Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:54     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you are saying that you never want to go east of Georgia Ave, please don't send your child to a school that is east of Georgia Ave. Simple.


a/k/a EoGA


So now I'm EOTP and EoGA too?

Soon you'll be able to find me based on my designation on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:53     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Easier said than done. Too bad she said they're coming from private. It's going to be obvious who she is.


Really? I don't think she even identified which grade. These kind of witch hunts are just plain mean.


It's not a witch hunt. I'm poor and live east of Georgia Avenue, so when some former private school kid from Columbia Heights, etc doesn't want to come to our birthday party I will think, huh, maybe that's the lady who doesn't want to be around poor people. Noted. That's about it. I don't know why people think that you can come on an anonymous board and write about your concerns about "demographics" and not think that people are reading and paying attention.


I'm also "poor" and live east of Georgia Avenue and while I do agree that there are some obnoxious parts of OPs post, I don't agree with making assumptions about who it might be for a number of reasons, but not least because another poor mother with a former private school kid from Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights or that general vicinity (she wasn't very specific) might be unfairly targeted. (Also, OP may well have changed some details to be more anonymous - I often do).
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:49     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:If you are saying that you never want to go east of Georgia Ave, please don't send your child to a school that is east of Georgia Ave. Simple.


a/k/a EoGA
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:44     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Easier said than done. Too bad she said they're coming from private. It's going to be obvious who she is.


Really? I don't think she even identified which grade. These kind of witch hunts are just plain mean.


It's not a witch hunt. I'm poor and live east of Georgia Avenue, so when some former private school kid from Columbia Heights, etc doesn't want to come to our birthday party I will think, huh, maybe that's the lady who doesn't want to be around poor people. Noted. That's about it. I don't know why people think that you can come on an anonymous board and write about your concerns about "demographics" and not think that people are reading and paying attention.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:20     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Not a bully a bully. You have to call a spade and spade. Have you read all of OP's comments? It is within my right to judge someone based on the beliefs they confess and OP is someone that sounds like a horrible person to me, that is my opinion.


Would you say that to her face? I wasn't commenting on the "horrible person" aspect, but the implication that you wanted her name so that you could ostracize her at school, or that you'd track her down otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 15:18     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Easier said than done. Too bad she said they're coming from private. It's going to be obvious who she is.


Really? I don't think she even identified which grade. These kind of witch hunts are just plain mean.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:38     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:If you are saying that you never want to go east of Georgia Ave, please don't send your child to a school that is east of Georgia Ave. Simple.


+10000
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:36     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:If you are saying that you never want to go east of Georgia Ave, please don't send your child to a school that is east of Georgia Ave. Simple.


Agreed.

I live in the dreaded neighborhood around the new Mundo Verde location, it's insulting to me that you wouldn't want your kid to play with my kid. We are raising our child to learn that everyone we meet we can learn something from. Not sure what you can teach us - but hopefully there is something positive. I haven't seen it yet.

I was going to end it with that sentence, but I guess I'm just sad that you want get a chance to meet all the interesting people that live in our neighborhood. It's really a shame. You should get out and travel this city more - there are amazing people living in all areas of it that are so different. It might be good for you.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:24     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
If you are saying that you never want to go east of Georgia Ave, please don't send your child to a school that is east of Georgia Ave. Simple.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:21     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, I go to another charter school and have to say, this is why people dislike charter school parents.

It is NOT a neighborhood school. Sorry that you may get more Bloomingdale families and have to "gasp" be neighborly with them for your play dates.

If you want a neighborhood school, go to one.


