutely thriving. The same kid would probably thrive at B-CC or RM or any other school.

I don't know why folks in this area are so nasty, but why not just be happy we live someplace with strong options no matter your income, commute needs, etc?

There's a poster on here that repeatedly claims that there is Blair envy; and many people find it very boastful and ridiculous, so it ignites the back and fourth.

I was skeptical at first, too, but Blair's envy is real.

We are in the Churchill zone but had one child at Blair who recently graduated. Blair is a great school and our family loves it a lot more than Churchill but there's no such thing as Blair envy.
It's something insecure parents have made up to make themselves feel better. We've noticed DCC parents spend a lot of time thinking about and putting down the W schools. They compare stats like college admissions and test scores and celebrate when their area seems to do better by some measure. But no one we know at the Ws thinks about the DCC, much less Blair, other than the magnet, at all. It's a weird made up competition by one side only.

I’m not100% sure it’s envy, per se, but coming to the realization that they paid a premium to get in a “good” school zone, when in fact they could have paid much much less in the Blair zone and gotten the same exact education. They HAVE to cut down Blair to make their choices/investment worthwhile. Otherwise what separates them from those slackers in the DCC?

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We've noticed DCC parents spend a lot of time thinking about and putting down the W schools.

what does DCC mean?

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We've noticed DCC parents spend a lot of time thinking about and putting down the W schools.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has become so petty lol

C'mon! DCUM may be a toxic cesspool, but it's our toxic cesspool!

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a random comment but I happen to work across from the high school. When I’m walking to lunch or running a quick errand the kids are walking home or around the area and always seem very respectful and going about their business with friends. It’s not rowdy or dangerous or anything. Just an observation from an outsider.

No! You can't take away our deeply held convictions with simple eyewitness testimony! We'll believe any baseless, awful rumor that supports our preconceived notions.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a random comment but I happen to work across from the high school. When I’m walking to lunch or running a quick errand the kids are walking home or around the area and always seem very respectful and going about their business with friends. It’s not rowdy or dangerous or anything. Just an observation from an outsider.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a random comment but I happen to work across from the high school. When I’m walking to lunch or running a quick errand the kids are walking home or around the area and always seem very respectful and going about their business with friends. It’s not rowdy or dangerous or anything. Just an observation from an outsider.

Anonymous wrote:This thread has become so petty lol

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the folks on this thread are repeat posters. Why can't we just agree that there are many great HS options in MoCo?

My kids are at Blair, and they are absolutely thriving. The same kid would probably thrive at B-CC or RM or any other school.

I don't know why folks in this area are so nasty, but why not just be happy we live someplace with strong options no matter your income, commute needs, etc?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the folks on this thread are repeat posters. Why can't we just agree that there are many great HS options in MoCo?

My kids are at Blair, and they are absolutely thriving. The same kid would probably thrive at B-CC or RM or any other school.

I don't know why folks in this area are so nasty, but why not just be happy we live someplace with strong options no matter your income, commute needs, etc?

There's a poster on here that repeatedly claims that there is Blair envy; and many people find it very boastful and ridiculous, so it ignites the back and fourth.

I was skeptical at first, too, but Blair's envy is real.

We are in the Churchill zone but had one child at Blair who recently graduated. Blair is a great school and our family loves it a lot more than Churchill but there's no such thing as Blair envy.
It's something insecure parents have made up to make themselves feel better. We've noticed DCC parents spend a lot of time thinking about and putting down the W schools. They compare stats like college admissions and test scores and celebrate when their area seems to do better by some measure. But no one we know at the Ws thinks about the DCC, much less Blair, other than the magnet, at all. It's a weird made up competition by one side only.

I’m not100% sure it’s envy, per se, but coming to the realization that they paid a premium to get in a “good” school zone, when in fact they could have paid much much less in the Blair zone and gotten the same exact education. They HAVE to cut down Blair to make their choices/investment worthwhile. Otherwise what separates them from those slackers in the DCC?

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone just made the point about DCC people thinking too much about W school people and them not thinking anything about the DCC.

All these posts are DCC people saying W people cut them down but really in all the years of reading things I rarely really see any criticism of Blair at all. On the rare occasion when someone posts something negative -and it's usually someone identifying themselves as a Blair parent - they accuse that person of being a W parent masquerading as a Blair parent making up lies. Get a grip people. W parents are not doing that!

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Anonymous wrote:I think everyone just made the point about DCC people thinking too much about W school people and them not thinking anything about the DCC.

All these posts are DCC people saying W people cut them down but really in all the years of reading things I rarely really see any criticism of Blair at all. On the rare occasion when someone posts something negative -and it's usually someone identifying themselves as a Blair parent - they accuse that person of being a W parent masquerading as a Blair parent making up lies. Get a grip people. W parents are not doing that!

Someone in this very thread said only the magnet is good at Blair. Pretty sure that was not a Blair parent.

Anonymous wrote:I think everyone just made the point about DCC people thinking too much about W school people and them not thinking anything about the DCC.

All these posts are DCC people saying W people cut them down but really in all the years of reading things I rarely really see any criticism of Blair at all. On the rare occasion when someone posts something negative -and it's usually someone identifying themselves as a Blair parent - they accuse that person of being a W parent masquerading as a Blair parent making up lies. Get a grip people. W parents are not doing that!