Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 21:31     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
why don't they make the BCC program test in as well?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 13:12     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
The Germantown guy has a point, although none of the schools in that neighborhood ever compared favorably to down county schools like B-CC. Check the notable alumni list to compare. Just because the Germantown guy happens to be the manager at Hamburger Hamlet and one of his servers is a washout from B-CC, does not mean that a majority of B-CC graduates don't go on to more prestigious universities and stand-out careers than students who attended Germantown schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2013 09:56     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
I was in high school in the early 80s.

BCC was NOT all that back then.

It's still mediocre IMO but has been pumped up by IB. Keep in mind that the only test-in IB program is at RM. So while kids can opt into BCC's IB program, they eventually weed themselves out.

Anonymous
Post 12/28/2013 22:49     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's a comedy that kids and their parents try to ride out what they mothers and fathers incomes are when, in the end, what will ACTUALLY matter in life is how much THEY (the students) make. I have a character at work in his 30s who went to BCC and he still tries to ride the tide of what him and his friends parents made as kids.

By the way, he works for ME and I went to school in Germantown (not BCC) and was raised by a single mother who never went to college, "god forbid."

Tell your kid to hit the books, be his/her self, and don't sweat it. This too shall pass.


Sorry to tell you that BCC was not sought after in his day so don't get all uppity. They started the IB program to try to keep people from fleeing to private school. It worked and now people move there for the school.


You missed the point, entirely. Get over yourself - and BCC has almost certainly been more "uppity" as you put it than anything in Germantown, save for football which I might add doesn't really matter in the long run, either. Another one of those high school things that, too, shall pass.

Anonymous
Post 12/28/2013 22:08     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:It's a comedy that kids and their parents try to ride out what they mothers and fathers incomes are when, in the end, what will ACTUALLY matter in life is how much THEY (the students) make. I have a character at work in his 30s who went to BCC and he still tries to ride the tide of what him and his friends parents made as kids.

By the way, he works for ME and I went to school in Germantown (not BCC) and was raised by a single mother who never went to college, "god forbid."

Tell your kid to hit the books, be his/her self, and don't sweat it. This too shall pass.


Sorry to tell you that BCC was not sought after in his day so don't get all uppity. They started the IB program to try to keep people from fleeing to private school. It worked and now people move there for the school.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2013 21:58     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
It's a comedy that kids and their parents try to ride out what they mothers and fathers incomes are when, in the end, what will ACTUALLY matter in life is how much THEY (the students) make. I have a character at work in his 30s who went to BCC and he still tries to ride the tide of what him and his friends parents made as kids.

By the way, he works for ME and I went to school in Germantown (not BCC) and was raised by a single mother who never went to college, "god forbid."

Tell your kid to hit the books, be his/her self, and don't sweat it. This too shall pass.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2013 12:05     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Folks, All I know is that the further you get away WJ heading North the more the area does not reflect true Bethesda. To be honest, few areas in the WJ area are true Bethesda. Let's just agree to call North Bethesda the "Poor man's" Bethesda. To answer OP's question, WJ reflects an economically (though in a tight range) and internationally diverse student body.Economically, there are few millionaires and few people who are struggling economically. Everyone seems to be solidly middle to upper-middle (bottom rung) class.
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2013 20:53     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tool, There are no slums in MD -- It was a light-hearted description. Although, there are areas of WJ that don't accurately reflect Bethesda.


Take a drive up or down Randolph Road, Veirs Mill Road, etc.

Randolph Road and Veirs Mills feed into Wheaton. The only parts east of Rockville Pike that feed into WJ are Parklawn apartments, apartments off of Old Georgetown Road and Nebel, Garrett Park, and part of Kensington
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2013 13:00     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Are they teardowns going on in the neighborhood? If so then I wouldn't consider it a slum.
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2013 12:42     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tool, There are no slums in MD -- It was a light-hearted description. Although, there are areas of WJ that don't accurately reflect Bethesda.


Take a drive up or down Randolph Road, Veirs Mill Road, etc.


So post-war single family homes that are modest and well-kept are now slums? Best for you to stay locked safely inside your McMansion with your feet up eating bon-bons hon.
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2013 11:41     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tool, There are no slums in MD -- It was a light-hearted description. Although, there are areas of WJ that don't accurately reflect Bethesda.


Take a drive up or down Randolph Road, Veirs Mill Road, etc.

Good Grief!!
Anonymous
Post 12/25/2013 11:09     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:Tool, There are no slums in MD -- It was a light-hearted description. Although, there are areas of WJ that don't accurately reflect Bethesda.


Take a drive up or down Randolph Road, Veirs Mill Road, etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2013 15:49     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Tool, There are no slums in MD -- It was a light-hearted description. Although, there are areas of WJ that don't accurately reflect Bethesda.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2013 14:45     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
Anonymous wrote:FYI, WJ takes in more slum areas (relatively speaking of course) than the other W schools. Because of MoCo housing regulations and planning, there are some neighborhoods in the Churchill, WJ and Wootton areas that are section 8 housing. I don't think Whitman has any of those areas. WJ has more than most.

Pray tell what slums feed into WJ?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2013 10:48     Subject: For that person trying to figure out whether her family's income would "fit in" to WJ
FYI, WJ takes in more slum areas (relatively speaking of course) than the other W schools. Because of MoCo housing regulations and planning, there are some neighborhoods in the Churchill, WJ and Wootton areas that are section 8 housing. I don't think Whitman has any of those areas. WJ has more than most.