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Anonymous wrote:How about Einstein, Wheaton or Kennedy?

Why aren't THEY on your list?

Because she wants a good education for her kids.

OP here. Because I grew up in that part of Silver Spring....and I'm NOT going back. It was nice-ish when I was there but it is no longer the part of MoCo I'd want to be in.
All 3 of those schools do not at all fit what I want for my kids. sorry, just being honest.

As for Whitman and Churchill being for AP kids- well, I gotta believe there are some average to above average kids in Bethesda, that is just a silly comment. What you're essentially saying is only people with super bright kids should buy in those areas of MoCo....that is just plain ol' dumb I tell ya!

You're afraid of blacks, Africans and Hispanics.

Admit it.

Not OP. But thanks for pointing out - this is not diversity.

In addition - since there is a socioeconomic situation with these neighborhoods blacks/africans/hispanics are disproportionately represented as poor which send the wrong message.

If you want diversity you would not be in these schools.

So we just move away and pretend these kids don't exist?

This is WHY we have an underclass, and the gap is growing. How very sad for many of these students who are hard workers and kind!

But in your eyes they're a negative influence on your children. I get it.

nice job in trying to level the playing field

Why don't you move to PG County and go to school there? You don't care about those kids? I bet their parents think their school is great.

What's with the car thing? I am not sure I would use that as a barometer of where to get a good education. Besides, the OP seems happy to be out of the hood and moving on up to Bethesda/Potomac so no doubt she drives a nice car to announce her status as well.

Anonymous wrote:So we just move away and pretend these kids don't exist?

This is WHY we have an underclass, and the gap is growing. How very sad for many of these students who are hard workers and kind!

But in your eyes they're a negative influence on your children. I get it.

nice job in trying to level the playing field

NP here. I was once idealistic, and then reality set in. My kids are only in elementary school but between working full-time and trying to make sure my own kids get the foundation they need (read threads on curriculum 2.0, math curriculum, issues with differentiation in the classroom, plus having a child with mild ADD), I have no more time/energy left over. Plus, my experiences in going to Board of Ed meetings, community input meetings etc., is it seems like one parent cannot make a difference and only with a critical mass of parents raising holy h@ll do you even get an acknowledgement that perhaps there might be a tad bit of room for improvement in one of the best counties in the U.S.A. I've also spoken to parents across the MoCo spectrum and while people have done well at schools that aren't the top of the county test wise, when there are issues that don't impact the school testing AYP, there is really no one accountable to make sure your child gets what he/she needs ...you have to hope the teacher is that kind of teacher to go beyond or the principle is the type that tries to really partner with parents and that's true for red and green zone schools. Like the OP, I also lived in a not so great neighborhood but in NY. I think the teachers were good, but there were a lot of kids that were not motivated to do well in school, and that made it tough on the kids that were motivated. A good education could be had, but you had to be able to resist peer pressure or be one of those kids that could pull As and still be either popular or atleast left alone.

Back to the OPs question, I would consider BCC. I'm guessing that you want a school with high test scores etc. but not where most of the kids are driving better cars than the teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

Please invite "I wouldn't send my dog to public school but MoCo teachers suck and unions suck too" poster. The three of them can spend all day spitting at each other. And the grownups can have a conversation.

Now, I have told you fine ladies numerous times... I am the "wouldn't send my dog to MoCo public schools" but I am NOT the unions suck poster. Therefore, you will be needing to send out an extra invitation.

Serious question: are you the crazy tiger mom as well as "wouldn't send my dog"? Crazy tiger mom has indicated a preference for private schools.

No, I am not her. FWIW, I think she's nuts.

Good to know! You do, however, often up in the same "cut my taxes by cutting MoCo's budget!" place as Teacher Unions Suck poster. Would you care to comment on that?

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

Please invite "I wouldn't send my dog to public school but MoCo teachers suck and unions suck too" poster. The three of them can spend all day spitting at each other. And the grownups can have a conversation.

Now, I have told you fine ladies numerous times... I am the "wouldn't send my dog to MoCo public schools" but I am NOT the unions suck poster. Therefore, you will be needing to send out an extra invitation.

