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Anonymous wrote:If you like your elementary schools white and very rich, you will like at Wayside. Extremely wealthy families.

Just to let you know OP, all families look for very white because they are the highest testing schools with little social issues. You won't have little Maria and Jose slowing the group down not knowing how to speak English.

All families? You don't say.

Anonymous wrote:If you like your elementary schools white and very rich, you will like at Wayside. Extremely wealthy families.

Just to let you know OP, all families look for very white because they are the highest testing schools with little social issues. You won't have little Maria and Jose slowing the group down not knowing how to speak English.

Anonymous wrote:The poster is not interested in how wealthy parents are in the Wayside school district. Wayside is a very good school and provides a great education. Yes, there are some very well off people within the Wayside district, but there are also many hardworking, two income families who invested a lot in their homes to get high performing schools. People who are only focused on other people's money on this board are just petty.

If you are able to invest enough in your home to buy a home in the Wayside school zone, chances are that you're wealthy. That's not jealous or pettiness; it's just a fact.

Also a fact: there are non-wealthy, hard-working, two-income families who want high-performing schools but are excluded from living in the Wayside school zone, because there is no housing that they can afford.

Are those two facts relevant for the OP? Probably not. Are they relevant for Montgomery County and Montgomery County Public Schools? Absolutely.

The poster is not interested in how wealthy parents are in the Wayside school district. Wayside is a very good school and provides a great education. Yes, there are some very well off people within the Wayside district, but there are also many hardworking, two income families who invested a lot in their homes to get high performing schools. People who are only focused on other people's money on this board are just petty.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We work hard to earn our income. Because we invested in our education we earn more than the uneducated. Potomac provides a terrific neighbourhood for us to raise our kids and we love it. We are paying more tax on a 2000 sf house than those who live in other part of the county. If you want call me wealth, fine. My taxes are supporting a lot of kids whose parents dont pay as much as county spends per student. If you are not wealth yet, get more education and find a better pay job.

I believe the word you're looking for is wealthY. Thanks for the diatribe.

And paying job, not pay job.

Anonymous wrote:We work hard to earn our income. Because we invested in our education we earn more than the uneducated. Potomac provides a terrific neighbourhood for us to raise our kids and we love it. We are paying more tax on a 2000 sf house than those who live in other part of the county. If you want call me wealth, fine. My taxes are supporting a lot of kids whose parents dont pay as much as county spends per student. If you are not wealth yet, get more education and find a better pay job.

I believe the word you're looking for is wealthY. Thanks for the diatribe.

We work hard to earn our income. Because we invested in our education we earn more than the uneducated. Potomac provides a terrific neighbourhood for us to raise our kids and we love it. We are paying more tax on a 2000 sf house than those who live in other part of the county. If you want call me wealth, fine. My taxes are supporting a lot of kids whose parents dont pay as much as county spends per student. If you are not wealth yet, get more education and find a better pay job.

I have my second child in Wayside and will have my third entering in a year. It's a wonderful school. The school is going to be modernized, possibly starting in January 2016 if the funding is available. Housing starts in the mid 500's. I will be a Wayside dad for another 7 years. I prefer it over others as there are no high tension wires around the school as Bells Mill and Travilah ES have.

Big thanks to the genuine parents of kids at Wayside who took the time to answer. Its great to get the balanced, honest details from you. thanks again.

My children are at Wayside, and we are extremely happy.

The student population is quite diverse, compared to Bethesda schools. I'm not sure where pp got her information, but Wayside has high east Asian and south Asian populations. Many families are first generation, and our International Night is amazing.

The administration is very strong and works very well with the PTA. I have found the PTA to be very open to new families and welcome participation.

The overall culture is warm and happy.

Regarding wealth - many families are ... not quite house poor, but squeezed themselves for their mortgages, and are not rolling around in disposable income. Many homes are "middle class" homes - 2200 sq ft 1960's colonials. I would say that overall, Wayside has more wealth than Beverly Farms but less than Potomac Elementary.

Anonymous wrote:I had two kids go through Wayside in the past few years and I'm not wealthy. We had good teachers and not so good teachers, but that's true at any school. Parents are very involved and the administration does have high expectations for student performance. Overall, I would say it is a very good choice of elementary school. Please don't pay attention to the ill-informed, jealous people who troll these boards.

If you live here:

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/WaysideES.pdf

and you're not wealthy, then you're a rarity.

I had two kids go through Wayside in the past few years and I'm not wealthy. We had good teachers and not so good teachers, but that's true at any school. Parents are very involved and the administration does have high expectations for student performance. Overall, I would say it is a very good choice of elementary school. Please don't pay attention to the ill-informed, jealous people who troll these boards.

Anonymous wrote:22:27, you are really snarky. You'll fit right in at Wayside.

Why are you on this thread pp? Do you even have children?

Anonymous wrote:22:27, you are really snarky. You'll fit right in at Wayside.

you should learn the definition of sarcastic, it is in fact entirely different to "snarky"

22:27, you are really snarky. You'll fit right in at Wayside.