Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:40     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?

No but we're also moving to the deep south since the approach to education there is more aligned with our values.

Segregation and corporal punishment?
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:37     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?


Just to be clear. I get why they're doing it but I completely disagree with their solution. This a housing issue.


It is a housing issue. It is ALSO a school issue.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:36     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
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Anonymous wrote:There is a significant faction pushing for MCPS to even our FARMs rates as much as possible among MCPS schools. What “as much as possible” means and whether the BOE will do it over the objections of low income communities remains to be seen. Some of this came out of the RM5/Bayard Rustin boundary study where Twinbrook was left with a much higher FARMs rate than the other schools in the cluster. But the Twinbrook community was not supportive of a change to “integrate” with the other elementary schools in the cluster. Gaithersburg also relatively recently came out strongly in favor of an addition to Gaithersburg ES rather than “integrate” with Wootton elementary schools. So it certainly remains to be seen how it will play out. But balancing FARMs rate is a primary goal of some people involved in this process.


Gaithersburg and Wooten? They are not even adjacent clusters.


They actually are adjacent clusters. But PP's account is, at best, incomplete.

The only option involving Gaithersburg and Wootton was: "Reassign students out of the Gaithersburg Cluster from areas on the periphery of the cluster with existing and master planned housing development." Specifically, the part of Washington Grove ES east of 370 (around Shady Grove) would have been reassigned to Magruder under that option, and the part of Rosemont ES in Decoverly and Crown would have been reassigned to Wootton.

http://www.candlewoodpta.com/TriCluster_Meeting2ApproachesEnglish.pdf

And then they didn't do that anyway:

https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/A8YUV4614BD0/$file/Rec%20Tri-cluster%20Rdtble%20Disc%20Group.pdf

What does this support? It supports that idea that MCPS is including boundary adjustments in its options - as it should, and as DCUM has been hollering for MCPS to do, for years.


Oh I see that little island of Wooten. I was not aware of that. Clearly that will become Crown eventually.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:33     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?


Just to be clear. I get why they're doing it but I completely disagree with their solution. This a housing issue.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:24     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


MCPS does not consider RHPS/Chevy Chase bussing to be extreme at all. It is a model of success among the social justice hungry board. They don't mind bussing 5 year olds 45 minutes away from home to a massive overcrowded school. It's all about the end game of equity for all.

Social engineering is just that and they will use your kids to achieve that their goal of equity through many routes...a dumbed down and failed Curriculum 2.0, the downward pressure on success by pushing the top to the bottom, the elimination of final exams. Boundary redrawing is just the next tool in the box.

Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:15     Subject: Re:Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
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Anonymous wrote:Really I don't want to brag but my child is pretty smart (5.1 GPA, JV Athletics, anime club etc etc) high preforming, and perfect SAT/ACT/LSATs.
And I don't want them getting dumbed down by these poor kids.
Cmon just being real.
I also give a little money to my dear Alma Mater in Boston so I'm not that worried about them getting into college.
So I hear good things about Howard but they're too many Asians and schools are filling up like tuna cans there too.
The kids have to stay smart, at the top of there class. Those asians are too smart high performing. Frederick is nice too but I'll miss waking to drybar, Kapnos, Lululemon and all the other luxuries in bethesda row. Seriously any other suggestions??


I have so many suggestions for you....

Please tell me this is a troll


Take a breath. This person is clearly being sarcastic.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:13     Subject: Re:Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:Really I don't want to brag but my child is pretty smart (5.1 GPA, JV Athletics, anime club etc etc) high preforming, and perfect SAT/ACT/LSATs.
And I don't want them getting dumbed down by these poor kids.
Cmon just being real.
I also give a little money to my dear Alma Mater in Boston so I'm not that worried about them getting into college.
So I hear good things about Howard but they're too many Asians and schools are filling up like tuna cans there too.
The kids have to stay smart, at the top of there class. Those asians are too smart high performing. Frederick is nice too but I'll miss waking to drybar, Kapnos, Lululemon and all the other luxuries in bethesda row. Seriously any other suggestions??


I have so many suggestions for you....

Please tell me this is a troll
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:11     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?

No but we're also moving to the deep south since the approach to education there is more aligned with our values.


Ah, your thing is denying slavery ever existed and keeping white folk and black folk separate. Got it. Have fun!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:10     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's been going on for 40 years. How old does it have to be for you to stop considering it an "experiment"?

Also, did you not know about this when you moved there?


I did know about it and had no problem with it in theory until my kids actually lived it and I saw how crappy their experience was in comparison to my other friends across the county with true neighborhood schools.

If you don't like the word "experiment" then that's a personal problem. The RHPS bussing experiment is an MCPS favorite baby and is coming to a school district near you. For those of you who say kids won't be busted, you are kidding yourselves. Count on it. It's already been done for 40 years, they just an to expand the program.


Yes, there certainly is a personal problem here.

Also, since I'm in MCPS, it isn't coming to a school district near me, it's actually already been here, for 40 years.


Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:09     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?

No but we're also moving to the deep south since the approach to education there is more aligned with our values.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:08     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



+1

And Woodside Park ---> Einstein, when Blair is so close by.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:05     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.


You don't get why the Montgomery County Board of Education is trying to address this through schools?
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 09:04     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.



Oh ya, I forgot about that one. Laytonsville to GHS is ridiculous. I don't get why MoCo is trying to fix this diversity problem through schools instead of housing.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 08:56     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
Anonymous wrote:a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county


No, it really isn't. It is an example of busing - in fact, it was specifically intended as busing. But there are lots of areas in Montgomery County that have much longer bus rides, such as the parts of Laytonsville zoned for Gaithersburg MS/Gaithersburg HS. Some perspective, please.

Anonymous
Post 04/01/2019 08:49     Subject: Where are all you families of high performing students planning on moving to?
a school boundary near you then... we get it. people misuse the word district

I am not really on the same side of the debate as that poster, but it's true that Rosemary Hills / Chevy Chase is an extreme example of busing in the county