Serious question: are you the crazy tiger mom as well as "wouldn't send my dog"? Crazy tiger mom has indicated a preference for private schools.

No, I am not her. FWIW, I think she's nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

Please invite "I wouldn't send my dog to public school but MoCo teachers suck and unions suck too" poster. The three of them can spend all day spitting at each other. And the grownups can have a conversation.

Now, I have told you fine ladies numerous times... I am the "wouldn't send my dog to MoCo public schools" but I am NOT the unions suck poster. Therefore, you will be needing to send out an extra invitation.

Serious question: are you the crazy tiger mom as well as "wouldn't send my dog"? Crazy tiger mom has indicated a preference for private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

Please invite "I wouldn't send my dog to public school but MoCo teachers suck and unions suck too" poster. The three of them can spend all day spitting at each other. And the grownups can have a conversation.

Now, I have told you fine ladies numerous times... I am the "wouldn't send my dog to MoCo public schools" but I am NOT the unions suck poster. Therefore, you will be needing to send out an extra invitation.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Einstein, Wheaton or Kennedy?

Why aren't THEY on your list?

Because she wants a good education for her kids.

OP here. Because I grew up in that part of Silver Spring....and I'm NOT going back. It was nice-ish when I was there but it is no longer the part of MoCo I'd want to be in.
All 3 of those schools do not at all fit what I want for my kids. sorry, just being honest.

As for Whitman and Churchill being for AP kids- well, I gotta believe there are some average to above average kids in Bethesda, that is just a silly comment. What you're essentially saying is only people with super bright kids should buy in those areas of MoCo....that is just plain ol' dumb I tell ya!

You're afraid of blacks, Africans and Hispanics.

Admit it.

Not OP. But thanks for pointing out - this is not diversity.

In addition - since there is a socioeconomic situation with these neighborhoods blacks/africans/hispanics are disproportionately represented as poor which send the wrong message.

If you want diversity you would not be in these schools.

So we just move away and pretend these kids don't exist?

This is WHY we have an underclass, and the gap is growing. How very sad for many of these students who are hard workers and kind!

But in your eyes they're a negative influence on your children. I get it.

nice job in trying to level the playing field

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

Please invite "I wouldn't send my dog to public school but MoCo teachers suck and unions suck too" poster. The three of them can spend all day spitting at each other. And the grownups can have a conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Einstein, Wheaton or Kennedy?

Why aren't THEY on your list?

Because she wants a good education for her kids.

This is what I am referring to. There is also another post simply stating that these schools suck. Explain to me how this is not offensive to someone who chooses to send their kids to one of these three schools. And yes I have first hand experience with Einstein and I think my kids are getting a great education there. I am sorry that the OP had a bad experience with the area and she is of course free to choose to live wherever she wants. The whole point of my post was that the debate was getting a little heated and I wanted people to understand why some posters might feel defensive.

Yes. But the 8:38 "these schools suck" post came AFTER the pot-stirring 8:24 "no one ever talks about race, be honest" and the 8:33 "admit it, you're afraid of Blacks and Hispanics" post. So you don't get a pass on being a pot-stirring asshole.

But all of these posts came AFTER the "because she wants a good education for her kids" comment on the first page of the thread. That is what started the rude commentary.
Then again, the OP didn't ask about the DCC schools--she asked about specific schools and people have turned the thread into a mud-slinging debate that has nothing to do with what the OP asked. I am a DCC parent and I agree that a lot of the comments here are offensive to both sides (classifying the DCC parents as not caring about their kids is uncalled for but so is calling a Whitman parent a racist because of where they live). Can't we just call a truce on this? I feel like every thread about Montgomery County (whether in this forum on the Real Estate forum) always reverts back to this issue and its getting tired on both sides.

Amen sister!!..... wait, was that offensive to anyone's religious beliefs?

All I wanted was feedback, pros/cons on two schools. Cannot even believe, but then again yes I can believe, that I have been called racist and elitist! Just because I want the best for my children (the definition of being a good parent FWIW) does not mean that I hate all races that are not white, or that I'm afraid of poor people!! where in the hell did that come from? I happen to be first generation American, parents were EXTREMELY poor immigrants but worked hard so we could get the hell out of Langley Park, and later Silver Spring. Silver Spring is big, so maybe the area we lived in left much to be desired - but that is the SS that I know. sorry folks.

