I am confused about people calling Farquhar an old school. The building is less than 10 years old.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rosa Parks has a much better reputation than Farquhar. Fwiw, I live in the rosa parks area, and I have friends and neighbors with kids there. I also know mcps teachers and principals who live in both districts and they have told me that rosa parks is better than Farquhar. It might have to do with demographics and economics. Lots of rentals and affordable housing units feed into Farquhar. Lots of rentals in the Brooke grove area fwiw.

God forbid your children should have to share a classroom with a kid whose parents RENT a home or apartment! God forbid!!!!

What is this world coming to?

Less money, mo problems.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember, kids who go to Farquhar - 1/2 of them go to Sherwood and 1/2 to Blake. Each of the HS's also has its pros/cons

And the half that go to Blake are able to choose Paint Branch or Springbrook as part of the Northeast Consortium.

Why would anyone leave Blake for PB or springbrook? Serious question. Bad traffic, bad issues (crime).

Anonymous wrote:Remember, kids who go to Farquhar - 1/2 of them go to Sherwood and 1/2 to Blake. Each of the HS's also has its pros/cons

And the half that go to Blake are able to choose Paint Branch or Springbrook as part of the Northeast Consortium.

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/maryland/investigation-misconduct-former-mcps-principal-dr-joel-beidleman-released/65-f43e0399-bfcc-4744-8519-76b62ef38588

Former Farquhar principal had a big, multi year scandal recently.

Both schools are pretty average imho.

Mcps is subpar across the board, but they really shine when it comes to crummy middle schools: checked out teachers…some with obvious personality disorders or mental health issues…and a growing number of unruly kids who give zero Fs since they aren’t interested in going to college.

Anonymous wrote:I had to move my student to Farquhar Middle School because my daughter was getting rape threats. As a single mother this stuff is unacceptable.

Rape threats at rosa parks?

I had to move my student to Farquhar Middle School because my daughter was getting rape threats. As a single mother this stuff is unacceptable.

rosa parks is butt cheeks dont go there

Both schools are similar in terms of curriculum and teacher quality. Farquhar takes the nod on facilities. Rosa has performing arts strength while Farquar’s sports are more organized. Teacher ratios in line with other schools. Beefing is always something to watch out for in middle school but I don’t have any intelligence on either school. Recreational drugs are another area to evaluate. It really depends on your comfort around this.

Rosa Parks is the new building? Did you switch schools names? Farquar has a brand new building, looks great. Rosa Parks is decrepit looking old building. I think both are on par academically. Useless Great schools has Rosa as 9 and Farquar as 8. Ethnic composition tells you why people prefer Rosa, even if it only 10%difference.

Farquhar is newer than Rosa

Teachers like working for the Farquhar principal. It’s a well run place from what I hear. I work at a different (W)middle school and am looking for a new one and the principal matters a lot to me. And Farquhar gets good reports in that area. Anyway, often happy teachers= better, more stable school. Lots of movement will be happening where I work now because people are unhappy.

I am currently a William H. Farquhar Middle School student, and I have to simply say I went to Rosa Parks and considered it one of the WORST SCHOOLS. I live in a military family, so we move often. Rosa Parks has a really bad reputation in honor roll, school fights,etc.

Farquhar middle school is a great school. My child loved his 3 years there and was challenged academically while at the same time having wonderful after school activities and making friends. His teachers, for the most part, were good (nothing is perfect). We went to the open house this week and the new building (on the same lot) is amazing. My son will miss his time at Farquhar, it is a school with a great sense of community.

Rosa has a all gay teacher staff who intend on touching each other after each class also rosa supports the kkk