Here you go OP. Bet you could get them down a bit. Very commutable but rough left turn onto River in the morning. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11208-Tara-Rd-Potomac-MD-20854/37262559_zpid/

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Anonymous wrote:Our family calls the new Principal Barbie. She plays favorites with staff, likes to be surrounded by the popular crowd, and cares to much about sports instead of academics, and doesn't do a thing about the drugs being sold in her school on her watch.

That's actually kind of sexist.

Agree. I'm not her biggest fan but I also only see a sliver of what she does. She seems to really favor sports over other pursuits. If you want to know how she's doing ask the staff.

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

You're pointing out that a public school in 2020 is obeying the law of the land since 1954, by not excluding black and Hispanic students who are zoned for that school. Yay, I guess?

Yes, that's what I'm pointing out because people here are very judgemental towards families who happen to attend schools that have a higher percentage of white and Asian students than other schools in the county. Why get mad of them? If the county really wants to even out the percentages, then the county needs to either a) open up the W neighborhoods to more affordable housing b)allow school choice c) reassign boundaries. Personally, I prefer a&b.

"Families who happen to attend schools..." Purely coincidentally. Who knows how that came about! Just all of a sudden, one day, there they were!

You proved my point.

I have talked to plenty of people, in real life, who said, "We bought this house so that we would be close to the best schools." If they then complained about being judged for happening to attend these schools, I would have to work hard to not roll my eyes.

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

You're pointing out that a public school in 2020 is obeying the law of the land since 1954, by not excluding black and Hispanic students who are zoned for that school. Yay, I guess?

Yes, that's what I'm pointing out because people here are very judgemental towards families who happen to attend schools that have a higher percentage of white and Asian students than other schools in the county. Why get mad of them? If the county really wants to even out the percentages, then the county needs to either a) open up the W neighborhoods to more affordable housing b)allow school choice c) reassign boundaries. Personally, I prefer a&b.

"Families who happen to attend schools..." Purely coincidentally. Who knows how that came about! Just all of a sudden, one day, there they were!

You proved my point.

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

You're pointing out that a public school in 2020 is obeying the law of the land since 1954, by not excluding black and Hispanic students who are zoned for that school. Yay, I guess?

Yes, that's what I'm pointing out because people here are very judgemental towards families who happen to attend schools that have a higher percentage of white and Asian students than other schools in the county. Why get mad of them? If the county really wants to even out the percentages, then the county needs to either a) open up the W neighborhoods to more affordable housing b)allow school choice c) reassign boundaries. Personally, I prefer a&b.

"Families who happen to attend schools..." Purely coincidentally. Who knows how that came about! Just all of a sudden, one day, there they were!

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International diversity isn’t viewed as counting. People talk about how are elementary school isn’t diverse, but ignore that there are families from ~35 different countries. In my view, that adds tremendous value, at least as much as traditional diversity.

Obviously international diversity is one kind of diversity. But when an elementary school has families from 35 different countries, but only 7% of the students come from poor families in a school district where 38% of elementary-school students come from poor families, are you really going to say that this elementary school is diverse? Maybe you will, but I wouldn't. I wouldn't say that this school is economically segregated.

I know somebody who went to RM when it was still racially segregated de jure. She says that there actually were some black kids there: the children of diplomats. So there's another example of international diversity at a segregated school.

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

You're pointing out that a public school in 2020 is obeying the law of the land since 1954, by not excluding black and Hispanic students who are zoned for that school. Yay, I guess?

Yes, that's what I'm pointing out because people here are very judgemental towards families who happen to attend schools that have a higher percentage of white and Asian students than other schools in the county. Why get mad of them? If the county really wants to even out the percentages, then the county needs to either a) open up the W neighborhoods to more affordable housing b)allow school choice c) reassign boundaries. Personally, I prefer a&b.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

DP.. no, I would not call those schools diverse, either.

IMO, RM and NW are pretty diverse schools. Close to 25% in each group, give or take, and throw in x% of mixed race kids (which mine are).

Well there you go. Considering the fact that not everyone can be accommodated at RM or NW, then you can't really blame parents for attending non diverse schools.

Or at least schools that are “less diverse” in this PP’s opinion. Apparently the PP has very specific guidelines for what they consider diverse.

Yes, W schools are "less" diverse. It's why they are coined "W" - wealthy, white. Just as Kennedy HS is not diverse.

https://ggwash.org/view/31601/de-facto-segregation-threatens-montgomery-public-schools

and I did not "blame" parents for anything. You're reading into things that aren't there. Maybe I hit a nerve or something.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

So it sounds like you’re saying boys from India, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan are somehow equivalent to a white boy from Idaho. Yet, none of those boys are equivalent to a Hispanic boy.

Or you think all schools need a 25% white/Asian/black/Hispanic ratio or else it isn’t diverse.

Got it.

International diversity isn’t viewed as counting. People talk about how are elementary school isn’t diverse, but ignore that there are families from ~35 different countries. In my view, that adds tremendous value, at least as much as traditional diversity.

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

You're pointing out that a public school in 2020 is obeying the law of the land since 1954, by not excluding black and Hispanic students who are zoned for that school. Yay, I guess?

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Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

They're called diverse by whom? Not by anybody I have encountered. Most people call these schools "segregated".

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

So it sounds like you’re saying boys from India, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan are somehow equivalent to a white boy from Idaho. Yet, none of those boys are equivalent to a Hispanic boy.

Or you think all schools need a 25% white/Asian/black/Hispanic ratio or else it isn’t diverse.

Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

DP.. no, I would not call those schools diverse, either.

IMO, RM and NW are pretty diverse schools. Close to 25% in each group, give or take, and throw in x% of mixed race kids (which mine are).

Well there you go. Considering the fact that not everyone can be accommodated at RM or NW, then you can't really blame parents for attending non diverse schools.

Or at least schools that are “less diverse” in this PP’s opinion. Apparently the PP has very specific guidelines for what they consider diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

DP.. no, I would not call those schools diverse, either.

IMO, RM and NW are pretty diverse schools. Close to 25% in each group, give or take, and throw in x% of mixed race kids (which mine are).

Well there you go. Considering the fact that not everyone can be accommodated at RM or NW, then you can't really blame parents for attending non diverse schools.

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of people with diverse background in Potomac. Lots of Asians who are not necessarily rich but who like the good schools here. One family is clear a working class in my neighborhood, another is a high school teacher. Lots of black and Hispanics too. It's certainly not lily white.

Also lots of people who are obviously very rich and drive fancy European cars. My DS said a parent who was a CEO gave a talk to them in middle school.

It's 80% white/asian... so no, not diverse.

The school is less than 50% white and asians apparently don't count as diversity.

If you want to see more black and hispanic people then say you want more black and hispanic people. If you want to talk about class then talk about class.

But stop grouping white people and asians together.

The two groups are not equivalent to each other, and even within the umbrella term "Asian," a person from India is not the same as someone from Korea.

I didn't say white and asian people are the same but if ~80% of a school is 2 types of people it's not diverse. Yea... and somebody from Maryland is not the same as somebody from Idaho... so what... it's not diverse, just own it . You sound really ignorant trying to say it is divers.

Lots of schools in the area are 80% black and Latino combined but they're called diverse. Just saying. Anyway just curious what you would do with the diversity problem you indicated. Black and Hispanic families are welcome to the school if they live in the cluster.

DP.. no, I would not call those schools diverse, either.

IMO, RM and NW are pretty diverse schools. Close to 25% in each group, give or take, and throw in x% of mixed race kids (which mine are).