Actually, I'd like to start a new thread with this pot-stirring asshole and the crazy tiger mom, lock up that thread and throw away the key.

I'm 15:46 and my kids are actually in the DCC too, both at Blair. So I think I'm entitled to talk about this.

I'm not the first to call one PP a pot-stirring asshole. But I have to say, I've noticed a pot-stirring asshole around the MoCo forum over the past week or two, and already I'm sick of her. Perhaps if she tones it down, these threads will start to go better.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about Einstein, Wheaton or Kennedy?

Why aren't THEY on your list?

Because she wants a good education for her kids.

This is what I am referring to. There is also another post simply stating that these schools suck. Explain to me how this is not offensive to someone who chooses to send their kids to one of these three schools. And yes I have first hand experience with Einstein and I think my kids are getting a great education there. I am sorry that the OP had a bad experience with the area and she is of course free to choose to live wherever she wants. The whole point of my post was that the debate was getting a little heated and I wanted people to understand why some posters might feel defensive.

Yes. But the 8:38 "these schools suck" post came AFTER the pot-stirring 8:24 "no one ever talks about race, be honest" and the 8:33 "admit it, you're afraid of Blacks and Hispanics" post. So you don't get a pass on being a pot-stirring asshole.

But all of these posts came AFTER the "because she wants a good education for her kids" comment on the first page of the thread. That is what started the rude commentary.
Then again, the OP didn't ask about the DCC schools--she asked about specific schools and people have turned the thread into a mud-slinging debate that has nothing to do with what the OP asked. I am a DCC parent and I agree that a lot of the comments here are offensive to both sides (classifying the DCC parents as not caring about their kids is uncalled for but so is calling a Whitman parent a racist because of where they live). Can't we just call a truce on this? I feel like every thread about Montgomery County (whether in this forum on the Real Estate forum) always reverts back to this issue and its getting tired on both sides.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Einstein, Wheaton or Kennedy?

Why aren't THEY on your list?

Because she wants a good education for her kids.

This is what I am referring to. There is also another post simply stating that these schools suck. Explain to me how this is not offensive to someone who chooses to send their kids to one of these three schools. And yes I have first hand experience with Einstein and I think my kids are getting a great education there. I am sorry that the OP had a bad experience with the area and she is of course free to choose to live wherever she wants. The whole point of my post was that the debate was getting a little heated and I wanted people to understand why some posters might feel defensive.

Yes. But the 8:38 "these schools suck" post came AFTER the pot-stirring 8:24 "no one ever talks about race, be honest" and the 8:33 "admit it, you're afraid of Blacks and Hispanics" post. So you don't get a pass on being a pot-stirring asshole.

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Socially, this was my experience, as HS is more than coursework.

Churchill is the least diverse economically and culturally. It churns out lots of sheltered daddy's little prince/princess types. Lots of kids with unlimited spending budgets and wardrobes. There are more kids driving new luxury cars here than anywhere else in montgomery county. The guy who developed 90210 created it based on his life at Churchill.

Whitman is an intense pressure cooker for many. Not much economic diversity here either. There are lots of diplomatic and IMF/World bank kids here some exposure to people from other parts of the world is possible. Kids here tend to be slightly less sheltered and more down to earth than at Churchill. You will see more kids driving new VWs and Toyotas here.

BCC is more of an urban setting and has some actual diversity. It is an excellent school and I think kids going here are less sheltered and are at somewhat of a social advantage for this. This is the best part of Bethesda in terms of access to the city. Kids here are more likely to be seen driving bicycles, Vespas, or a parent's hand me down car. Definitely hipper than the other two schools....

-A Whitman Graduate

OP here - Thanks for the great response. THIS is what I was looking for when I posted my question...and not the backlash of negative, prejudiced comments I'm getting just because I can afford to live somewhere else besides Silver Spring. I spent the first 25 yrs of my life there, I know it's not what I want for my kids.