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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

Also many of the W boundaries aren't even near the school that they serve. So much more could be done without even bussing anyone.

So much false information/misconceptions in this convo lol

1. Houses in the DCC are much more expensive than you think. Nobody is paying "triple" for the same house in Bethesda compared with the DCC.
2. Having a segregated magnet program within a school as a way to "desegregate" is dumb. Just one more way MCPS talks a big game about equity but doesn't do anything substantive. Everyone should be against this.
3. Plenty of kids take the bus to school currently. Many take it long distances to attend whatever special segregated program MCPS created to massage its numbers. There is no plan or desire to bus DCC kids to Whitman. You all think MoCo is basically Bethesda/Potomac and then everywhere else. It's not. There are plenty of ways to create more balanced demographics by looking at adjacent school clusters.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

The Troll is strong in this one!

I’m not a troll. I am actually a really good person who cares about all children’s education. But I just care about my kids the most. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

I think this is a very common attitude and I appreciate the honesty. It's the reality of people who will spend more to be in a certain school district and it's important that the BOE take it into consideration. Because this poster is right--they aren't going to just spread the wealth to another school. They will spread the wealth to the private schools. Because they can. FWIW, I don't have kids in a W school district and my kids' HS gets put down on here all the time so I have no plans to go private nor a desire to go to a W school. But I also moved to my neighborhood because I feel like it was the right move for my family and my kids and would be pissed if they wanted to bus my kids across town, even though in our case, it could be to a "better" school.

It's not honest to claim that the same house costs triple in Bethesda what it would in the DCC. This poster has no earthly idea what Montgomery County even looks like outside of Bethesda and Potomac.

NOBODY WITH ANY POWER WANTS OR IS PLANNING TO BUS MORE KIDS ACROSS TOWN UNLESS IT IS FOR MAGNET PROGRAMS WHICH ARE STUPID.

I wasn't referring to the claim about housing. I was disputing the fact that the poster was a troll because I would wager to say that most of those in W schools feel just like this poster but don't want to say it out loud.

I'm not saying that the BOE will actually start bussing kids all over but I think that is what some people are suggesting in the name of "equity".

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

The Troll is strong in this one!

I’m not a troll. I am actually a really good person who cares about all children’s education. But I just care about my kids the most. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

I think this is a very common attitude and I appreciate the honesty. It's the reality of people who will spend more to be in a certain school district and it's important that the BOE take it into consideration. Because this poster is right--they aren't going to just spread the wealth to another school. They will spread the wealth to the private schools. Because they can. FWIW, I don't have kids in a W school district and my kids' HS gets put down on here all the time so I have no plans to go private nor a desire to go to a W school. But I also moved to my neighborhood because I feel like it was the right move for my family and my kids and would be pissed if they wanted to bus my kids across town, even though in our case, it could be to a "better" school.

It's not honest to claim that the same house costs triple in Bethesda what it would in the DCC. This poster has no earthly idea what Montgomery County even looks like outside of Bethesda and Potomac.

NOBODY WITH ANY POWER WANTS OR IS PLANNING TO BUS MORE KIDS ACROSS TOWN UNLESS IT IS FOR MAGNET PROGRAMS WHICH ARE STUPID.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

Also many of the W boundaries aren't even near the school that they serve. So much more could be done without even bussing anyone.

So true! Have you ever seen the Wooton boundary? It's in the far corner of this very long narrow boundary and something like 80% of the students live closer to another HS.

Wootton's boundaries are likely to be redrawn, along with RM, QO, Northwest, and Gaithersburg, when Crown HS opens in 2026.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

The Troll is strong in this one!

I’m not a troll. I am actually a really good person who cares about all children’s education. But I just care about my kids the most. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

I think this is a very common attitude and I appreciate the honesty. It's the reality of people who will spend more to be in a certain school district and it's important that the BOE take it into consideration. Because this poster is right--they aren't going to just spread the wealth to another school. They will spread the wealth to the private schools. Because they can. FWIW, I don't have kids in a W school district and my kids' HS gets put down on here all the time so I have no plans to go private nor a desire to go to a W school. But I also moved to my neighborhood because I feel like it was the right move for my family and my kids and would be pissed if they wanted to bus my kids across town, even though in our case, it could be to a "better" school.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

Also many of the W boundaries aren't even near the school that they serve. So much more could be done without even bussing anyone.

So true! Have you ever seen the Wooton boundary? It's in the far corner of this very long narrow boundary and something like 80% of the students live closer to another HS.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

Also many of the W boundaries aren't even near the school that they serve. So much more could be done without even bussing anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

The Troll is strong in this one!

I’m not a troll. I am actually a really good person who cares about all children’s education. But I just care about my kids the most. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

Also many of the W boundaries aren't even near the school that they serve. So much more could be done without even bussing anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

School choice works fine in the DCC and many DCC schools are adjacent to W's, I can imagine something along these lines would work fine. Put a STEM magnet at Kennedy and W kidds will be climbing all over themselves to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I applaud the BOE's efforts to analyze cluster boundaries and to bus the W kids away to other schools so that other kids can have these opportunities regardless of where their parents can afford to buy a home.

