Not in my Whitman district.

Anonymous wrote:Please keep those kids within a stone's throw of your house, and not in my Churchill district.

More imaginative trolling, please. This trolling is boring and repetitive. Thanks.

Please keep those kids within a stone's throw of your house, and not in my Churchill district.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the enraged poster's position. If she is an involved parent and supplementing her kids education like every other parent in the higher performing schools then her kid should be performing fine. If she's capable of posting on DCUM she's capable of supplementing. Why should she be rezoned into a better school system even if she didn't pay higher housing costs? Her kids aren't part of the achievement gap.

I'm not the PP to whom you refer as "enraged," but I agree with PPs who point out the problems with the system as it is currently structured. We have huge problems with the achievement gap in MCPS which IMO are a direct result of residential economic segregation. Huge.

To your question about why she (anyone) should be "rezoned into a better school system even if she didn't pay higher housing costs," my response is that (as has been repeatedly pointed out on this thread) we live in a SINGLE school system/district. The point of a county-based school system is the distribution of resources over a large population.

To your question about why should she care, what with her kids not being part of the achievement gap and her being "an involved parent and supplementing her kids education like every other parent in the higher performing schools": Well, many of us think in terms much broader than that. Many of us are concerned not only about our own children, but about the community generally and the children who live here. I am a well-educated professional and Silver Spring resident. My kids are in magnets, they are heading to college, they will be FINE. There is no question in my mind about that. But many kids within a stone's throw of my house will NOT be fine, and I feel some responsibility to them, as well. I don't operate in "I've got mine" terms.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the enraged poster's position. If she is an involved parent and supplementing her kids education like every other parent in the higher performing schools then her kid should be performing fine. If she's capable of posting on DCUM she's capable of supplementing. Why should she be rezoned into a better school system even if she didn't pay higher housing costs? Her kids aren't part of the achievement gap.

Where did the angry PP say that the angry PP wanted to be in Bethesda schools? Actually, what the PP did say is, "In fact, I am quite content where I live".

On the other hand, perhaps what the PP is angry about is the idea that paying higher housing costs entitles you to send your kids to better schools. Speaking of entitlement.

(The PP will not be rezoned into a better school system, regardless, unless county boundaries change. The school system is MCPS.)

I don't understand the enraged poster's position. If she is an involved parent and supplementing her kids education like every other parent in the higher performing schools then her kid should be performing fine. If she's capable of posting on DCUM she's capable of supplementing. Why should she be rezoned into a better school system even if she didn't pay higher housing costs? Her kids aren't part of the achievement gap.

Anonymous wrote:14:16 You do sound very angry and filled with entitled rage at people you don't even know who live in Bethesda.

Rage, certainly. But entitlement? Please explain. What does PP feel entitled to?

14:16 You do sound very angry and filled with entitled rage at people you don't even know who live in Bethesda.

Anonymous wrote:

Money is power. Money is protection. But there are still problems in the wealthy schools. There may not be gang-related incidents, but Johnny's daddy is conveniently overlooking the fact that Johnny cheated on his final exam and shares the same values as Madoff.

I would much rather my child sit next to a cheater than a gang banger with a gun. One is a bad influence that could get him expelled the other is a bad influence that could get him killed.

Your argument that all crime is the same just isn't credible. I doubt you believe your own position either. If you could bus into a safer school system, you would be the first in line. Its also clear that you harbor resentment for others that have more wealth than you. You just will not get anywhere with entitled rage.

How do you know what my background is? entitled rage? I find that when others point out certain "flaws" in posts, it's just a self-loathing b/c a poster hit a nerve.

Simply because I am pointing out the blatant racism on this thread doesn't mean I'm "poor" and jealous of those in Bethesda or Chevy Chase. In fact, I am quite content where I live and many would agree it's a lovely area. Furthermore, if there's a forced demographic shift in schools, let's see where the entitled folks of Bethesda flee.

Kids are not getting killed on a daily basis by gang bangers selling their drugs in the "low performing" schools - lol! Again, this is where people's perceptions are off - and btw, you're included in that mix.

I do welcome this shift in demographics, however, as I'd certainly love to see how the elitists handle having little Lulu in class with some underprivileged student from a downcounty school. God forbid that should happen!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please educate me! on their website MCPS has proposed boundary changes I believe for 2020. They are recommending option 3. What is everyone talking about is that plan no longer a go? is there a new boundary plan they are working up?

Where on their website? Boundary changes for what? Could you be more specific, please?

Cant find it now, MCPS website is horrible.

Anonymous wrote:Please educate me! on their website MCPS has proposed boundary changes I believe for 2020. They are recommending option 3. What is everyone talking about is that plan no longer a go? is there a new boundary plan they are working up?

Where on their website? Boundary changes for what? Could you be more specific, please?

Anonymous wrote:

Money is power. Money is protection. But there are still problems in the wealthy schools. There may not be gang-related incidents, but Johnny's daddy is conveniently overlooking the fact that Johnny cheated on his final exam and shares the same values as Madoff.

I would much rather my child sit next to a cheater than a gang banger with a gun. One is a bad influence that could get him expelled the other is a bad influence that could get him killed.

Your argument that all crime is the same just isn't credible. I doubt you believe your own position either. If you could bus into a safer school system, you would be the first in line. Its also clear that you harbor resentment for others that have more wealth than you. You just will not get anywhere with entitled rage.

Pointing out that rich kids also commit crimes is entitled rage (what exactly is the PP feeling entitled to, though?) and resentment, but equating poor kids with gangbangers who bring guns to school is just fine. I guess.

Please educate me! on their website MCPS has proposed boundary changes I believe for 2020. They are recommending option 3. What is everyone talking about is that plan no longer a go? is there a new boundary plan they are working up?

Money is power. Money is protection. But there are still problems in the wealthy schools. There may not be gang-related incidents, but Johnny's daddy is conveniently overlooking the fact that Johnny cheated on his final exam and shares the same values as Madoff.

I would much rather my child sit next to a cheater than a gang banger with a gun. One is a bad influence that could get him expelled the other is a bad influence that could get him killed.

Your argument that all crime is the same just isn't credible. I doubt you believe your own position either. If you could bus into a safer school system, you would be the first in line. Its also clear that you harbor resentment for others that have more wealth than you. You just will not get anywhere with entitled rage.

Anonymous wrote:

So take your pick. This is where the county is heading - a two-tiered system with no middle class to support the top or the bottom.

What is your definition of "middle class"?