Anonymous
06/12/2025 13:28
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:I can see both sides of the conversation. Yes, we absolutely need more diversity in our schools—there’s no doubt about that. However, as someone who has sent my son to high-FARMS (Free and Reduced Meals) schools in the past, I have to be honest about what I experienced. Whether those students looked like me or not, there was often a noticeable disregard for others. Fights, verbal altercations, and stealing were common. This was in the 2000s, mind you.
Eventually, I pulled him out and enrolled him in private school. Later, I bought a home in Olney, and my second child attended public schools there and did just fine.
I saw a comment recently suggesting that students on FARMS should be allowed to attend W schools—sort of like a magnet model. I actually think that’s a smart solution. It would increase diversity without bringing the very issues that drove people to move to places like Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or certain areas of Rockville in the first place.
Is it your assertion that all the kids from low-income families had a disregard for others? Or that a higher percentage of them do?
Anonymous
06/12/2025 13:08
Subject: Re:Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Wow I can’t believe people are now defending DOGE.
I don't see anyone defending DOGE
Anonymous
06/12/2025 13:07
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
I can see both sides of the conversation. Yes, we absolutely need more diversity in our schools—there’s no doubt about that. However, as someone who has sent my son to high-FARMS (Free and Reduced Meals) schools in the past, I have to be honest about what I experienced. Whether those students looked like me or not, there was often a noticeable disregard for others. Fights, verbal altercations, and stealing were common. This was in the 2000s, mind you.
Eventually, I pulled him out and enrolled him in private school. Later, I bought a home in Olney, and my second child attended public schools there and did just fine.
I saw a comment recently suggesting that students on FARMS should be allowed to attend W schools—sort of like a magnet model. I actually think that’s a smart solution. It would increase diversity without bringing the very issues that drove people to move to places like Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or certain areas of Rockville in the first place.
Eventually, I pulled him out and enrolled him in private school. Later, I bought a home in Olney, and my second child attended public schools there and did just fine.
I saw a comment recently suggesting that students on FARMS should be allowed to attend W schools—sort of like a magnet model. I actually think that’s a smart solution. It would increase diversity without bringing the very issues that drove people to move to places like Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or certain areas of Rockville in the first place.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 13:03
Subject: Re:Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:was Farmland specifically redlined, while other parts of Rockville were not?
I don’t think we have houses here that are that old. Plus lots of apartments.
regardless of whether the community was actually redlined to keep black people from owning homes there, the property values should go down because of historical racism everywhere.
Says who? Last I checked Gov Moore vetoed reparations.
BOE and Taylor. That's why they have Option 3.
That is clearly not their job.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:59
Subject: Re:Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Wow I can’t believe people are now defending DOGE.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:59
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Contractors know their jobs are not stable. No fed should assume there is either. Live within your means.
Most people live within the means of 2 employed parents. Once one job is gone you can't rapidly downsize - there are houses and childcare etc.
Most childcare can be canceled with 2 weeks notice. If its a preschool that you pay annual tuition for up front, that's different but those are usually not very good for working parents.
Yeah but then it’s very difficult to get a spot again once you find work. Regardless, this line of convo is very off topic…
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:56
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Contractors know their jobs are not stable. No fed should assume there is either. Live within your means.
Most people live within the means of 2 employed parents. Once one job is gone you can't rapidly downsize - there are houses and childcare etc.
Most childcare can be canceled with 2 weeks notice. If its a preschool that you pay annual tuition for up front, that's different but those are usually not very good for working parents.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:54
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Contractors know their jobs are not stable. No fed should assume there is either. Live within your means.
Most people live within the means of 2 employed parents. Once one job is gone you can't rapidly downsize - there are houses and childcare etc.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:54
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Contractors know their jobs are not stable. No fed should assume there is either. Live within your means.
go have this argument on the Jobs Board, and good luck.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:52
Subject: Re:Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:was Farmland specifically redlined, while other parts of Rockville were not?
I don’t think we have houses here that are that old. Plus lots of apartments.
regardless of whether the community was actually redlined to keep black people from owning homes there, the property values should go down because of historical racism everywhere.
Says who? Last I checked Gov Moore vetoed reparations.
BOE and Taylor. That's why they have Option 3.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:51
Subject: Re:Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:was Farmland specifically redlined, while other parts of Rockville were not?
I don’t think we have houses here that are that old. Plus lots of apartments.
regardless of whether the community was actually redlined to keep black people from owning homes there, the property values should go down because of historical racism everywhere.
Says who? Last I checked Gov Moore vetoed reparations.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:48
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Contractors know their jobs are not stable. No fed should assume there is either. Live within your means.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:38
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Thread least likely to stay on topic ….
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:38
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And as of March the Case Shiller for DC was also up from the previous month (that data is lagged by 2 months but again, not seeing feds anticipating unemployment impacting the housing market)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WDXRHTNSA
DC =/= moco
You are correct, the unemployment claims data is much worse for DC than it is for Maryland.
Anonymous
06/12/2025 12:38
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Plus DOGE apparently isn’t done yet.
State Dept is next to be RIFed.