Don’t you get it? It will never work. Ever. We live in bounds for Whitman and you know what happens if they redistrict and want to bus my kids across town so other kids can “have these opportunities”? We buy a new house in the new in bounds for Whitman. As do all of our friends. Or we go to private. And then all the “extra parent funds” you want will be gone. Guess what? Life isn’t fair. It’s not. Some people have more. My husband works 60-70 hour weeks plus weekends. Does yours? And we paid triple for our house in our neighborhood as it would have cost in yours because of the schools. I wish that the BOE would spend the money doing they’re spending on this stupid redistricting analysis and actually TRY to figure out what to do to help lower performing schools. But if you think all the Whitman parents are just going to wave as their kid gets on a bus across town you’re out of your mind.

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DP. I think this is the typical W school parent viewpoint. It will take a while for the previous reputation of Wheaton to change. It is a very different school from what it was even a few years ago.

Sounds about right. I think many feel threatened by change and have trouble accepting it. Wheaton's engineering programs have distinguished themselves at both state and national level. It sounds like a stellar program.

April 26, 2022 - D.C. Police: Van Ness Shooter Previously Attended Wheaton High School
https://www.mymcmedia.org/d-c-police-van-ness-shooter-attended-wheaton-high-school/

January 21st 2022 - Wheaton HS student brings gun to school, 2nd time in 10 days weapon reported there
https://wjla.com/news/local/wheaton-high-school-bb-gun-montgomery-county-police-loaded-handgun-marijuana-backpack-teen-student

January 12, 2022 - Wheaton High School student had loaded gun, marijuana, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/12/wheaton-high-student-gun-marijuana/

February 21, 2020 - Boy arrested for shooting threat at Wheaton high school
https://www.localdvm.com/video/boy-arrested-for-shooting-threat-at-wheaton-high-school/4347474/

Good thing that stuff never happens at W schools....oh wait


https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/two-winston-churchill-high-students-taken-to-hospital-after-vaping-on-school-property/

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/bb-guns-recovered-at-magruder-walter-johnson-high-schools/


https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/threat-leads-heightened-security-presence-winston-churchill-high-school-tuesday/65-1ba47c94-6497-4450-894f-da3f0adef2e4

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox5dc.com/news/walt-whitman-hs-student-found-with-pellet-gun-at-school-police.amp

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/maryland-student-journalist-report-exposes-alleged-toxic-drug-alcohol-and-hookup-culture-at-bethesda-school-dance/65-f528b85c-65dc-4601-a753-f16c1f568a38

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DP. I think this is the typical W school parent viewpoint. It will take a while for the previous reputation of Wheaton to change. It is a very different school from what it was even a few years ago.

Sounds about right. I think many feel threatened by change and have trouble accepting it. Wheaton's engineering programs have distinguished themselves at both state and national level. It sounds like a stellar program.

April 26, 2022 - D.C. Police: Van Ness Shooter Previously Attended Wheaton High School
https://www.mymcmedia.org/d-c-police-van-ness-shooter-attended-wheaton-high-school/

January 21st 2022 - Wheaton HS student brings gun to school, 2nd time in 10 days weapon reported there
https://wjla.com/news/local/wheaton-high-school-bb-gun-montgomery-county-police-loaded-handgun-marijuana-backpack-teen-student

January 12, 2022 - Wheaton High School student had loaded gun, marijuana, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/12/wheaton-high-student-gun-marijuana/

February 21, 2020 - Boy arrested for shooting threat at Wheaton high school
https://www.localdvm.com/video/boy-arrested-for-shooting-threat-at-wheaton-high-school/4347474/

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Anonymous wrote:
DP. I think this is the typical W school parent viewpoint. It will take a while for the previous reputation of Wheaton to change. It is a very different school from what it was even a few years ago.

Sounds about right. I think many feel threatened by change and have trouble accepting it. Wheaton's engineering programs have distinguished themselves at both state and national level. It sounds like a stellar program.

April 26, 2022 - D.C. Police: Van Ness Shooter Previously Attended Wheaton High School
https://www.mymcmedia.org/d-c-police-van-ness-shooter-attended-wheaton-high-school/

January 21st 2022 - Wheaton HS student brings gun to school, 2nd time in 10 days weapon reported there
https://wjla.com/news/local/wheaton-high-school-bb-gun-montgomery-county-police-loaded-handgun-marijuana-backpack-teen-student

January 12, 2022 - Wheaton High School student had loaded gun, marijuana, police say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/12/wheaton-high-student-gun-marijuana/

February 21, 2020 - Boy arrested for shooting threat at Wheaton high school
https://www.localdvm.com/video/boy-arrested-for-shooting-threat-at-wheaton-high-school/4347474/