OP here, I don't care if people dislike me as a new charter school parent. I have spent the last three years with one DC in a private and had to trek all over DC and Maryland to play dates and birthday parties and quite frankly, I am sick of it. I have absolutely no more interest in trekking to any location east of Georgia Avenue for play dates and parties. I have no energy to give to this and will not apologize for it. I have friends in Bloomingdale and our kids go to the same school but we NEVER do playdates. On the other hand, I regularly see my friends who are in Mt Pleasant because it is effortless. With my work schedule and my kids school schedule, I will not apologize for wanting one aspect of my life to be easy. Further, I have found that kids tend to develop closer relationships with kids they can hook up with in the blink of an eye for an impromptu outing to a park. That can't happen if the kid lives on the Hill and I am on the other side of D.C. If my in bound DCPS were a viable option, you can bet I would choose it, but at the end of the day it is not and very few people in my neighborhood even send their kids to our in-bound DCPS.


Why don't you just let your kids build a relationship with the children in your neighborhood? My children have friends at school and play with them there and they have friends in the neighborhood and play with them in the neighborhood. Win win for us.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:12     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
^ not a bully (once)
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 14:12     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Not a bully a bully. You have to call a spade and spade. Have you read all of OP's comments? It is within my right to judge someone based on the beliefs they confess and OP is someone that sounds like a horrible person to me, that is my opinion.
dcmom
Post 05/22/2014 14:02     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, I go to another charter school and have to say, this is why people dislike charter school parents.

It is NOT a neighborhood school. Sorry that you may get more Bloomingdale families and have to "gasp" be neighborly with them for your play dates.

If you want a neighborhood school, go to one.


OP here, I don't care if people dislike me as a new charter school parent. I have spent the last three years with one DC in a private and had to trek all over DC and Maryland to play dates and birthday parties and quite frankly, I am sick of it. I have absolutely no more interest in trekking to any location east of Georgia Avenue for play dates and parties. I have no energy to give to this and will not apologize for it. I have friends in Bloomingdale and our kids go to the same school but we NEVER do playdates. On the other hand, I regularly see my friends who are in Mt Pleasant because it is effortless. With my work schedule and my kids school schedule, I will not apologize for wanting one aspect of my life to be easy. Further, I have found that kids tend to develop closer relationships with kids they can hook up with in the blink of an eye for an impromptu outing to a park. That can't happen if the kid lives on the Hill and I am on the other side of D.C. If my in bound DCPS were a viable option, you can bet I would choose it, but at the end of the day it is not and very few people in my neighborhood even send their kids to our in-bound DCPS.


Given your priorities (which are fine by me!) then I think you would do much better at a neighborhood school. Are you IB for Bancroft? If I had your priorities and Bancroft as the default, I would definitely send my child there, not across town where her friends would come from all over the city. (And to be clear, I do not have your priorities. Our waitlist # at MV for PK3 was 400+, so that and other charters are not an option, which is why our child will be at our neighborhood school next year, a school that is not nearly as good as Bancroft.)
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 13:48     Subject: Re:Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yikes! Please OP, provide your name so all MV families can avoid you. You sound like such a horrible person.

On another note, just because someone is non FARM, doesn't mean they are high SES. Many working class families that don't qualify for FARM.


While I share the collective discomfort with the OP's apparent desire to avoid low income kids, I do feel that statements like the one above amount to bullying. This is an anonymous forum and who knows what OP is like in person, or what she really meant (the desire to send her kid to a school with kids in her neighborhood is not unreasonable, but the concern misplaced if she's sending the child to a highly sought after school in a different part of town) - it's mean spirited to imply that you wish to work out who she is in real life and avoid her. If you're really an MV parent I hope you are able to be open minded about new parents you meet and not judge them based on what you think someone who might go to your school might or might not have written and what they might or might not have meant by it.


Easier said than done. Too bad she said they're coming from private. It's going to be obvious who she is.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2014 13:45     Subject: Do you think that the Mundo Verde's demographics will change because of the move?
I would have loved to accept our spot at MV, but the commute would have been horrible. I do understand OP point about demographics. Although most of the Hispanic families at MV are middle to high-ses, I do believe the demographics will shift. Columbia Heights, Petworth and even Brightwood, have the highest Latino population. Yes, MV will have a shuttle but, most of those families walk to their school of choice (DCPS and Charter).