Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 16:01     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why do people who live in good school districts feel like your children are entitled to a better education than others, and tell people to just move? All kids deserve a good education, not just those you live in pricey neighborhoods.


How does this post solve OP's problem? Her kid needs a good school now.


Because she is venting that she is resentful and annoyed, which are valid feelings, and people are beating her up for not living in a pricier neighborhood.


No, people are beating her up because she is refusing any and all suggestions about how to improve her situation, without offering any reasons why, other than to say that her marriage wouldn't survive a one bedroom apartment and that she doesn't want to pay more than $1200 a month to house a family of 4.

$1200 a month in DC is not going to get you a stellar school. I'm surprised it gets you a house that is safe and large enough for 4 people. I understand venting, but her venting comes off as hostile, elitist and mean-spirited.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:55     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Just a word of sympathy OP that no one knows the backpack we have in life. We moved to inbounds for a blue ribbon school in 2006. Low and behold, those blue ribbons were because of a cheating scandal. Between buying at the top of the market, job uncertainty and having kid and infertility costs, we aren't in the position to move either.

Be kind people.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:52     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why do people who live in good school districts feel like your children are entitled to a better education than others, and tell people to just move? All kids deserve a good education, not just those you live in pricey neighborhoods.


How does this post solve OP's problem? Her kid needs a good school now.


Because she is venting that she is resentful and annoyed, which are valid feelings, and people are beating her up for not living in a pricier neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:47     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:Why do people who live in good school districts feel like your children are entitled to a better education than others, and tell people to just move? All kids deserve a good education, not just those you live in pricey neighborhoods.


How does this post solve OP's problem? Her kid needs a good school now.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:47     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you posted what your IB school is, maybe you would find other people who are in your position.


OP has great WL #s at Bridges and Lee. It is very likely that her IB is a decent, if not semi-sought after school. OP sounds like she wanted a top 5 charter and is mad because she got shut out. My bet is her IB is Takoma, Brightwood or Shepherd.


My IB has never - seriously never, I just did a search here - been mentioned on this board.


My apologies, just looked again and it was referenced in 2011 in negative terms, and again in a thread listing dozens of schools with open spots. Suffice to say, it's not at all sought after.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:43     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Why do people who live in good school districts feel like your children are entitled to a better education than others, and tell people to just move? All kids deserve a good education, not just those you live in pricey neighborhoods.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:42     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you posted what your IB school is, maybe you would find other people who are in your position.


OP has great WL #s at Bridges and Lee. It is very likely that her IB is a decent, if not semi-sought after school. OP sounds like she wanted a top 5 charter and is mad because she got shut out. My bet is her IB is Takoma, Brightwood or Shepherd.


My IB has never - seriously never, I just did a search here - been mentioned on this board.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:42     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Your mortgage is so cheap -if you bought so long ago that schools weren't on your radar you could probably sell and make an enormous profit. Sell your house and move into a rental in a better district.





It's going to sound like a crazy notion, but believe it or not the vast majority of Americans prefer home equity.


What does this mean? That the vast majority of Americans would sit on an enormous amount of home equity and send their child to a terrible school? No way. The vast majority of people would sell and move to a better school zone.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:19     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:Sela!! Sela will have space.




Wish I'd thought to mention that! Yes, Sela is probably a better option than most DCPS.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:11     Subject: Re:Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for move OP.

--Single Mom making my budget work in a good Fairfax school district.




Must not be working very well, or you wouldn't be trolling the DC forum. Funny how we never reciprocate and decide to troll yours.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:06     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:OP, if you posted what your IB school is, maybe you would find other people who are in your position.


OP has great WL #s at Bridges and Lee. It is very likely that her IB is a decent, if not semi-sought after school. OP sounds like she wanted a top 5 charter and is mad because she got shut out. My bet is her IB is Takoma, Brightwood or Shepherd.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:04     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:Your mortgage is so cheap -if you bought so long ago that schools weren't on your radar you could probably sell and make an enormous profit. Sell your house and move into a rental in a better district.





It's going to sound like a crazy notion, but believe it or not the vast majority of Americans prefer home equity.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 15:03     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
OP, if you posted what your IB school is, maybe you would find other people who are in your position.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 14:43     Subject: Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:OP, is Walker Jones your IB school? There is another disappointed parent looking for a K slot who is very down on WJ. But it looks like WJ is getting not only some second round love but also some props from current parents. Going to WJ for a year or two is not the end of the world.


No, it's not. Though really my inbound option isn't the end of the world either, really.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2014 14:41     Subject: Re:Resentful and annoyed
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This was me a few years ago. Not the resentment part but the being shut out time and time again part. I also had a townhouse that was bought long long ago and moving wasn't impossible but would of been very difficult to do. So you know what I did? My kid went to a crappy school for K and 1. Its really not the end of the world. There are good teachers everywhere...even in schools that are failing. I dedicated myself to being an active parent, to volunteer, to get to know my teacher, to not write off the school or act above it, and I was honestly a little sad to leave when we did get into a charter. Yes some DCPS are very "bad" but having spent a lot of time in a "bad" school there is good to be found in any situation. Kindergarden isn't rocket science.

Signed by a Mom who's oldest child learned to read and write in a failing DCPS school.


THANKS! Fortunately my kid already knows how to read and write pretty well so the pressure is off on that front!


Oh, so is this why you think your child will not have any "peers" at the IB school? Get over yourself. I was with you at the beginning, although I thought it was childish and simplistic to cry "No fair!" just because you are unhappy with the lottery results. The more posts you have written, though, the less sympathetic you have become. You are not entitled to a "better" school option than your neighbors just because your friends have better options. In fact, some might argue that it's unfair for a kid who is SO advanced to be eligible for a charter K spot anyway. Shouldn't the spot be saved for a child who hasn't already mastered the K curriculum? I'm not saying I agree with that, but it's no more ridiculous than your stating that someone who is IB for a "better" school should not have the opportunity to lottery in for immersion, Montessori, etc. And really, how many of the K spots in your desired schools do you really think have been taken by kids who chose it over a JKLMM school? Would that have really made the difference in your child getting in or not?


You're mixing different things. When I refer to my kid's peers I mean the kids her age in our neighborhood, not the kids that are or aren't doing the same things as her academically. I think that's been fairly clear from my posts, sorry if it has not.